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470 Gold for Asher and Willis

by Sail-World.com/uk on 30 Jan 2008
Elliott Willis and Nick Asher (GBR) - 470 Worlds 2008 Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library http://www.sportlibrary.com.au

Nic Asher and Elliot Willis (GBR) won the Medal race and took Gold at the 470 World Championships in Australia.

Second place went to Alvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes of Portugal, with Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal from Isreal in third place.

Full story, interviews and images to follow on Sail-World.com

470 Men - Final Medal race and positions

1 GBR828 ASHER, Nic 54.1 2 56.1 56.1
WILLIS, Elliot
2 POR22 MARINHO, Álvaro 51 6 57 57
NUNES, Miguel
3 ISR7 KLIGER, Gideon 54 16 70 70
GAL, Udi
4 FRA7 CHARBONNIER, Nicolas 60 20 80 80
BAUSSET, Olivier
5 FRA44 LEBOUCHER, Pierre 77 4 81 81
GAROS, Vincent
6 ITA2 ZANDONÀ, Gabrio 74 12 86 86
TRANI, Andrea
7 ESP9 BARREIROS RODRÍGUEZ, Onán 83 8 91 91
SARMIENTO PADILLA, Aarón
8 AUS311 WILMOT, Nathan 83 10 93 93
PAGE, Malcolm
9 GBR817 ROGERS, Nicholas 80 18 98 98
GLANFIELD, Joe
10 FRA11 BONNAUD, Benjamin 92 14 106 106
BONAUD, Romain
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