Laser Radial Worlds- Xu wins, Railey goes home

by Rich Roberts and Sail-World on 5 Aug 2006 Lijia Xu (CHN) has won the Womens Laser Radial Championship, sailed off Marina Del Rey, California.

In a sensational move, the defending champion Paige Railey was disqualified from the regatta for her third judged infringement of RRS 42 (Propulsion).

However that is not to take away from the achievement of Xu, who has won the first ever Olympic World Championship title for her country, which is also to be the host for the 2008 Olympics.

Xu's achievement will certainly turn a lot of heads in the sailing establishment as to what is happening behind the old Bamboo Curtain, and the rise of China as a sailing power.

Lijia Xu said, modestly, that her victory in the women's Laser Radial Worlds is not the first world sailing championship for a citizen of the Peoples Republic of China.

A girl much younger than her 19 years won back-to-back Optimist class titles at Qingdao, China in 2001 and Houston, Tex. in 2002. A girl named Lijia Xu.

But, she added, 'Maybe it's the first in an Olympic class,' which the Radial will be when Xu's career comes full circle to her native country for the 2008 Olympics.

This may not make her another Yao Ming back home---'Oh, he's the most famous athlete in China,' she said of the NBA Houston Rockets' center---but her English is much better than his.

'I just learned it myself,' she said, 'watching American movies [and TV] like Prison Break and Desperate Housewives. It's a good way to learn English.'

Xu was hardly desperate as she sailed into the last 2 of 12 races with a 12-point lead over Germany's Petra Niemann and 25 on Belgium's Evi Van Acker, this year's European champion. Mexico's Tania Elias Calles Wolf won the first race in 9 knots of fairly steady wind to score second overall. Xu finished fourth for a mathematical wrap-up and called it a regatta.

Niemann won the second race to finish second overall. It was her third victory of the week to match the performance by sixth-place Sarah Steyaert of France.

No. 2-ranked Anna Tunnicliffe, 23, of Florida, led the event at mid-week until she nosedived to sixth Thursday. She said before Friday's racing, 'There are still two races to go and I'm already concentrating on turning on a better performance.'

Sure enough, she bounced back with two third places to finish in fourth place as the top American.

Top New Zealander was Jo Aleh, who won two races mid week, but slid down the fleet as the breeze increased. She finished in 11th place on equal points with Sarah Blanck of Australia, who was tenth. Under the Yachting New Zealand funding criteria, competitors must finish in the top ten overall in a world championship to be automatically granted YNZ Olympic Squad status for the following year, and Aleh just missed this cut by the narrowest of margins. However there is a discretionary provision in the YNZ Olympic criteria and Aleh would almost certainly make the 2007 YNZ Olympic Squad on this basis.

While Xu sailed back to the host California Yacht Club, at trhe finish of her race, defending World Champion, Paige Railey didn't last that long.

The struggling 19-year-old star of the class from Florida - whom was alos European Champion in 2005 and is still No. 1 ranked in the world - drew her third yellow flag of the week from on-water judges for violating Rule 42, which concerns three basic types of kinetics to propel the boat: pumping the sail, sculling the rudder and - appropriately, the way her week had gone - rocking the boat.

When she was yellow-flagged for the latter on the first upwind leg of the first race, giving her a sweep of Rule 42 for the week, she was compelled to drop out, a stunning end to what may have been the toughest week of her young career.

Technically, with the Big DSQ, she wound up last among 45 Gold class finalists with all of her results purged from the scoring. Altogether, including the Silver fleet won by Hanne Hansch of Germany, there were 89 women from 31 countries.

Xu felt for Railey. 'She didn't have much luck this year,' she said. 'I have regarded her as my idol since I began to sail Radials. She is still the best, and there are still some good things I need to learn from here. I'm just a beginner.'

Xu, a former Europe dinghy sailor, has been sailing Radials only eight months. At 75 centimeters (5-foot-9) and 68 kilos (150 pounds) she doesn't measure up to Yao but is about optimum size for a Radial in a range of conditions.

'But for the Olympics I may want to be lighter,' she said, because she expects light wind at Qingdao.

Her plan for the week was not primarily to win but to improve her ability. 'I was just trying to tell myself to have more stability to the boat, and trying to tell myself the only opponent is just myself,' she said.

Railey never really got going. A second in the week's first race was her best finish, although she was in contention until the next-to-last day. The final blow was her third yellow flag, which she did not dispute.

