470 European Championships 2011 day 4

by International 470 Class Association on 13 Jul 2011 470 European Championships day four had varying wind speeds ranging from 13-20 knots, that challenged the 470 sailors on course area delta today in Helsinki. Whilst some teams thrived in the conditions, others felt they were not quite quick enough to respond to the change in pace.

Race six was the first race of the day for the 470 fleets and it was Brazil's Fernanda Oliveira/Ana Luisa Barbachan who dominated up the windward leg, with the Spanish team of Tara Pacheco/Berta Betanzos chasing hard. Brazil tacked to the right first off the start and the Spanish covered, keeping their target closely in sight. But the race was effectively just a procession behind the Brazilians, whose race win gave them the impetus to take the overall lead from the Spanish by the end of today's three races.

Smiled Oliveira after racing, 'It was a great day for us. A first, fifth and seventh. The last race was so difficult, it was a completely crazy race. It was the same for everybody, but we were lucky to be at the front of the fleet, so it was easier to keep going. The wind shifted a lot and changed so it was crazy.'

On stepping up to first overall she added, 'It doesn't matter for me that we beat the Spanish. We just worry about us, our work, and not for the others. We are sometimes training together with the Spanish girls so it is good to be together. They are very special sailors. We have a lot of races until the end of the event, so we are just concerned to keep going.'

Standing nearby, the Spanish helm Pacheco acknowledged the battle in race six, 'We were trying to catch them, but it was impossible!'

Friedrike Belcher's (GER) victory in race eight, with helm Kathrin Kadelbach, matched her husband Mat Belcher's race eight win in the 470 Men and helps move the German team up to fifteenth overall.

With those at the front of the fleet happy, for Anna Stepanova and crew Nadezhda Gerasimova (UKR), 'today', as Anna put it 'was a tragic history'. They delivered their worst races of the series, a 39, 32, 32. Explained Stepanova, 'It was not good for us, there was damage and my crew may have broken her finger. It was on the tack and then something happened and then effected everything afterwards. You need your fingers for every tack, for everything. Our race today was very strange.'

Moving on up to join Brazil and Spain in the top three are Denmark's Henriette Koch/Lene Sommer after a consistent 7,4,8 posting.

The Australians look to be unstoppable as Mat Belcher/Malcolm Page (AUS) produced another win in race eight to extend their points lead over the rest of the fleet. Chasing hard and moving up to second overall with a 4,2 are Luke Patience/Stuart Bithell (GBR).

Bithell summarized the British team's day, 'It was alright, a lot of pressure differences, a lot of oscillating wind shifts. For me on the wire doing tactics it was brilliant. It was an opportunity to gain on the fleet. It was good fun.'

Race seven looked to be a win in the bag for Americans Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl, but they ultimately finished behind Panagiotis Kampouridis/Efstathios Papadopoulos (GRE), as McNay explained, 'There were a lot of wind shifts out there and a bunch of competitors close behind us. You can't cover everyone.

We played the wind as we thought was best and one guy got around us but we are well happy with second.' And on their seventeenth in race eight, 'Seventeen isn't that bad a score and we are in a good place going ahead to the next four races and the medal race.'

The British swapped places with Israel's Gideon Kliger/Eran Sela who drop from second to third, as Kliger reflected, 'It was a big mess and very different from the other days. The wind was really shifty and it means everything comes really fast and quickly. The other days it was the opposite and very slow. We made mistakes. We just didn't sail good today but we have confidence to get back.'

