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2015 Laser Radial Women’s World Championship - Now it gets interesting

by Sail-World.com on 27 Nov 2015
2015 Laser Women's Radial World Championship - Day 5 of racing - Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) Mark Lloyd http://www.lloyd-images.com
2015 Laser Radial Women’s World Championship, finished yesterday with Anne-Marie Rindom from Denmark securing the overall world championship title.

Overall the bunch at the top of the Laser Radial world scene has become even more interesting with Rindom rising and the London 2012 Gold Medallist Lily Xu back in contention after a two year lay off.

Rindom, the 24-year-old Scandinavian representing Horsens Sejlklub in Jutland, managed to stay cool on a somewhat frustrating day dominated by general recalls, and clinch the event from Marit Bouwmeester (NED). They both finished the day on equal points, but two first places in the overall rankings was enough to break the tie in Rindom’s favour.

Fresh from victory at Semaine Olympique Francaise La Rochelle in October, and a win at the Laser Europa Cup in Denmark in the summer, Rindom was on top form right from the start at this event. This former Optimist sailor who won the first race, and sailed a generally consistent series had to discard a 19th place from today.

“It is an amazing feeling to be confirmed world champion. I can hardly believe it. Thankfully I was able to discard today’s poor result!” she said as she stepped ashore.

There is little rest for the new world champion though. “I have one week at home then I am off to Rio for training, followed by Miami for the next World Cup so it is full on for me from now on.”



Rindom was enthusiastic about Al Mussanah as a world championship venue: 'It is a perfect place for a championship, great launching and plenty of room for everybody and, most importantly, the conditions are great for sailing.'

Light, shifty conditions and fleets eager to start resulted in a succession of general recalls in both Gold and Silver fleets. The Gold fleet managed just one race before the 15:00 time limit and Silver was unable to start at all.

Bouwmeester (NED), 2014 World Champion and 2012 Olympic silver medalist was naturally disappointed about losing her title but a fourth place in today’s race was enough to retain silver.



Evi Van Acker (BEL) representing the Royal Belgian Sailing Club, and ranked world number one, also had a less than satisfactory day.

“It was a frustrating day, I think I was on the wrong side on the first upwind and, although I caught up a lot on the first downwind, I then went up the right side of the beat, and the wind came completely from the left so I lost out there too.

“Overall though, it’s been a great week of sailing with a real mix of conditions which is perfect for this sort of regatta.”

As well as Rindom’s success of being crowned world champion, the star of the show in today’s sole race was reigning Olympic champion – Lily Xu (CHN). This 28-year-old sailor from Shanghai, now UK based who has been off the racing scene for two years with back and knee injury, demonstrated her light wind skills by winning the final race.

From a pin-end of the line start, Xu read the shifts well and had a good first beat. She pulled up the fleet from third on the final round and led fellow Chinese sailor and closest rival, Dongshuang Zhang, across the line.

“Today's conditions were perfect for me because that is what I am most into. I am glad that most of my feeling is still there. One month ago I wouldn't even have been able to finish one race in strong winds. The best I could manage was a club race in Weymouth with amateur sailors so I am glad to be where I am now,” said Xu.

'The fitness is just a matter of time and with eight months I am quite confident I can compete for a place at the Rio Olympics.”



Certainly Lily Xu is going to increase the pressure on the other players, it was an impressive performance for a sailor who has been out of the boat for so long. While in some Olympic classes like the 470 Mens, 49er Mens and Finns there are sailors dominating the classes who are likely to start odds-on favourites in Rio, the top group is consistent but they have been taking turns on the top step of the podium and its going to be an interesting eight months ahead.