'Moving her body,' her mother, Ann Railey, said. 'That's the way the judges saw it, [so] that's how it is.'

There were only two third yellows waved in the regatta, the other directed at another American sailor, Brian Cottrel in the men's class. In all, there were 62 yellow flags, including 14 seconds.

Jury chairman Paul Withers of Great Britain was one of two judges on the boat that made Friday's call. He dismissed any notions that Railey was targeted because of her prominence---and, in fact, said he didn't know it was Railey until later.

'I know the name,' Withers said. 'I know she's a brilliant sailor, and I didn't know her sail number. My partner said, 'Oh, look at this one.' There was a boat to leeward of the others and the sailor was doing this [Withers leans back and forward repeatedly]. You could see the mast moving to windward in time with the body.'



2006 Laser Radial World Championships

Results Women - Gold Fleet  
Scores take into account 2  discards
 

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	CHN 187373	Xu Lijia	42.0	5	4	6	(33)	3	2	3	3	11	1	4	(dnf)
2	GER 187321	Niemann Petra	44.0	5	1	4	(25)	1	(15)	15	6	2	4	5	1
3	MEX 187285	Elias Calles Wolf Tania	61.0	7	7	8	3	9	(23)	1	(28)	6	11	1	8
4	USA 187361	Tunnicliffe Anna	63.0	2	1	3	7	7	(9)	23	5	(32)	9	3	3
5	BEL 187294	Van Acker Evi	72.0	2	3	(25)	20	10	5	(22)	9	1	3	14	5
6	FRA 187323	Steyaert Sarah	83.0	1	23	(32)	1	6	1	2	2	19	(35)	6	22
7	SWE 187291	Soderstrom Karin	94.0	6	5	(9)	4	2	8	18	(26)	5	14	12	20
8	FRA 187314	De Turkheim Sophie	107.0	25	9	(29)	10	4	9	5	11	7	12	(34)	15
9	POL 187319	Szotynska Katarzyna	108.0	(11)	6	1	2	7	6	26	8	18	(28)	7	27
10	AUS 187398	Blanck Sarah	125.0	14	4	(29)	12	(35)	13	7	14	14	17	20	10
11	NZL 187318	Aleh Jo	125.0	4	(20)	1	1	9	16	(35)	18	10	27	27	12
12	GBR 187403	Dobson Charlotte	128.0	18	15	2	7	21	(29)	9	21	15	(24)	9	11
13	FIN 187399	Multala Sari	129.0	15	2	20	3	(34)	17	12	1	(bfd)	7	dnf	6
14	AUS 187394	Weir Krystal	131.0	19	14	(31)	(31)	11	8	19	4	22	2	30	2
15	DEN 187308	Abrahamsen Trine Julie	133.0	14	21	(26)	21	16	7	10	25	(bfd)	5	10	4
16	CHN 187369	Shen Xiaoying	134.0	3	11	9	2	14	(29)	42	(43)	13	13	2	25