Results:
Women

1	BRA177	Fernanda OLIVEIRA	Ana Luisa BARBACHAN	5.0	1.0	5.0	12.0	(17.0)	1.0	5.0	6.0					35
2	ESP696	Tara PACHECO	Berta BETANZOS	2.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	(14.0)	2.0	11.0	14.0					37
3	DEN143	Henriette KOCH	Lene SOMMER	6.0	11.0	9.0	3.0	(16.0)	7.0	4.0	8.0					48
4	FRA12	Emmanuelle ROL	Hélène DEFRANCE	7.0	6.0	12.0	7.0	19.0	(28.0)	2.0	2.0					55
5	SLO64	Tina MRAK	Teja CERNE	1.0	3.0	15.0	(44.0 OCS)	7.0	17.0	10.0	10.0					63
6	FRA9	Camille LECOINTRE	Mathilde GERON	9.0	(44.0 BFD)	3.0	6.0	6.0	16.0	1.0	27.0					68
7	GRE224	Virginia KRAVARIOTI	Olga TSIGARIDI	21.0	10.0	(44.0 DSQ)	1.0	3.0	10.0	12.0	16.0					73
8	GBR847	Hannah MILLS	Saskia CLARK	3.0	13.0	(44.0 BFD)	37.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	12.0					76
9	GER61	Tina LUTZ	Beucke SUSANN	(44.0 BFD)	26.0	13.0	8.0	8.0	14.0	6.0	4.0					79
10	JPN4151	Ai KONDO	Wakako TABATA	4.0	15.0	4.0	(44.0 OCS)	29.0	24.0	3.0	3.0					82
11	GBR850	Penny CLARK	Katrina HUGHES	19.0	5.0	(44.0 BFD)	4.0	18.0	9.0	8.0	22.0					85
12	USA1757	Erin MAXWELL	Isabelle FARRAR	16.0	17.0	7.0	9.0	13.0	(18.0)	17.0	11.0					90
13	RUS12	Natalia IVANOVA	Diana KRUTSKIKH	18.0	8.0	(44.0 BFD)	14.0	15.0	5.0	9.0	23.0					92
14	GBR855	Sophie WEGUELIN	Sophie AINSWORTH	14.0	12.0	10.0	13.0	(25.0)	11.0	14.0	18.0					92
15	GER21	Kathrin KADELBACH	Friederike BELCHER	(44.0 BFD)	9.0	6.0	11.0	44.0 BFD	4.0	18.0	1.0					93
16	USA1736	Amanda CLARK	Sarah LIHAN	20.0	24.0	2.0	2.0	(33.0)	8.0	13.0	28.0					97
17	RUS700	Vlada ILIENKO	Elena KHRYUKINA	11.0	4.0	14.0	18.0	22.0	12.0	(25.0)	17.0					98
18	SWE342	Ingrid SODERSTROM	Linnea WENNERGREN	(44.0 BFD)	23.0	11.0	10.0	34.0	6.0	19.0	9.0					112
19	GER66	Annina WAGNER	Marlene STEINHERR	26.0	7.0	22.0	19.0	12.0	13.0	22.0	(30.0)					121
20	GER72	Annika BOCHMANN	Anika LORENZ	10.0	(44.0 BFD)	25.0	16.0	11.0	25.0	20.0	15.0					122
21	EST20	Marjaliisa UMB	Elise UMB	13.0	14.0	17.0	22.0	(28.0)	26.0	24.0	7.0					123
22	CRO111	Enia NINCEVIC	Romana ZUPAN	15.0	22.0	18.0	(44.0 OCS)	32.0	23.0	15.0	5.0					130
