Optimist European Championships - Launching in 20 knots
by Optimist Class association on 7 Jul 2010
Launching in 20 knots - Optimist European Championship International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA)
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Optimist European Championship, Kamien-Pomorski Poland. Day 5.
July 6th
The weather system predicted yesterday, brought 20 knots of wind, much to the enjoyment of sailors and race officers, who after completion of three more races can be more at ease knowing they already have a valid championship.
Francisca Russo Cirillo is building a significant lead over her fellow competitors as, notwithstanding today's completely different sailing conditions, she finished in the top-five in all of her races. She is now 17 points ahead of Amanda Ammundsen, and 22 ahead of Juliana Duque from Brazil and Aikaterini Tavoulari from Greece, both tied on 36 points. Anastasiya Krivtsova from Belarus is doing remarkably well and with a bullet in Race 5 she is proving that although Belarus are recent Optimist members, their sailing skills are to be envied.
The leaderboard has changed quite significantly among the boys. Nestor Cano from Spain is now leading the fleet, taking over from Tiago Brito who didn't do well in today's races. Lóránt Péch from Hungary is only 4 points behind Nestor and everything indicates that he might be at the top after a first discard tomorrow when race 6 has been completed. Luka Mati from Croatia is in third place.
Top 3 Girls
1. White ITA 7621 Francesca Russo Cirillo
2 Green DEN 8324 Amanda Ammundsen
3 Blue BRA 3547 Juliana Duque
Top 3 Boys
1 Green ESP 1725 Nestor Cano
2 Blue HUN 1282 Lóránt Péch
3 Yellow CRO 1001 Luka Mati
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