17	CRO 187316	Mihelic Tina	135.0	10	9	16	8	5	(22)	29	(31)	4	23	18	13
18	GRE 187331	Kravarioti Virginia	138.0	19	5	13	(28)	17	4	6	(32)	24	25	8	17
19	GBR 187302	Brewster Andrea	140.0	9	12	(22)	4	5	2	28	15	17	10	(38)	38
20	BLR 187379	Drozdovskaya Tatiana	141.0	10	13	14	15	(24)	10	11	16	3	(30)	19	30
21	FRA 187297	Brain Solenne	141.0	6	2	2	5	1	(21)	8	29	29	(36)	24	35
22	GBR 187303	Clark Penny	160.0	1	(33)	14	14	17	6	31	(39)	20	15	35	7
23	CRO 187360	Petronijevic Mateja	175.0	11	(17)	4	12	8	15	36	10	16	22	41	(dnf)
24	ITA 187406	Nevierov Larissa	176.0	8	16	7	11	(24)	11	24	19	27	32	21	(39)
25	ESP 187307	Reyes Lucia	177.0	21	3	(44)	21	(41)	10	17	23	8	29	16	29
26	CAN 187397	Ross Lisa	182.0	12	23	(32)	17	2	18	21	(41)	12	38	13	26
27	GER 187387	Goltz Franziska	187.0	17	8	18	5	12	(20)	40	36	(bfd)	20	15	16
28	GRE 187631	Mantzaraki Eftychia	189.0	16	(40)	5	33	25	3	38	20	9	26	(40)	14
29	GBR 187295	Vickers Lizzie	191.0	23	(34)	11	18	15	14	(34)	13	21	34	33	9
30	GBR 187386	Baldwin Laura	195.0	(42)	25	15	17	13	14	13	7	23	(39)	36	32
31	NZL 187400	Winther Sara	197.0	(30)	7	23	27	30	1	14	40	(bfd)	6	28	21
32	CAN 187381	Crowder Victoria	199.4	24	21	21	9	3	(24)	30	(38)	37	16	23	36
33	CAN 187383	Rasa Keamia	201.0	22	13	(37)	(44)	19	5	4	17	31	31	25	34
34	CZE 187309	Fenclova Veronika	214.0	(27)	27	11	8	22	23	27	33	33	8	22	(dnf)
35	CRO 187378	Barbic Gea	214.0	(31)	22	12	10	18	12	(41)	35	36	18	11	40
36	NED 187334	Jutjens Gea	214.0	25	12	5	13	(26)	4	33	22	38	(40)	29	33
37	NZL 187305	Powrie Miranda	216.0	(34)	19	8	11	11	28	16	30	25	37	(39)	31
38	ARG 187410	Carranza Saroli Cecilia	216.0	20	24	(27)	26	6	19	(37)	34	26	21	17	23
39	GER 187412	Schröder Wiebke	217.0	21	18	(34)	30	12	12	32	12	(39)	19	37	24
40	USA 187299	Brennan Myrdal Danielle	229.0	3	26	(34)	20	4	33	39	24	35	(41)	26	19
41	BRA 187364	Ginaid Odile	234.0	7	8	16	9	13	(39)	(43)	42	28	42	32	37
42	GBR 187320	Young Alison	239.0	(40)	11	17	19	34	11	20	27	30	(dnf)	42	28
43	USA 187343	Dennis Claire	243.0	8	10	12	25	28	(30)	(44)	44	34	33	31	18
44	NED 187287	Bouwmeester Marit	294.0	(dsq)	27	3	6	31	27	25	37	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc
45	USA 187345	Railey Paige	460.0	(raf)	(raf)	raf	raf	raf	raf	raf	dnf	raf	raf	dnf	dnc

