CAGLIARI, ISAF HQ-(19-5-2004) Siren SUNDBY (NOR) won the recently held Women’s fleet at the Europe World Championship with a race to spare, and with it her place as one of the most successful sailors in the class ever.
Showing a dominance and skill that couldn't be matched in the class , she has steadily upped her game leading to the Olympic Games in Athens next month, where she will have the hopes of her country on her shoulders in the quest for an Olympic Gold Medal.
Not needing to race in the last race, Siren pushed old rival Sari MULTALA (FIN) into second place, securing her second World Championship title. The couple will go head to head once again at the Olympic Games and as always with the Olympic Sailing Competition, the slate is wiped clean and anything could happen.
Most of the Olympic hopefuls in the class were present at the event that formed part of Europe Open week, held in the sailing waters off Cagliari in Sardinia. Third place eventually went to another Olympic medal hopeful, Petra NIEMANN (GER)
Full results from the event are available on the event website at the address below.
Overall Top Ten
Pos Name Total R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12
1 Sundby Siren, Norway 25,0 -8 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 3 (dnc)
2 Multala Sari, Finland 39,0 3 5 3 1 -9 -13 4 7 1 3 4 8
3 Niemann Petra, Germany 43,0 1 3 1 1 5 2 -17 12 (raf) 9 5 4
4 Smidova Lenka, Czech Rep 47,0 4 9 5 3 2 3 -21 8 2 8 -12 3
5 Blanck Sarah, Australia 57,0 -22 1 6 -18 14 1 8 6 4 11 1 5
6 De Nijs Christiane, Germany 69,0 8 10 3 8 9 6 2 -13 9 5 9 -11
7 Gaillard Meg, USA 90,0 5 19 7 2 11 7 3 -35 7 16 -40 13
8 Brouwer Carolijn, the Netherlands 91,0 12 6 8 13 15 -20 7 16 5 -23 7 2
9 Macky Sarah, New Zealand 94,0 3 14 2 14 10 11 -18 4 10 10 16 -32
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