2015 Laser World - Guatemala leads after Day 2 of Qualifying Round
by Marianne Davis on 4 Jul 2015
Current Regatta leader Juan Ignacio Maegli representing Guatemala - 2015 Laser World Championships – Day 2 Luka Bartulovic
On Day 2 of the 2015 Laser Standard Men’s World Championship in Kingston Canada, 159 Competitors representing 63 Nations hit the water early this morning. Competition was fierce with the lighter winds of five - seven knots.
With a lighter breeze day, all competitors were egger to get off the start line. Yellow Flight began the day with one general recall, followed by a black flag start. Jesper Stalheim representing Sweden lead the pack to mark one and two in Race three, with Jian Qaio representing China and Maxim Nikolaev representing the Russian Federation close behind. Stalheim SWE fell back to third, with Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini representing Great Britain and Christopher Barnard representing the United States fighting their way to the front, and placing first and second respectively.
Yellow Flights Race four had a black flag start, with one competitor over early and disqualified. The race was won by Balazs Tomai representing Hungary, followed by Jinfu Zhou representing China in second, and Alex Mills Barton representing Great Britain in third.
Blue Flight Race three had one general recall, then an all clear start. Juan Ignacio Maegli representing Guatemala lead the fleet through the race and to the finish. He was followed by Australia’s Tom Burton and Daniel Mihelic representing Croatia. Mihelic carried his speed into the fourth race, and was able to capture and keep the lead to finish first. On the second downwind leg, Canadian and Kingston Native Robert Davis followed Mihelic, with Nick Thompson representing Great Britain, and Burton AUS close behind. Burton AUS was able to pass Thompson GBR and Davis CAN to place second, with Thompson finishing third. Maegli GUA was able to slip into fourth place, with Davis CAN in fifth.
In Red Flight’s Race four, Rutger Van Schaardenburg representing the Netherlands battled his way to the front of the pack and held his lead to win the race. He was followed by Canadian, Lee Parkhill in second and Pavlos Kontides representing Cyprus in third. Race four was led by Philipp Buhl representing Germany, followed by Nicholas Heiner representing the Netherlands and Kacper Zieminski representing Poland. Parkhill CAN managed to fight his way to the front of the pack to finish first, with Zieminski POL in second, and Giovanni Cooccoluto representing Italy in third.
Juan Ignacio Maegli representing Guatemala now sits in first overall with four points with a result of (one, four) today and Philipp Buhl representing Germany sits in second also with four points and a result of (one, five) today. Tom Burton representing Australia is in third with eight points and finished second in both races today. Nick Thompson representing Great Britain is in fourth overall, and is only two points behind Burton. Kacper Zieminski representing Poland is in fifth, and is tied in point with Pavlos Kontides representing Cyprus who sits in sixth.
Tomorrow will mark the third day of Laser World Championship racing on Kingston’s Fresh waters. Qualifying series will run until July fifth, and Final Series Racing will be July six - eight. Come down to Portsmouth Olympic Harbour to see all the on water action!
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