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Published Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 30 September 2000 Issue # 263 |
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Today's Sailing NewsOlympic Sailing Final DayThe final day saw 3 sets of medals awarded. In the three classes experience payed as many sailors added to their medal totals. Finn On the final day the Finn's sailed 2 races. Great Britain's Ian Percy took care of business and was able to sit out the last race. In the days first race Percy placed 14th, but also managed to harass his closest competitor Sweden's Fredrik Loof into 11th. This sealed the Gold for Percy and he did not even have to race the final race. Italy's Luca Devoti won the first race and was 6th in the final one to win the bronze. That gave him a 1 point margin over the defending gold medallist Mateusz Kusznierewicz of Poland. Percy's gold gave Great Britain a sweep of the single handed events. Soling Match Race Finals Denmark's Jesper Bank and team took the finals from Germany with the match going the full 7 races. The medal was decided on the final leg of the 7th race. Germany was ahead, but carried a penalty. They tried to lure Denmark into a penalty, but during this maneuver were given a 2nd penalty. This gives Bank a 2nd Soling Gold Medal to go with one from 1992. The Bronze medal match saw Norway beat the Netherlands 3 races to 1.
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Unofficial Team Standings The following nations have sailors entered in all 11 classes: Australia, , Italy, New Zealand, Italy and the USA. Sailing Daily will track the performance of these teams. Final Standings
Team Philips This morning was the first sail for the rebuilt catamaran. A dawn departure and a 0848 Pete Goss switches off the engines and says, "gentleman we are under sail." First order was to calibrate electronics such as the Sat Com and performance instruments. Greeted by 3-5 knot winds Team Philips was able to sail at 10 knots. Crew Member Paul Larsen stated, "We have 2 hulls, 2 rigs and a double strength smile."
Thanks and Links to: Sailing Medal Count Includes: Mistral Men and Women, 49er and Tornado, 470 Men and Women, Europe and Laser results
Mark
Reynolds 1988 Silver 1992 Gold 2000 Gold
J 24 Worlds Brad Read is the 2000 J 24 World Champion. He ended the 8 race series with 25 points significantly ahead of Vasco Vascotto the defending champion (63 points). Chris Snow was 3rd.
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Today's Sailing NewsOlympic Sailing Final DayLook to Sailing Daily for an analysis of the Olympic regatta on Monday. Star Course: E The USA finally won a Gold medal on the final day of sailing. The Star team of Mark Reynolds and Magnus Liljerdahl moved from 3rd to 1st by 1 point in the final race. They were one of 5 boats over the line early at the start. They recrossed the line and finished the race 2nd. Amongst the others over were the Brazilian team who did not exonerate themselves. Great Britain's Walker and Covell finished the race 3rd and won the Silver. The Brazilian team which led going into the last race slipped to 3rd. For skipper Torben Grael it was his 4th Olympic medal.
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