 
 RDG-results are as follows:

	CAN 187381	Crowder Victoria	race 1:	20 scores
	CAN 187381	Crowder Victoria	race 9:	20.4 scores

Results Women - silver

  Scores take into account 2  discards
 

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	GER 187328	Jansch Hanne	102.0	13	26	31	(36)	(43)	3	2	8	7	7	2	3
2	NOR 187348	Samdal Elin Maria	119.0	(33)	20	(26)	26	25	7	20	6	4	2	5	4
3	NZL 187292	Powrie Olivia	126.0	9	(36)	(33)	24	10	26	11	5	3	8	24	6
4	DEN 187352	Lindberg Alberte Holm	136.0	27	(30)	(33)	15	20	13	16	7	2	13	11	12
5	SUI 187283	Brugger Nathalie	155.0	18	32	19	16	22	(37)	7	16	1	9	15	(dnf)
6	IRL 187357	Peelo Ciara	165.0	12	(33)	30	(38)	14	21	21	28	10	18	10	1
7	USA 187347	Lihan Sarah	166.0	(32)	10	(35)	28	31	27	6	3	12	26	8	15
8	GBR 187284	Chapman Rosie	166.0	26	29	6	(ocs)	18	18	29	11	5	5	(bfd)	19
9	AUS 187313	Dennison Melanie	169.0	31	14	(38)	19	35	28	3	4	25	1	9	(dnf)
10	ESP 187298	Cebrian Alicia	172.0	(36)	17	23	34	30	19	4	1	15	4	(bfd)	25
11	CHN 187376	Fan Huiyu	177.0	(35)	(37)	7	30	27	25	13	15	14	20	6	20
12	CHN 187306	Su Zhen	189.0	13	24	(42)	(37)	36	31	22	21	9	3	13	17
13	NED 187392	Bouwmeester Anneke	203.0	24	18	13	29	15	(30)	15	10	32	30	17	(dnf)
14	CHN 187371	Shen Huanqi	207.0	32	(dnf)	10	23	21	36	17	19	27	11	(bfd)	11
15	CAN 187374	Spalding Jennifer	210.0	(33)	19	24	31	23	20	1	(bfd)	ocs	21	3	23
16	CHI 187385	Gumucio Arantza	210.0	(40)	40	17	35	26	40	(41)	24	13	6	7	2
17	GER 187326	Puls Janika	215.0	26	29	20	(40)	16	17	12	14	29	(34)	21	31
18	POR 187289	Carmo Sara	218.0	29	16	24	(35)	29	25	31	9	23	16	(bfd)	16
19	CRO 187329	Petani Renata	222.0	22	(39)	10	22	28	(37)	36	33	24	14	12	21
20	USA 187368	Prioleau Carolyn	229.0	4	28	39	(41)	23	34	(42)	35	16	27	18	5
21	CAN 187365	Dube Danielle	230.0	23	35	(40)	14	33	40	19	13	19	12	(bfd)	22
22	JPN 187340	Ishikawa Ayumi	234.0	39	(41)	27	24	8	34	(40)	36	11	25	20	10
23	IRL 187332	Hanna Debbie	234.0	(37)	22	28	(37)	37	35	18	18	20	10	32	14
24	ESP 187341	Echegoyen Tamara	237.0	29	32	(41)	27	38	22	24	22	(40)	15	19	9
25	SUI 187355	Meyer Corinne	238.0	(41)	31	22	39	(44)	16	5	2	36	24	28	35
26	ESP 187296	Reyes Fatima	243.0	17	15	28	(39)	39	24	14	(bfd)	37	23	1	dnf
27	NZL 187350	Hume-Merry Cushla	243.0	20	35	35	29	(42)	32	10	12	6	39	25	(dnf)
28	USA 187333	Griffin Genoa	249.0	38	38	15	(ocs)	20	36	30	25	35	(40)	4	8
29	CHN 187327	Zhu Jianyan	250.0	28	25	(39)	13	(33)	dne	26	17	17	22	27	29
30	IRL 187377	Murphy Claudine	260.0	(44)	42	37	(ocs)	40	26	9	26	22	29	16	13
31	SIN 187389	Chan Victoria	260.0	35	37	18	6	(38)	32	27	34	28	19	(bfd)	24
32	USA 187391	Shea Margaret	264.5	27	(39)	21	32	36	(39)	28	27	21	36	29	7
33	USA 187349	Billing Emily	269.0	30	36	25	22	32	(38)	35	31	18	(38)	14	26
34	CHN 187395	Mao Yuting	275.0	15	30	19	16	32	(38)	(38)	37	34	31	33	28
35	BRA 187375	Kostiw Adriana	279.0	34	31	30	23	37	(42)	8	(bfd)	31	dnf	22	18
36	CAN 187358	Bertold Isabella	283.0	(41)	28	36	34	19	31	23	20	33	28	31	(dnf)
37	USA 187388	Maxim Katie	311.0	16	34	(42)	38	42	(43)	33	23	30	33	30	32
38	JPN 187311	Hamaguchi Mutsumi	333.0	36	41	(43)	(43)	27	41	34	29	38	37	23	27
39	JPN 187405	Hasegawa Satako	335.0	42	(43)	38	40	(43)	42	39	32	26	17	26	33
40	CAN 187401	Mclean Hayley	347.0	(39)	6	36	18	29	33	(dnc)	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc
41	ISV 187407	Jones Sydney	355.0	38	(43)	41	42	39	(43)	43	38	8	41	35	30
42	FRA 187282	Borsi Manon	364.0	(43)	38	40	32	40	41	32	(bfd)	41	32	34	34
43	AUS 187670	De Lange Megan	377.0	37	42	(43)	36	41	35	37	30	39	35	(bfd)	dnf
44	CAN 187317	Lombard Jessica	397.0	43	(44)	44	41	44	44	25	(dnf)	42	42	36	36

 

