British Yngling trio extend their lead to 7 points
by Mark Jardine & Gael Pawson 10 Aug 2008 10:13 BST
9-21 August 2008
Yngling snakes and ladders
Race 4 - In the Yngling class, a short two-lap race was set, with Norway taking an early lead and gradually extending ahead of the South African team. The British girls were back in eighth at the first mark, but dropped to 14th at the end of the run.
With plenty of snakes and ladders around, the British girls were back up to ninth at the penultimate mark, finishing seventh Norway, South Africa and China took the first three places, leaving the British girls clinging onto an overall lead, leaving them seven points ahead of the Finish, nine ahead of the Dutch.
Yngling Results: (4 races, no discard)
| Pos | Nat | Helm | Crew | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR | Sarah Ayton | Sarah Webb | Pippa Wilson | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | FIN | Silja Lehtinen | Maria Klemetz | Livia Väresmaa | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | NED | Mandy Mulder | Annemieke Bes | Merel Witteveen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | USA | Sally Barkow | Carolyn Howe | Deborah Capozzi | 14 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | AUS | Krystal Weir | Karyn Gojnich | Angela Farrell | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 6 | NOR | Siren Sundby | Lise Birgitte Fredriksen | Alexandra Koefoed | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | CHN | Xiaqun Song | Yanli Yu | Xiaoni Li | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | GER | Ulrike Schuemann | Ute Hoepfner | Julia Bleck | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | FRA | Anne Le Helley | Catherine Lepesant | Julie Gerecht | 4 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 34 |
| 10 | RUS | Ekaterina Skudina | Diana Krutskikh | Natalia Ivanova | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 11 | GRE | Sofia Bekatorou | Sofia Papadopoulou | Virginia Kravarioti | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | CAN | Jennifer Provan | Martha Henderson | Katie Abbott | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 13 | RSA | Dominique Provoyeur | Kim Rew | Penny Alison | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 36 |
| 14 | ESP | Monica Azon | Sandra Azon | Graciela Pisonero | 11 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 15 | ITA | Chiara Calligaris | Francesca Scognamillo | Giulia Pignolo | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 51 |
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