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Booth / Dercksen winners of the second race at Tornado Worlds
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| Tornado World Championship 2002 - EDS Sailing Team - Booth / Dercksen winners of the second race at Tornado Worlds |
| AMSTERDAM/MARTHA`S VINYARD-(25-9-2002) EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the
Netherlands won the second race at the World Championship Tornado in
America. Booth and Dercksen were running on top nearly during the whole
race. The American team with Guck and Farrar pressed the EDS Sailing Team
hard and ended up in second position. During the race, the windforce was
between 10 and 15 knots.
The Austrian team with Hagara and Steinacher won the first race. During
this race, the EDS Sailing Team came up from the 30th position to the 12th
place at the finish. Herbert: `Too bad for the first race, but we are
satisfied about the second race. It is just the beginning of the
competition, so anything is possible. We do see the victory of the second
race as a good start.` After two races of the Exact Software 2002 Tornado
World Championship, Booth and Dercksen have the fifth ranking overall.
Fifty-seven teams from twenty countries and five continents are
participating in the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship from
Monday 23 until Saturday 29 September 2002. The championship takes place
at Martha's Vineyard, near the American coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The World Championship Tornado 2002 is also the first qualifying round for
the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens. The top five of the World
Championship Tornado 2002 will qualify their country for the Olympic Games
in Athens.
Top ten after two races:
Country Race 1
Race 2 Total
1. BACKES / VOIRON FRA 3 3
6
2. BUNDOCK / FORBES AUS 2 6
8
3. STRANDBERG / MATTSON SWE 4 8
12
4. HAGARA / STEINACHER AUT 1 12
13
5. BOOTH / DERCKSEN NED 12 1
13
6. REVIL / GUILLEMETTE FRA 11 5
16
7. GUICHARD / ESPAGNON FRA 8 15
23
8. KARSENBARG / HEEMSKERK NED 21 4
25
9. KIRILYUK / USHKOV RUS 5 20
25
10. GUCK / FARRAR USA 24 2
26
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Source: Trefpunt |