Results Men  
Scores take into account 2  discards
 

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	BRA 175368	Pillar Fabio	56.0	16	12	5	1	4	9	(30)	(27)	2	4	1	2
2	NED 158085	Le Fevre Steven	61.0	4	4	1	(40)	15	2	4	(31)	17	1	3	10
3	NED 174736	Krol Steven	78.0	2	1	(20)	14	3	(19)	7	19	14	7	10	1
4	GBR 180043	Emmett Jon	78.0	19	2	(25)	15	6	1	5	7	11	(22)	8	4
5	IRL 173086	Seaton Ryan	118.0	5	25	9	(45)	13	7	2	10	16	12	(32)	19
6	SIN 185328	Cheng Colin	122.0	26	13	11	4	29	4	(47)	(57)	1	5	12	17
7	NZL 184685	Sandall James	141.0	25	18	(38)	2	30	18	(35)	33	5	2	5	3
8	AUS 166021	Palk Ryan	141.0	9	20	(21)	5	11	13	21	15	18	16	(41)	13
9	CAN 182411	Ramsay Luke	145.0	11	(34)	(41)	27	23	15	1	2	20	14	26	6
10	NZL 176918	Junior Josh	147.0	21	5	24	9	(58)	(raf)	9	13	41	11	9	5
11	MAS 172246	Muhamad Mohd Romzi	158.0	27	22	15	24	2	14	23	8	(45)	21	2	(35)
12	SIN 179815	Koh Seng Leong	159.0	12	3	33	6	24	8	18	4	(bfd)	(61)	23	28
13	BER 157789	Kirkland Alexander	167.0	23	11	14	(49)	14	21	11	12	(32)	27	14	20
14	KOR 180157	Saugkyu Kim	172.0	28	(48)	10	28	12	5	15	5	(44)	18	29	22
15	GBR 182523	Paton Ben	176.0	39	10	35	36	27	6	3	6	6	8	(dnf)	(dnf)
16	NZL 181880	Andrews Max	179.0	34	14	26	7	8	3	25	11	(42)	(raf)	22	29
17	NED 178640	Van Mackelenbergh Rodie	181.0	13	(dsq)	3	(35)	26	10	12	28	25	34	15	15
18	USA 173220	Raab Chris	194.0	15	6	16	(dnf)	25	(51)	28	32	23	9	28	12
19	TUR 153021	Sevinc Mehmet	199.0	24	28	17	12	21	24	24	3	35	(38)	11	(41)
20	JPN 168190	Eiraku Hiromitsu	205.0	10	8	(48)	10	37	12	45	16	4	(48)	40	23
21	CAN 181829	Dold Chris	213.0	6	15	32	(38)	36	11	8	14	27	(41)	30	34
22	IND 183064	Choudhary Rajesh	222.0	32	9	(46)	33	18	22	6	21	19	32	(48)	30
23	AUS 171094	Ormsby Kelsey	224.0	(43)	35	(58)	23	10	25	32	40	26	3	21	9
24	POR 174127	Neves Paulo	224.0	8	17	40	19	5	23	14	(dsq)	(58)	31	20	47
25	USA 179458	Hartranft Randy	226.0	31	7	(53)	32	(45)	33	19	25	9	29	16	25
26	TAH 177765	Besson Jessee	229.0	30	31	12	22	28	(45)	10	18	8	37	33	(38)
27	USA 187000	Sam Padnos	236.0	61	53	2	11	17	28	(63)	(63)	10	13	17	24
28	USA 182345	Buckingham Charlie	243.0	7	(45)	39	29	35	17	36	30	7	(58)	27	16
29	BRA 166184	Wender Philip Alexander	261.0	36	29	(65)	46	34	16	13	1	34	(56)	25	27
30	AUS 177729	Skulander Zac	274.0	20	38	8	31	32	29	(46)	(39)	36	35	37	8
31	CAN 182867	Grierson Kevin	275.0	(55)	21	47	(51)	9	26	27	35	38	30	35	7
32	BER 181779	Kirkland Jesse	280.5	1	19	27	3	49	55	31	34	(62)	55	6	(dnf)
33	CAN 177143	Torchinsky Abe	286.0	40	23	37	48	16	(52)	16	9	29	42	(60)	26
34	BRA 168889	Guimarães Neto Ruy	293.0	37	36	(49)	30	(42)	32	37	17	39	20	31	14
35	USA 177325	Sterett Matthew R.	294.0	48	26	43	(52)	7	36	38	22	21	49	4	(53)
36	USA 172495	Schalka Michael	301.0	(56)	(52)	22	20	46	40	52	51	13	23	13	21
37	CRO 182661	Longin Matija	303.5	22	40	36	43	1	48	(51)	(54)	37	33	6	37