Overall Results (top 10)

Gold

1. Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) 40pts
2. Marit Bouwmeester (NED) 40pts
3. Evi Van Acker (BEL) 44pts
4. Tuula Tenkanen (FIN) 49pts
5. Josefin Olsson (SWE) 53pts
6. Lijia Xu (CHN) 84pts
7. Alison Young (GBR) 101pts
8. Manami Doi (JPN) 104pts
9. Maxime Jonker (NED) 110pts
10. Erika Reineke (USA) 110pts

Silver

1. Line Flem Høst (NOR) 81pts
2. Isabella Bertold (CAN) 108pts
3. Andrea Aldana (GUA) 109pts
4. Susannah Pyatt (NZL) 115pts
5. Annalise Murphy (IRL) 125pts
6. Odile Ginaid (BRA) 125pts
7. Lena Haverland (GER) 137pts
8. Anna Pohlak (EST) 141pts
9. Elena Vorobeva (RUS) 151pts
10. Kanako Hiruta (JPN) 154pts

As well as producing a new world champion, the Laser Radial Women’s World Championships at Millennium Resort in Mussanah acted as a country Olympic qualification event for the Laser Radial class.

After today's racing, a total of four countries have had their Olympic qualification confirmed.

Countries qualified for the Olympics are as follows:

• Japan
• Australia
• Turkey
• Argentina

Results

 

GOLD

 

Rank

 

Nat

 

Sail

 

HelmName

 

Q1

 

Q2

 

Q3

 

Q4

 

Q5

 

Q6

 

F1

 

F2

 

F3

 

F4

 

F5

 

Nett

 

Total

1st

DEN

207194

Anne-Marie Rindom

1.0

8.0

(29.0)

1.0

7.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

7.0

2.0

(19.0)

40.0

88.0

2nd

NED

206333

Marit Bouwmeester

2.0

7.0

6.0

4.0

(51.0 BFD)

9.0

1.0

3.0

(10.0)

4.0

4.0

40.0

101.0

3rd

BEL

207179

Evi Van Acker

2.0

12.0

(51.0 BFD)

1.0

1.0

8.0

9.0

1.0

4.0

6.0

(25.0)

44.0

120.0

4th

FIN

202670

Tuula Tenkanen

(12.0)

4.0

2.0

8.0

6.0

(12.0)

2.0

10.0

1.0

9.0

7.0

49.0

73.0

5th

SWE

208353

Josefin Olsson

(20.0)

1.0

13.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

(23.0)

13.0

53.0

96.0

6th

CHN

177117

Lijia Xu

10.0

1.0

(14.0)

3.0

10.0

1.0

15.0

26.0

(29.0)

17.0

1.0

84.0

127.0

7th

GBR

202411

Alison Young

(37.0)

32.0

(34.0)

25.0

4.0

5.0

3.0

2.0

14.0

1.0

15.0

101.0

172.0

8th

JPN

199066

Manami Doi

3.0

10.0

3.0

(17.0)

5.0

1.0

13.0

20.0

(47.0)

41.0

8.0

104.0

168.0

9th

NED

209197

Maxime Jonker

6.0

14.0

(46.0)

5.0

2.0

7.0

16.0

24.0

(35.0)

7.0

29.0

110.0

191.0

10th

USA

184454

Erika Reineke

4.0

10.0

18.0

6.0

8.0

(51.0 BFD)

22.0

(29.0)

13.0

15.0

16.0

112.0

192.0

11th

AUS

194950

Ashley Stoddart

15.0

18.0

(39.0)

11.0

13.0

(28.0)

10.0

6.0

15.0

18.0

6.0

112.0

179.0

12th

FRA

196544

Mathilde De Kerangat

(15.0)

2.0

12.0

12.0

5.0

15.0

(28.0)

9.0

11.0

19.0

28.0

113.0

156.0

13th

TUR

206648

Nazli Çagla Dönertas

14.0

14.0

9.0

(25.0)

10.0

7.0

21.0

11.0

(51.0 DNF)

5.0

26.0

117.0

193.0

14th

CRO

207479

Tina Mihelic

6.0

9.0

13.0

7.0

(24.0)

(33.0)

12.0

21.0

9.0

16.0

24.0

117.0

174.0

15th

LTU

202781

Viktorija Andrulyte

13.0

8.0

1.0

(30.0)

12.0

9.0

30.0

8.0

26.0

(40.0)

11.0

118.0

188.0

16th

USA

197111

Paige Railey

1.0

40.0

(51.0 DNF)

2.0

8.0

2.0

18.0

(51.0 DSQ)

