Optimist World Championships at Napier, New Zealand - Overall
by Nathalie van Dort and Icarus Sailing Media 9 Jan 2012 07:27 GMT
30 December 2011 - 10 January 2012
Singapore's Kimberly Lim wins
The Delta Flag was raised at 10.41, meaning that racing would start at 11.41. It didn't take the 210 sailors long at all to get out onto the water. The wind was very mild, around 10 knots, but the sun came back out again.
Protests from yesterday's racing had been processed and when the updated provisional results were published, there was a change on the leadership board. Ryan Lo had to give up his third position to Javier Arribas who was previously fourth.
The first fleet started the race at 1208, but all races were abandoned at 1308. The wind was too light for the strong current and sailors were not able to make progress around the course. At 1350 the Race Committee decided to start race 12 again, but at 1427 the very hard call was made to abandon all races for the day which means that the World Championships are over.
The 2011 World Champion Optimist Dinghy Sailing is Kimberly Lim from Singapore.
Overall Results: (top ten after 11 races)
1st Kimberly Lim (SIN) 70pts
2nd Bart Lambriex (NED) 74pts
3rd Javier Arribas (PER) 77pts
4th Ryan Lo (SIN) 78pts
5th Francisco Ducasse (CHI) 87pts
6th Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS) 90pts
7th Wade Waddell (USA) 96pts
8th Gabriel Elstrodt (BRA) 109pts
9th Rodrigo Luz (BRA) 112pts
10th Leonard Takahashi-Fry (NZL) 114pts
The full list of provisonal results is available here.
www.optiworldsnz.org.nz
Podium finish for Irish Schoolgirl (from Rachel Solon, Irish Sailing Association)
14 year old Sophie Browne from Tralee will be returning home from the Optimist World Sailing Championship in Napier, New Zealand with a podium finish. Although Browne finished 13th overall from a fleet of 210, she was 2nd girl which earns her the girl’s silver medal. This result is a tremendous accomplishment for the teenager who beat off fierce competition from what is recognised as the toughest and most competitive youth sailing class in the world.
Rory Fitzpatrick, ISA Youth & Development Officer remarked “This is an outstanding performance and result for Sophie. She has been training hard with the ISA Optimist Squad for the past 12 months in preparation for this event and we are delighted with her silver medal”.