Thursday 23rd of May 2013 - The
Dutch teams made the most of the day at the Delta Lloyd Regatta
in Medemblik. At the end of the third day of racing, there is a Dutch
boat in the top three of all classes at the exception of the 49er were
Holland
is not represented. Pieter Jan Postma in the Finn and the Sonar team of Udo Essel took
it all in the three races sailed in freezing conditions. They are now in the lead. PJ
Postma who enjoyed the breeze yesterday was pleased with his
day: “It finally all came together! The feeling is right as well as the
fitness and the tactics.
I am pleased with the way I go and it surely
gives me confidence for the regattas ahead.” Early leader Andrew Mills
(GBR) collected a disqualification at the start and drops to the seventh
position overall.
Paralympic
champions Udo Essel, Mischa Rossens and Marel van de
Veen proved today with three victories in the Sonar that they trully
deserve their Gold medal. “We took a long break after London, so it is
great to see that we are still up to it. It gives confidence for the
future.”
The Dutch sailors are conserving their lead in the Nacra and the RS:X Men.
Mandy Mulder and Thijs Visser (NED) increase their lead after two bullets in the Nacra.
The french and Swedish teams have close results with Moana Vaireaux and Manon Audinet (FRA) in second overall.
Dorian van Rijsselberge (NED) in the RS:X class is flying away with a win and two second
places. Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) and Julien Bontemps (FRA) remains second and third.
The result is
very tight in the RS:X women, with the top five within five points. Hei
Man Hayley Victoria Chan (HKG) conserves a narrow lead from Moana Delle
(GER). Third place is taken by Dutch windsurfer Lilian de Geus.
The Danish are again proving their domination in the skiff with Jonas Warrer and Peter
Lang enjoying a 14 points lead over French Julien D'ortoli and Noe Delpech in the 49er.
Palma SWC
winners, Ida Marie Baad Nielsen and Marie Olsen (DEN) take a narrow two
points
lead in the FX over Germans Tina Lutz and Susan Beucke. Early leaders
Annemiek Bekkering and Claire Blom (NED) are now in third position.
The dual at
the top continues between Laser World number 1, Australian Tom Burton
and
Palma winner Andy Maloney (NZL). They place first and second in the
first day of the Laser final with the top 25 boats. In the women, Alison
Young
(GBR) shares the lead on equal points with Irish Annalise Murphy.
World #1 Matt
Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) are back in the lead in the 470 class after
two wins and a third place. In the women, Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL)
are increasing their lead after top two places and a win. The other two
races
were taken by Dutch team of Afrodite Kyranakou and Anneloes van Veen
(NED) who climb in third position.
It is a close score in the 2.4 after three more races sailed in freezing conditions. The
top three win a race each with Megan Pascoe (GBR) leading from Barend Kol (NED) and Helena Lucas (GBR).
Tomorrow will
see the last day of the final stage and the last chances to qualify for
the top 8 in the skiffs and the medal races scheduled for Friday night,
and the top six in the other Olympic classes who will race their medal
race on
Saturday.
The forecast on Friday is from medium winds.
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