6.0

14.0

30.0

121.0

223.0

17th

FRA

202124

Amélie Riou

33.0

6.0

6.0

11.0

7.0

(36.0)

14.0

22.0

19.0

3.0

(51.0 DNC)

121.0

208.0

18th

BEL

208778

Emma Plasschaert

9.0

19.0

3.0

10.0

11.0

(22.0)

(26.0)

25.0

2.0

26.0

21.0

126.0

174.0

19th

LTU

202750

Gintare Volungeviciute-Scheidt

12.0

7.0

4.0

(20.0)

1.0

8.0

6.0

31.0

8.0

(51.0 BFD)

51.0 BFD

128.0

199.0

20th

CZE

202635

Veronika Kozelska Fenclova

29.0

18.0

22.0

10.0

2.0

(31.0)

7.0

19.0

24.0

8.0

(51.0 BFD)

139.0

221.0

21st

ARG

205491

Lucia Falasca

9.0

(30.0)

8.0

18.0

17.0

14.0

(41.0)

28.0

17.0

21.0

10.0

142.0

213.0

22nd

NZL

202441

Sara Winther

16.0

11.0

11.0

9.0

3.0

(33.0)

(40.0)

37.0

3.0

34.0

20.0

144.0

217.0

23rd

ESP

182149

Alicia Cebrián

(39.0)

17.0

(30.0)

15.0

19.0

11.0

8.0

15.0

28.0

11.0

23.0

147.0

216.0

24th

USA

199144

Haddon Hughes

22.0

25.0

32.0

3.0

3.0

(39.0)

11.0

12.0

16.0

24.0

(51.0 BFD)

148.0

238.0

25th

ITA

208633

Martha Caterina Faraguna

22.0

2.0

11.0

4.0

(28.0)

4.0

19.0

30.0

18.0

44.0

(51.0 DNC)

154.0

233.0

26th

DEN

207195

Sarah Gunni Toftedal

(24.0)

5.0

17.0

9.0

6.0

4.0

31.0

7.0

(51.0 DNF)

48.0

35.0

162.0

237.0

27th

NED

209198

Daphne Van Der Vaart

(36.0)

9.0

19.0

7.0

16.0

16.0

27.0

35.0

21.0

12.0

(51.0 DNC)

162.0

249.0

28th

FRA

207562

Marie Bolou

11.0

(39.0)

16.0

19.0

15.0

25.0

25.0

14.0

25.0

27.0

(33.0)

177.0

249.0

29th

ESP

202679

Martina Reino Cacho

(23.0)

4.0

15.0

22.0

14.0

6.0

35.0

17.0

22.0

45.0

(51.0 BFD)

180.0

254.0

30th

GER

208132

Svenja Weger

18.0

16.0

15.0

(37.0)

16.0

(35.0)

34.0

13.0

23.0

13.0

32.0

180.0

252.0

31st

BLR

203778

Tatiana Drozdovskaya

26.0

11.0

(38.0)

22.0

9.0

28.0

20.0

33.0

(41.0)

20.0

12.0

181.0

260.0

32nd

GER

209797

Pauline Liebig

23.0

24.0

22.0

21.0

(29.0)

11.0

23.0

23.0

30.0

(39.0)

5.0

182.0

250.0

33rd

POL

208652

Agata Barwinska

(27.0)

13.0

20.0

16.0

9.0

18.0

33.0

36.0

(40.0)

10.0

27.0

182.0

249.0

34th

CHN

201213

Dongshuang Zhang

11.0

12.0

8.0

31.0

12.0

(40.0)

(43.0)

41.0

34.0

32.0

2.0

183.0

266.0

35th

NOR

204911

Marthe Enger Eide

13.0

31.0

29.0

5.0

18.0

(37.0)

29.0

18.0

12.0

28.0

(51.0 DNC)

183.0

271.0

36th

ISR

189296

Oren Jacob

4.0

5.0

(25.0)

13.0

18.0

20.0

39.0

32.0

(42.0)

22.0

34.0

187.0

254.0

37th

MEX

183137

Tania Elias Calles

29.0

16.0

10.0

24.0

11.0

(51.0 BFD)

