Paige Railey USA takes lead at Radial Worlds

by G New on 8 Dec 2005 Paige Railey of the USA has taken the lead as the fleets split to Gold and Silver. Not such a good day for the British women at the third day of the Laser Radial Worlds in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Penny Mountford remains the best placed GBR but dropped to eighth overall, scoring a 12 and 14. Alison Young did better, a seventh and ninth putting her 12 overall. At the top of the leader board, Paige Railey (USA) and Petra Niemann (GER) have opened a nine-point lead over Sarah Blanck of Australia.

In the Men’s competition Briton’s Ben Paton had his best day so far, scoring a fourth and a second to place at sixth overall. This is 12 points behind the leader, Igor Lisovenko of Russia. The next four places are held by Brazilians, with Eduardo C de Magalhaes in second and Daniel Jakobsson in third.

With the fleets now split Gold and Silver, Briton’s Ross Harvey leads the Silver fleet.

Women Gold Fleet Overall leaders, after 6 races:
1 USA Paige Railey 19
2 GER Petra Niemann 22
3 AUS Sarah Blanck 31
4 ARG Cecilia Carranza Saroli 34
5 USA Anna Tunnicliffe 34
6 NZL Sara Winther 36
7 FRA Sophie de Turckheim 37
8 GBR Penny Mountford 37
9 LTU Gintare Volungeviciute 39
10 CRO Tina Mihelic 42

Other GBR:
12 GBR Alison Young 46
14 GBR Charlotte Dobson 47
20 GBR Laura Baldwin 53
25 GBR Andrea Brewster 62
36 GBR Lizzie Vickers 77

Men Gold Fleet Overall leaders, after 6 races:
1 RUS Igor Lisovenko 17
2 BRA Eduardo C. de Magalhaes Couto 20
3 BRA Daniel Jakobsson 23
4 BRA Tiago Cortes Rodrigues 23
5 BRA Andreas Reinisch Perdicaris 27
6 GBR Ben Paton 29
7 USA Brad Funk 31
8 BRA Fábio Dutra Pillar e Silva 32
9 RUS Timofey Zhbankov 33
10 BRA Bruno Cortes Rodrigues 35

Other GBR
16 GBR Jon Emmett 41
45 GBR Mark Brewster 95

Event website: http://www.2005laserworlds.com.br