470 Women
Same three women's teams at the top of the leaderboard, just a shuffle
round in positions. Despite posting their worse results so far - a 12,6
- up into first overall go Ingrid Petitjean/Nadedge Douroux (FRA).Their
day was just more consistent than others, including their team mates
Camille Lecointre/Mathilde Geron, who were knocked down from first
overall to third. Up into second overall go Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie.
The seasoned Olympic campaigner Fernando Sesto of Argentina will compete
at her fourth Olympics this summer, and her quality of performance so
far in Barcelona reflects those years of experience, with up until today
a scoreline of top ten finishes.
Speaking on the team's ability and motivation to keep sailing at such a
high level, Sesto said, "It is not easy to keep on training and focus on
the events. Today was the most difficult day of the Championship so far.
It was not stable, shifty and very wavy. It was very difficult and we
lost many places and then we go up many places. It was not easy sailing.
We made a top 10 and a top 20, so we are still in there. We are happy
with our scoreline of all top 10 until the last race. We made so many
mistakes in the last race today, but it was so difficult I think many of
the fleet made mistakes." Sesto and crew Consuelo Monsegur ended the day
in 11th overall.
Defending World Champions Tara Pacheco/Berta Betanzos (ESP) were victims
of the conditions today, only managing a 26, 12 and drop down the
leaderboard from 9th to 12th. Now carrying their discard result of 26
from today's race 7, they are really going to need to punch in some top
placed results over the next four races of the final series, to
guarantee their place in the top ten Medal Race.
The battle for Olympic qualification is shaping up and is a long, long
way from being determined, as Austria, China, Croatia, Denmark, Poland
and Russia fight for one of the final five nation places on offer at the
2012 470 World Championships.
China's three teams in th e gold fleet are a story in itself. Whichever
team qualifies China to the Olympics, will be the selected team. All
change in the overall order for these three, with Fen Huimin/Huang Lizhu
now leading the charge in 18th overall.
Denmark's Henriette Koch/Lene Sommer have consolidated their position
even further as the highest unqualified nation on the leaderboard,
moving up into 7th overall after a win in race 8. Sommer said, "It was
so tricky today, so it is still just about keeping cool, keeping your
head down and working hard. We have five races left. There were big
waves today and not much wind, shifty and with pressure coming, so it
was really difficult today. I am really happy that we found the rhythm
and did well in the last race."
For the other teams fighting for selection, there is a total shuffle in
positions, with China now the next best placed unqualified nation behind
Denmark, followed by Poland, Croatia, Austria and Russia.
© Thom Touw
470 Women - Top 10 Overall
Pos SailNo Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
R7 R8 Pts
1 FRA 4 Ingrid Petitjean
Nadege Douroux 1 5 4 5 2 1 12
6 24
2 NZL 75 Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie 3 3 4 2 1 4 10
16 27
3 FRA 9 Camille Lecointre
Mathilde Geron 1 8 3 5 2 1 8
14 28
4 NED 11 Lisa Westerhof
Lobke Berkhout 6 1 1 1 7 6 18
10 32
5 GBR 118 Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark BFD 2 7 7 1 3 13
2 35
6 JPN 1 Ai Kondo
Wakako Tabata 4 1 5 2 17 4 7
18 40
7 DEN 143 Henriette Koch
Lene Sommer 14 5 9 9 5 2 15
1 45
8 ITA 23 Giulia Conti
Giovanna Micol 15 3 2 4 9 19 11
4 48
9 GER 21 Kathrin Kadelbach
Friederike Belcher 2 7 6 4 12 2
16 19 49
10 ISR 311 Gil Cohen
Vered Bouskila 7 2 1 1 10 5 24
OCS 50
