Sailing at the Olympics - 470 Race Results
Qingdao, China - Six races in, and the 2008 Olympics leaderboard is starting to take shape. The Qingdao sun is definitely shining on team Australia in the 470 classes, with first places in both the Men's event and Women's Olympic event (where they're tied with NED). As with all the other classes, it's been a serious of slow, technical races so far - rewarding some and challenging others. Patience, at least at the Beijing Olympics, seems to be a winning virtue - so far.
The key has certainly been patience and consistency for the Men's event, with only two bullets shared among the top ten in all races. Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page of Australia have turned in a 4,7,3,3,3,4 to take first at 17 points. With no double-digit scores yet to toss, the Aussies have a bit of security, while 2nd place France's Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset, as well as Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield of third place Britain, have already tossed what they hope will be their Mulligans - 18th and 19th place finishes respectively.
Currently in the Women's event, the Netherland's Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout look like they're in a match race for the gold with Australia's Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson. Neither team has given up a double-digit finish so far, and they're currently tied for first place with 3,1,9,5,2,2 finishes for NED, and 2,2,4,1,9,4 finishes for AUS. Notice each team has a first, two seconds and a ninth - out of a fleet of 19, that's some tight racing, and this could get very interesting as the event continues.
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Olympic Sailing Race Results
470 Olympic Classes - OVERALL
2008 Olympic Sailing 470 Results (after six races)
Men's 470 Olympic Class
Position | Nation | Crew | Points (total and adjusted)
1 AUS Nathan Wilmot, Malcolm Page 24 17
2 FRA Nicolas Charbonnier, Olivier Bausset 42 24
3 GBR Nick Rogers, Joe Glanfield 44 25
4 ITA Gabrio Zandona, Andrea Trani 51 30
5 POR Ãlvaro Marinho, Miguel Nunes 49 34
6 GRE Andreas Kosmatopoulos, Andreas Papadopoulos 60 34
7 ESP Onan Barreiros, Aaron Sarmiento 51 38
8 NED Sven Coster, Kalle Coster 63 48
9 ARG Javier Conte, Juan de la Fuente 71 52
10 NZL Carl Evans, Peter Burling 83 53
11 IRL Ger Owens, Philip Lawton 81 56
12 JPN Tetsuya Matsunaga, Taro Ueno 82 58
13 SWE Anton Dahlberg, Sebastian Ostling 91 61
14 SLO Karlo Hmeljak, Mitja Nevecny 91 61
15 CRO Sime Fantela, Igor Marenic 92 62
16 ISR Gideon Kliger, Udi Gal 97 67
17 USA Graham Biehl, Stu McNay 101 71
18 BRA Fabio Silva, Samuel Albrecht 101 71
19 SIN Yuanzhen Xu, Terence Koh 107 77
20 SUI Tobias Etter, Felix Steiger 111 81
21 POL Patryk Piasecki, Kacper Zieminski 105 82
22 KOR Cheul Yoon, Hyeong Tae Kim 112 85
23 BLR Sergei Desukevich, Pavel Logunov 116 87
24 CHN Weidong Wang, Daokun Deng 128 98
25 RUS Mikhail Sheremetyev, Maxim Sheremetyev 127 100
26 TUR Deniz Cinar, Ates Cinar 129 103
27 AUT Matthias Schmid, Florian Reichstädter 130 105
28 CAN Stéphane Locas, Oliver Bone 145 115
29 FIN Niklas Lindgren, Heikki Elomaa 151 121
Women's 470 Olympic Class
Position | Nation | Crew | Points (total and adjusted)
1 NED Marcelien De Koning, Lobke Berkhout 22 13
2 AUS Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson 22 13
3 ESP Natalia Via-Dufresne, Laia Tutzo 40 27
4 ISR Nike Kornecki, Vered Buskila 51 32
5 ITA Giulia Conti, Giovanna Micol 47 33
6 AUT Sylvia Vogl, Carolina Flatscher 57 37
7 CZE Lenka Smidova, Lenka Mrzilkova 49 37
8 GER Stefanie Rothweiler, Vivien Kussatz 50 38
9 BRA Fernanda Oliveira, Isabel Swan 55 39
10 SLO Vesna Dekleva, Klara Maucec 62 42
11 GBR Christina Bassadone, Saskia Clark 63 43
12 FRA Ingrid Petitjean, Gwendolyn Lemaitre 62 45
13 SUI Emmanuelle Rol, Anne-Sophie Thilo 62 47
14 USA Amanda Clark, Sarah Mergenthaler 69 52
15 JPN Ai Kondo, Naoko Kamata 72 57
16 CHN Yimei Wen, Chunyan Yu 81 62
17 SWE Therese Torgersson, Vendela Santen 89 69
18 ARG María Fernanda Sesto, Consuelo Monsegur 89 71