38	ITA 184963	Crivelli Visconti Uberto	306.0	35	41	18	42	(dnf)	27	34	37	24	24	24	(56)
39	USA 182070	Cullman Cam	313.0	3	16	28	41	(63)	44	17	24	(57)	47	39	54
40	AUS 180057	Langford Mark	313.0	44	39	30	37	31	(53)	22	36	(bfd)	17	18	39
41	USA 187260	Norris Phillip	318.0	29	42	4	44	33	20	(56)	46	(bfd)	28	54	18
42	ARG 148390	Lopez Segura Eduardo	319.0	17	(62)	44	18	(64)	38	43	42	12	26	43	36
43	USA 174011	Fahey Brendan	338.0	41	24	23	(55)	(61)	31	20	23	46	36	45	49
44	USA 179433	Summers Cameron	339.0	50	44	19	50	(59)	42	(55)	41	15	25	42	11
45	USA 181131	Marks Zack	339.0	14	27	(54)	(60)	50	37	29	26	48	39	19	50
46	ITA 181652	Lo Bue Marco	343.0	33	(60)	6	8	20	49	39	(53)	40	53	49	46
47	USA 174270	Barnard Chris	345.0	18	49	7	26	39	41	53	(58)	33	(60)	36	43
48	USA 175086	Dugdale Nick	353.0	46	47	29	21	19	54	(58)	(dnf)	3	45	58	31
49	PER 163267	Zúñiga Javier	364.0	42	32	(57)	17	48	(57)	49	55	22	6	53	40
50	USA 171608	Deermount Adam	369.0	38	37	13	16	43	35	40	50	(bfd)	51	46	(dsq)
51	KOR 178197	Yeongmin Lee	377.0	(58)	30	31	39	44	(47)	33	43	28	46	38	45
52	JPN 175453	Maeda Hiroshi	383.0	49	43	42	25	(55)	43	26	20	(51)	40	44	51
53	IND 186146	Sabir Salil	394.0	45	50	51	(63)	(57)	39	42	38	31	15	51	32
54	USA 178615	Hoeven Ryan	395.0	52	(61)	59	13	56	34	(61)	52	30	10	56	33
55	USA 171221	Fulmer Chuck	406.0	47	33	34	34	38	(60)	50	48	(55)	19	55	48
56	USA 151830	Johnston Paige	480.0	(dnf)	46	(67)	56	41	50	44	45	43	64	47	44
57	IND 183084	Singh Dharmendra	488.0	60	54	45	47	(65)	30	41	29	(bfd)	62	61	59
58	NED 171726	Veldman Stephan	501.0	59	51	(61)	(66)	60	46	48	49	54	43	34	57
59	FRA 177281	Luigi Donat-Pierre	504.0	53	55	52	54	53	(56)	54	44	47	(57)	50	42
60	ITA 182955	Alberico Daniele	550.0	54	59	56	57	54	59	(62)	59	56	44	52	(60)
61	ARG 173910	Palombo Carlos	553.0	51	64	(68)	(dnf)	47	58	57	47	52	63	62	52
62	JPN 164166	Harada Takayuki	567.0	(65)	58	64	62	22	63	60	56	61	(65)	59	62
63	USA 181847	Martinelli Dennis	569.0	57	57	62	53	51	(65)	(68)	64	53	54	57	61
64	USA 147390	Vaught Alexander	586.0	64	(67)	55	59	52	67	65	61	50	50	63	(dnf)
65	TAH 177754	Combescure Guillaume	596.0	(66)	56	60	61	(66)	61	59	dne	49	59	64	55
66	JPN 180026	Hayashi Masakazu	603.0	62	66	50	64	40	68	67	60	60	66	(dnf)	(dnf)
67	USA 186539	Yioulos George	617.0	(67)	65	66	(67)	62	62	66	62	59	52	65	58
68	USA 179463	Smith Steven C.	658.0	63	63	63	58	67	64	64	(dnf)	(dnf)	dnf	dnc	dnf
69	USA 162040	Mikulich Vladislav	686.0	68	68	70	(dnc)	69	66	(dnf)	dnf	63	dnf	66	dnf
70	USA 183890	Jackson Gregory	700.0	69	69	69	65	68	(dnf)	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf	dnf
71	USA 171212	Cottrell Brian	720.0	(raf)	(bfd)	dne	raf	raf	raf	raf	raf	raf	raf	dnf	dnc

 
Scoring penalties are as follows:

IND 183084

Singh Dharmendra

race 5

65, 65 --> 72 scores, arb

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