Dennison wins bronze in Kiel Week Yngling's
by Rob Kothe on 25 Jun 2001
Melanie Dennison switching from Europe's to Yngling has success in Kiel. Katrina Butler
The final round finished yesterday in the Kiel Week Olympic class events.
Australian Melanie Dennison and her crew Kristen Kosmala and Fiona Herbert from the RSYS gained Bronze in the Yngling class event.
Savannah Gold medallist Torben Grael and the American Mark Reynolds who won Gold in Sydney fought out the Star Class.
Germany's Michael Fellman took the Finns. Roman Hagara and Peter Steinlacher, Gold medallists in Sydney ahead of Bundock and Forbes won the new faster Tornado class.
The British men medalled well with 1st and 3rd in the 49ers. and Nick Dempsey won the Mistrals, while in the Women's Mistrals Natasha Sturges took silver behind Olympic 1996 Gold medalist Lai Shan Lee .
In the 470 Mens, Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page came sixth, while the Belcher brothers, Mathhew and Daniel, were back in 15th place, carrying two OCS's. In the Womens 470 Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell had four DNS's and DNC's to finish 18th. In the Laser event Brendan Casey was 23rd and Ben Lamb was 41st.
Top three results in each class.
Star.
1. BRA. Grael/Ferreira. 15 points.
2. USA. Reynolds/Liltedahl. 23 points.
3. DEN. Rasmussen/Oersted. 40 points.
Yngling.
1. NED. Thies. 20 points.
2. GER. Schumann. 29 points.
3. AUS. Dennison. 30 points.
Finn.
1. GER. Fellman. 14 points.
2. CZE. Maier. 22 points.
3. DEN. Holm. 32 points.
Europe.
1. GER. Petzke. 29 points.
2. GER. Schroder. 33 points.
3. BLR. Drozdovskaya. 42 points.
Laser.
1. SWE. Daniel Birgmark. 24 points.
2. FIN. Roope Suomalainen. 39 points.
3. BRA. Robert Scheidt. 43 points.
Tornado.
1. AUT. Hagara/Steinacher. 21 points.
2. ARG. Lange/Espinola. 35 points.
3. GER. Sach/Sach. 36 points.
49er.
1. GBR. Brotherton/Hiscocks. 28 points.
2. UKR. Luka/Leonchuk. 47 points.
3. GBR. Barker/Hilary. 47 points.
470 Women.
1. GRE. Bekatorou/Tsoulfka. 21 points.
2. GER. Rothweiler/Leu. 51 points.
3. FRA. Petitjean/Douroux. 51 points.
470 Men.
1. ITA. Zandona/Trani. 39 points.
2. GRE. Kosmatpoulos/Trigonis. 39.6 points.
3. GER. Zellmer/Krabbe. 49 points.
Mistral Men.
1. GBR. Nick Dempsey.
2. POR. Joao Rodrigues.
3. FRA. Alexandre Guyader.
Mistral Women.
1. HKG. Lai Shan Lee. 16 points.
2. GBR. Natasha Sturges. 28 points.
3. JPN. Masako Imai. 35 points.
Event website: www.kielerwoche.de
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