24.0

16.0

32.0

29.0

(51.0 BFD)

191.0

293.0

38th

CAN

204468

Brenda Bowskill

7.0

25.0

25.0

(26.0)

22.0

3.0

32.0

27.0

20.0

33.0

(36.0)

194.0

256.0

39th

FIN

203033

Monika Mikkola

8.0

21.0

9.0

(38.0)

29.0

12.0

44.0

(47.0)

39.0

31.0

3.0

196.0

281.0

 

 

GOLD

40th

ARU

206719

Philipine Van Aanholt

10.0

3.0

16.0

13.0

21.0

(29.0)

(49.0)

39.0

45.0

35.0

18.0

200.0

278.0

41st

FRA

209019

Pernelle Michon

(33.0)

3.0

23.0

30.0

20.0

10.0

17.0

34.0

(38.0)

37.0

31.0

205.0

276.0

42nd

HUN

207272

Mária Érdi

18.0

23.0

5.0

14.0

25.0

(27.0)

45.0

38.0

(51.0 DSQ)

36.0

14.0

218.0

296.0

43rd

ITA

194941

Laura Cosentino

3.0

26.0

4.0

33.0

(51.0 BFD)

6.0

50.0

49.0

44.0

(51.0 BFD)

9.0

224.0

326.0

44th

NOR

207832

Celine Therese Herud

(47.0)

19.0

2.0

39.0

13.0

15.0

(46.0)

45.0

36.0

43.0

17.0

229.0

322.0

45th

GBR

207571

Georgina Povall

5.0

27.0

17.0

(36.0)

21.0

19.0

37.0

40.0

33.0

30.0

(51.0 BFD)

229.0

316.0

46th

BEL

207172

Maité Carlier

14.0

20.0

10.0

29.0

(39.0)

22.0

(47.0)

42.0

43.0

38.0

22.0

240.0

326.0

47th

SIN

186755

Elizabeth Yin

30.0

6.0

5.0

32.0

(51.0 BFD)

26.0

42.0

46.0

31.0

25.0

(51.0 BFD)

243.0

345.0

48th

ITA

206452

Joyce Floridia

24.0

23.0

19.0

8.0

23.0

(32.0)

38.0

44.0

27.0

42.0

(51.0 DNC)

248.0

331.0

49th

SUI

199846

Maud Jayet

17.0

15.0

26.0

18.0

26.0

(40.0)

36.0

43.0

37.0

(47.0)

37.0

255.0

342.0

50th

CHN

200041

Min Gu

7.0

21.0

1.0

23.0

(27.0)

17.0

48.0

48.0

46.0

46.0

(51.0 BFD)

257.0

335.0

 

SILVER

 

Rank

 

Nat

 

Sail

 

HelmName

 

Q1

 

Q2

 

Q3

 

Q4

 

Q5

 

Q6

 

 

F1

 

F2

 

F3

 

F4

 

Nett

 

Total

1st

NOR

207133

Line Flem Høst

(45.0)

(36.0)

31.0

2.0

32.0

3.0

4.0

 

3.0

1.0

5.0

81.0

162.0

2nd

CAN

206892

Isabella Bertold

8.0

22.0

(26.0)

24.0

25.0

(37.0)

13.0

 

5.0

7.0

4.0

108.0

171.0

3rd

GUA

176196

Andrea Aldana

(45.0)

(36.0)

7.0

23.0

15.0

27.0

9.0

 

7.0

11.0

10.0

109.0

190.0

4th

NZL

192281

Susannah Pyatt

5.0

32.0

(51.0 BFD)

14.0

27.0

(34.0)

1.0

 

11.0

4.0

21.0

115.0

200.0

5th

IRL

208720

Annalise Murphy

35.0

33.0

(41.0)

37.0

14.0

(50.0)

2.0

 

1.0

2.0

1.0

125.0

216.0

6th

BRA

175470

Odile Ginaid

30.0

(38.0)

7.0

(33.0)

24.0

23.0

3.0

 

17.0

3.0

18.0

125.0

196.0

7th

GER

208133

Lena Haverland

(35.0)

17.0

(36.0)

26.0

20.0

10.0

14.0

 

