| Frederico
Melo, from Portugal, and Blair McLay, from New Zealand,
had another excellent day of regattas and remained
side by side in first place at the World Radial
Youth. Both won the two races of their fleets and
finished the second day of the championship, each
with a 4 point loss. Brazilian sailor, André
Ribeiro, from Ceará, was the best between
his male compatriots. He got 15th place at the general
classification. Although brazilian Daniel Jakobsson
wasn´t classified at the first race of the
day, getting only the 23rd place, he still has chances
to get the first positions, because his worst result
can be discarded tomorrow. New Zealander Cushla
Hume-Merry still is the woman in best position,
in 38th place.
According to Frederico, the stonger
the wind, the better is the race. “I repeated
the excellent performance of yesterday because
the wind, helped me a lot. With this conditions
and since I am fast, I can get over quickly even
when I don´t leave well and take the position”
he says proudly. Blair Mclay, his most important
adversary, has an only goal for a while: “I
want to keep my first place until the end”.
New Zealander Cushla Hume Merry goes stong on
the leadership between women, in 38th place and
83 lost points. “I think I´m doing
good races and I hope to keep the best position
between female athletes, she says. Brazilian Fernanda
Decnop climbed two places and is the leader of
female sailors from her country. “I did
better than yesterday and my wish is to carry
on with this good fulfilment between women”.
On this Wednesday will happen two more races,
from 12 p.m., which finish the qualifying phase.
From Thursday, the athletes will be divided in
golden fleet and silver fleet. Golden fleet athletes
will compete for the first 50 places. For the
silver fleet ones, the battle will be for the
following positions. The competition goes on until
Saturday, between athletes from 26 countries.
The Radial Youth reunites youngsters until the
age of 18. They are considered the next generation
of laser class.
The Laser Worlds 2005 includes four world championships:
Senior (September 19th to 28th), Master (September
30th to October 8th), Radial Open & Women
(December 3rd to 9th) and Radial Youth (December
10th to 17th). The events are organized by the
International Laser Class Association, Brazilian
Laser Class Association, Ceara State Sailing Federation,
Brazilian Sailing Federation and Yacht Club of
Fortaleza. The sponsors are: Ceara State Government,
thru the Sports and Youth Bureau, Marina Park
Hotel and Hamburg Süd. The event also has
the support of the brazilian navy, Banco do Nordeste
do Brasil, Mayor of Fortaleza, Unilink, Rio de
Janeiro Yacht Club and Pirata Bar.
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