23	NED6	Afrodite KYRANAKOU	Marieke JONGENS	17.0	19.0	20.0	20.0	(44.0 BFD)	20.0	16.0	25.0					137
24	JPN4321	Yuka YOSHISAKO	Noriko OKUMA	(44.0 BFD)	16.0	8.0	17.0	26.0	19.0	33.0	20.0					139
25	POL11	Agnieszka SKRZYPULEC	Jolanta OGAR	8.0	(44.0 BFD)	19.0	15.0	21.0	22.0	34.0	26.0					145
26	UKR7	Anastasiia KOLOMIETS	Kateryna DMYTRENKO	12.0	21.0	21.0	(44.0 OCS)	31.0	15.0	23.0	29.0					152
27	GRE17	Sofia PAPADOPOULOU	Aliki-anna STRATIGIOU	22.0	(36.0)	23.0	23.0	5.0	32.0	28.0	21.0					154
28	RUS97	Alisa KIRILYUK	Lyudmila DMITRIEVA	(35.0)	29.0	31.0	30.0	4.0	31.0	31.0	19.0					175
29	GER12	Victoria JURCZOK	Josephine BACH	24.0	(44.0 BFD)	16.0	24.0	44.0 BFD	29.0	26.0	13.0					176
30	GBR831	Amy SEABRIGHT	Eilidh MCINTYRE	23.0	25.0	(44.0 BFD)	26.0	9.0	33.0	29.0	34.0					179
31	USA1718	Marlena FAUER	Carly SHEVITZ	27.0	28.0	26.0	32.0	2.0	(38.0)	35.0	32.0					182
32	SUI14	Stéphanie HASLER	Romy HASLER	(44.0 BFD)	20.0	28.0	21.0	30.0	30.0	27.0	35.0					191
33	UKR41	Oleksandra CHYCHEROVA	Liubov CHUNIKHOVSKA	32.0	34.0	32.0	27.0	(35.0)	21.0	21.0	31.0					198
34	FIN4	Hanna SAARI	Johanna ESKELINEN	25.0	18.0	30.0	31.0	20.0	40.0	38.0	(41.0)					202
35	RUS119	Anna STEPANOVA	Nadezhda GERASIMOVA	32.0 DPI3	30.0	24.0	25.0	27.0	(39.0)	32.0	33.0					203
36	POL53	Madeleine ZIELISKA	Nadia ZIELISKA	28.0	32.0	37.0	33.0	23.0	34.0	(41.0)	24.0					211
37	UKR93	Anna KYSELOVA	Anastasiya KRASKO	36.0 DPI3	27.0	27.0	(44.0 DSQ)	36.0	27.0	30.0	40.0					223
38	SWE322	Kajsa SUNDKLEV	Therese ANTMAN	34.0	(44.0 BFD)	29.0	29.0	10.0	37.0	44.0 DNF	44.0 DNC					227
39	RUS66	Anastasia GUSEVA	Yana STOKOLESOVA	36.0	33.0	38.0	36.0	24.0	41.0	36.0	(42.0)					244
40	CAN610	Jen BRAEM	Erin FLANAGAN	38.0	37.0	33.0	28.0	(39.0)	35.0	39.0	37.0					247
41	FIN17	Nina TAMMISTO	Annina TAKALA	37.0	31.0	35.0	35.0	37.0	36.0	(44.0 DNF)	36.0					247
42	RUS470	Ekaterina BESSONOVA	Natalia RESHETOVA	31.0	35.0	34.0	(44.0 OCS)	38.0	42.0	37.0	38.0					255
43	FIN141	Rosa LINDQVIST	Matilda AKKOLA	30.0	(44.0 BFD)	36.0	34.0	44.0 BFD	43.0	40.0	39.0					266