19.0

24.0

7.0

137.0

208.0

8th

EST

206437

Anna Pohlak

17.0

(34.0)

24.0

15.0

19.0

(30.0)

28.0

 

8.0

18.0

12.0

141.0

205.0

9th

RUS

207481

Elena Vorobeva

38.0

27.0

33.0

19.0

17.0

(46.0)

12.0

 

2.0

(51.0 BFD)

3.0

151.0

248.0

10th

JPN

202613

Kanako Hiruta

28.0

29.0

32.0

(40.0)

(51.0 BFD)

14.0

24.0

 

9.0

10.0

8.0

154.0

245.0

11th

ITA

208357

Silvia Zennaro

25.0

29.0

(31.0)

28.0

31.0

20.0

16.0

 

10.0

(51.0 BFD)

2.0

161.0

243.0

12th

POL

205301

Anna Weinzieher

21.0

(28.0)

14.0

27.0

23.0

21.0

8.0

 

22.0

25.0

(28.0)

161.0

217.0

13th

BRA

204591

Fernanda Demétrio Decnop Coelho

(43.0)

35.0

33.0

20.0

22.0

(42.0)

7.0

 

4.0

22.0

23.0

166.0

251.0

14th

AUS

210176

Krystal Weir

34.0

34.0

(44.0)

35.0

33.0

(41.0)

15.0

 

6.0

9.0

9.0

175.0

260.0

15th

VEN

191954

Daniela Rivera

(46.0)

22.0

21.0

(38.0)

30.0

32.0

22.0

 

14.0

16.0

22.0

179.0

263.0

16th

THA

181849

Kamolwan Chanyim

20.0

(37.0)

(36.0)

16.0

34.0

24.0

29.0

 

27.0

19.0

14.0

183.0

256.0

17th

GER

205276

Constanze Stolz

25.0

20.0

21.0

17.0

(42.0)

(35.0)

17.0

 

25.0

26.0

34.0

185.0

262.0

18th

PER

182332

Paloma Schmidt Gutierrez

16.0

(44.0)

18.0

31.0

36.0

(49.0)

11.0

 

30.0

21.0

30.0

193.0

286.0

19th

GER

206237

Pia Kuhlmann

19.0

(42.0)

(47.0)

29.0

34.0

41.0

18.0

 

23.0

14.0

16.0

194.0

283.0

20th

UKR

207102

Sofiia Larycheva

(46.0)

(46.0)

42.0

46.0

33.0

39.0

5.0

 

12.0

12.0

6.0

195.0

287.0

21st

TUR

204515

Ecem Güzel

38.0

(41.0)

34.0

(39.0)

26.0

38.0

25.0

 

16.0

8.0

13.0

198.0

278.0

22nd

POL

206825

Paulina Czubachowska

(44.0)

13.0

28.0

28.0

(37.0)

13.0

33.0

 

31.0

29.0

25.0

200.0

281.0

23rd

CHI

207076

Clara Ben-Amor Nunez

40.0

31.0

(42.0)

35.0

41.0

13.0

19.0

 

(51.0 DSQ)

6.0

20.0

205.0

298.0

24th

RUS

203667

Ekaterina Zyuzina

48.0

43.0

28.0

34.0

31.0

(51.0 BFD)

6.0

 

(51.0 UFD)

5.0

11.0

206.0

308.0

25th

SUI

208300

Andrea Nordquist

19.0

35.0

(41.0)

27.0

35.0

24.0

21.0

 

18.0

(51.0 BFD)

29.0

208.0

300.0

26th

JPN

208715

Yumiko Tombe

31.0

28.0

27.0

(42.0)

28.0

(46.0)

23.0

 

21.0

27.0

27.0

212.0

300.0

27th

GRE

200705

Athanasia Fakidi

27.0

24.0

(40.0)

(43.0)

35.0

21.0

32.0

 

29.0

20.0

31.0

219.0

302.0

28th

GRE

194857

Vasileia Karachaliou

34.0

33.0

(40.0)

21.0

32.0

36.0

30.0

 

15.0

(51.0 BFD)