Men

1	AUS11	Mathew BELCHER	Malcolm PAGE	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	(8.0)	6.0	5.0	1.0					18
2	GBR844	Luke PATIENCE	Stuart BITHELL	3.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	(27.0)	5.0	4.0	2.0					26
3	ISR7	Gideon KLIGER	Eran SELA	6.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	10.0	2.0	10.0	(22.0)					36
4	CRO83	Sime FANTELA	Igor MARENIC	4.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	12.0	8.0	(15.0)	3.0					36
5	USA1713	Stuart MCNAY	Graham BIEHL	4.0	10.0	13.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	(17.0)					37
6	GRE165	Panagiotis KAMPOURIDIS	Efstathios PAPADOPOULOS	2.0	6.0	5.0	8.0	(25.0)	11.0	1.0	5.0					38
7	JPN4396	Ryunosuke HARADA	Yugo YOSHIDA	1.0	1.0	4.0	(38.0 OCS)	6.0	10.0	9.0	9.0					40
8	GBR854	Nic ASHER	Elliot WILLIS	9.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	14.0	(15.0)					44
9	ES9	Onan BARREIROS RODRÍGUEZ	Aaron SARMIENTO PADILLA	13.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	10.0	(25.0)	12.0	7.0					53
10	GER10	Ferdinand GERZ	Patrick FOLLMANN	5.0	2.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	(23.0)	8.0	16.0					53
11	AUT3	Matthias SCHMID	Florian REICHSTÄDTER	6.0	16.0	12.0	7.0	3.0	12.0	(23.0)	4.0					60
12	FRA7	Nicolas CHARBONNIER	Jeremie MION	9.0	3.0	16.0	5.0	9.0	1.0	18.0	(21.0)					61
13	FIN7	Joonas LINDGREN	Niklas LINDGREN	11.0	10.0	9.0	(38.0 DNF)	4.0	4.0	6.0	19.0					63
14	GBR857	Ben SAXTON	Richard MASON	18.0	8.0	8.0	11.0	15.0	1.0	(30.0)	8.0					69
15	GER55	Jasper WAGNER	Tobias BOLDUAN	10.0	5.0	13.0	16.0	6.0	7.0	(17.0)	13.0					70
16	ITA2	Gabrio ZANDONÀ	Pietro ZUCCHETTI	12.0	9.0	17.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	20.0	(23.0)					71
17	JPN4326	Tetsuya MATSUNAGA	Kimihiko IMAMURA	7.0	17.0	8.0	3.0	(28.0)	13.0	3.0	20.0					71
18	AUS13	Sam KIVELL	Will RYAN	7.0	14.0	15.0	4.0	22.0	3.0	(24.0)	11.0					76
19	GRE1	Panagiotis MANTIS	Pavlos KAGIALIS	5.0	11.0	6.0	(38.0 BFD)	1.0	38.0 BFD	7.0	10.0					78
20	ARG7	Lucas CALABRESE	Juan DE LA FUENTE	12.0	17.0	1.0	7.0	18.0	7.0	19.0	(26.0)					81
21	GBR852	Philip SPARKS	David Kohler	15.0	6.0	18.0	12.0	13.0	14.0	(21.0)	12.0					90
22	FRA27	Sofian BOUVET	Vincent GUILLARM	2.0	15.0	4.0	(38.0 BFD)	14.0	4.0	27.0	25.0					91
23	RUS2	Mikhail SHEREMETYEV	Maxim SHEREMETYEV	11.0	12.0	7.0	12.0	21.0	(25.0)	11.0	18.0					92
24	JPN4271	Yuya ISHIKAWA	Shouichi YANAGAWA	14.0	7.0	11.0	14.0	26.0	(29.0)	13.0	14.0					99
25	TUR890	Deniz CINAR	Ates CINAR	31.0	9.0	10.0	10.0	14.0	9.0	16.0	(35.0)					99
26	NED77	Steven LEFEVRE	Steven KROL	15.0	19.0	17.0	10.0	9.0	8.0	26.0	(27.0)					104
27	SWE347	Victor BERGSTRÖM	Marcus DACKHAMMAR	10.0	5.0	12.0	17.0	7.0	24.0	(31.0)	31.0					106
28	SLO21	Mitja MIKULIN	Sebastian PRINCIC	20.0	20.0	14.0	13.0	(38.0 OCS)	11.0	22.0	6.0					106
29	SUI1460	Yannick BRAUCHLI	Romuald HAUSSER	18.0	14.0	6.0	11.0	16.0	18.0	(29.0)	24.0					107
30	SUI11	Matías BÜHLER	Felix STEIGER	8.0	18.0	9.0	9.0	15.0	22.0	(32.0)	28.0					109
31	JPN4296	Hiroki MAEDA	Noro EISUKE	19.0	11.0	23.0	15.0	8.0	19.0	25.0	(33.0)					120
32	SUI7	Olivier GREMAUD	Adrien GREMAUD	23.0	18.0	19.0	22.0	7.0	10.0	28.0	(37.0)					127
33	GER74	Daniel ZEPUNTKE	Dustin BALDEWEIN	3.0	12.0	18.0	(38.0 BFD)	23.0	9.0	34.0	30.0					129
34	CZE11	Ondrej BOBEK	Pavel BOBEK	22.0	29.0	21.0	16.0	3.0	12.0	(36.0)	32.0					135
35	JPN4318	Naoki ICHINO	Ryouhei YOSIMI	18.0 DPI5	22.0	24.0	24.0	13.0	5.0	(35.0)	29.0					135
36	CAN618	Luke RAMSAY	Mike LEIGH	24.0	24.0	23.0	18.0	2.0	16.0	(37.0)	34.0					141
37	AUT437	David BARGEHR	Lukas MÄHR	29.0	23.0	15.0	11.0 RDG	18.0	14.0	33.0	(36.0)					143

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