19.0

220.0

311.0

29th

SLO

198483

Kim Pletikos

(48.0)

15.0

24.0

(44.0)

38.0

23.0

39.0

 

32.0

23.0

39.0

233.0

325.0

30th

GUA

200817

Isabella Maegli Aguero

28.0

40.0

(51.0 DSQ)

12.0

(43.0)

18.0

40.0

 

34.0

30.0

32.0

234.0

328.0

31st

RUS

190357

Ekaterina Morgun

(42.0)

(45.0)

37.0

34.0

36.0

42.0

34.0

 

26.0

15.0

15.0

239.0

326.0

32nd

USA

192427

Christine Neville

(49.0)

(48.0)

35.0

47.0

45.0

45.0

10.0

 

13.0

28.0

17.0

240.0

337.0

33rd

CHI

199268

Maria Jose Poncell Maurin

(49.0)

(47.0)

35.0

47.0

37.0

43.0

20.0

 

28.0

13.0

26.0

249.0

345.0

34th

LCA

184402

Stephanie Devaux-Lovell

21.0

44.0

38.0

(51.0 DNF)

(51.0 BFD)

16.0

37.0

 

39.0

17.0

38.0

250.0

352.0

35th

BER

204787

Cecilia Wollmann

(41.0)

37.0

12.0

(41.0)

38.0

29.0

36.0

 

35.0

33.0

41.0

261.0

343.0

36th

CAN

198678

Corinne Peters

37.0

(50.0)

43.0

45.0

(49.0)

26.0

41.0

 

20.0

31.0

24.0

267.0

366.0

37th

SUI

193470

Lucie Ben-Amorl

26.0

26.0

(47.0)

40.0

(44.0)

38.0

35.0

 

36.0

37.0

33.0

271.0

362.0

38th

UKR

207578

Kateryna Gumenko

31.0

(45.0)

23.0

(49.0)

41.0

17.0

43.0

 

41.0

40.0

36.0

272.0

366.0

39th

JPN

206899

Momoko Tada

32.0

30.0

(44.0)

36.0

(46.0)

44.0

31.0

 

33.0

35.0

35.0

276.0

366.0

SILVER

40th

CHN

200017

Zitong Shang

36.0

(42.0)

(43.0)

32.0

30.0

19.0

42.0

42.0

39.0

40.0

280.0

365.0

41st

IND

195372

Nethra Kumanan

43.0

(48.0)

46.0

41.0

(51.0 BFD)

44.0

27.0

24.0

36.0

37.0

298.0

397.0

42nd

GER

200060

Sophie-Marie Ertelt

40.0

38.0

(45.0)

43.0

40.0

43.0

26.0

40.0

34.0

(46.0)

304.0

395.0

43rd

CAY

206088

Florence Allan

(44.0)

39.0

27.0

44.0

43.0

31.0

(48.0)

45.0

42.0

48.0

319.0

411.0

44th

TTO

75070

Kelly-Ann Arrindell

42.0

46.0

30.0

42.0

(48.0)

30.0

47.0

43.0

(51.0 BFD)

45.0

325.0

424.0

45th

THA

207885

Kanapan Pachatikapanya

32.0

(49.0)

37.0

(49.0)

42.0

34.0

46.0

46.0

41.0

47.0

325.0

423.0

46th

MAS

193112

Khairunneeta Mohd Afendy

(47.0)

47.0

45.0

(48.0)

39.0

45.0

38.0

38.0

32.0

42.0

326.0

421.0

47th

CAN

206113

Claire Merry

41.0

43.0

20.0

45.0

(47.0)

25.0

(51.0 DNC)

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

327.0

425.0

48th

BUL

207736

Stefani Muzakova

39.0

41.0

39.0

46.0

40.0

(48.0)

45.0

44.0

(51.0 BFD)

43.0

337.0

436.0

49th

JPN

201484

Kaoru Arai

(50.0)

(49.0)

48.0

48.0

44.0

47.0

44.0

37.0

38.0

44.0

350.0

449.0

50th

NOR

207107

Tiril Bue

(51.0 DNC)

(51.0 DNC)

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

51.0 DNC

408.0

510.0

 



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