19 SIN Liying Toh, Deborah Ong 103 85
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- Olympics (all news, photos, boat information, and blogs about sailing at the Olympics)
- Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Sailing
- Olympic Goo - Algae Invades Qingdao Sailing Venue
- From the Olympic Sailing Center in China
- Spy Drones, Algae, and Dirty Air - Sailing at the Olympics
- Goo Gone - Sailing Center Cleared of Algae for the Olympics
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - Laser and Laser Radial Class Sailboats
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - Tornado Class Catamarans
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - Yngling Class Sailboats
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - The Star Class Sailboats
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - The FINN Class Sailboats
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - The 470 Class Sailboats
- Olympic Sailing 2008 - The 49er Class Sailboats
- Sailors in the Spotlight - 2008 Olympic Sailing Teams
- Opening Ceremonies at the Olympics - US Olympic Sailing Team
- Sailing at the Olympics - Finn Race Results
- Sailing at the Olympics - 49er Race Results
- Sailing at the Olympics - Yngling Race Results
- Sailing at the Olympics - Laser and Laser Radial Results
- Interview with Tom Slingsby - Sailing Lasers for the Australian Olympic Sailing Team
- Interview with Sarah Mergenthaler - Sailing the 470 for the US Olympic Sailing Team
-- Sailing at the 2008 Olympics - Quick Look at Olympic Sailing Classes --
Multihull Sailboat = Tornado
Skiff Doublehanded Open Sailboat = 49er
Women's Windsurfer = RS:X
Women's One Person Sailing Dinghy = Laser Radial
Women's Two Person Sailing Dinghy = 470
Women's Keelboat = Yngling
Men's Windsurfer = RS:X
Men's One Person Sailing Dinghy = Laser
Men's One Person Sailing Dinghy = FINN
Men's Two Person Sailing Dinghy = 470
Men's Keelboat = Star
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US 470 crew Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler
Don't be discouraged Amanda and Sarah.
We are all very proud of you here in New Jersey and wish you fair winds in your next races.
470 Class - Olympic Sailing Update and Results
Men's 470 Class at the Olympics
In the 470 Men's class at the Olympics today, Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset of France narrowed the gap on their rivals, the current overall leaders from Australia Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page. The sailing team of Marinho and Nunes from Portugal are currently standing at third.
Stu McNay of Lincoln, Massacusets and Graham Biehl of San Diego, California sailing for team USA carried fourth place around the course today. McNay said, “It was an offshore breeze with big shifts.” After a slow start at the Olympics, McNay and Biehl of the US Sailing Team have improved their performance, winning the last race on Wednesday and finishing fourth today. Biehl explained the difference. “Now we’re enjoying ourselves more. At the beginning of the regatta we felt a lot of pressure. Also, we’re used to a different regatta format where you have to make gold fleet and then you start again with a clean slate. We don’t have that warm-up here, so we have to get used to the format of the Olympics.” McNay added, “Our goal is still to make the top ten, and I feel like the next three races will be good.”
Men's 470 Class Results - After 7 of 11 Olympic Events
Current Overall Position at Olympics & Nation
Sailing Crew
Olympic Race Points Total & Net
1 AUS
Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
29 22
2 FRA
Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
45 27
3 POR
Ãlvaro Marinho
Miguel Nunes
58 43
4 GBR
Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
64 44
5 ITA
Gabrio Zandona
Andrea Trani
70 49
6 NED
Sven Coster
Kalle Coster
65 50
7 ESP
Onan Barreiros
Aaron Sarmiento
64 51
8 GRE
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Andreas Papadopoulos
78 52
9 JPN
Tetsuya Matsunaga
Taro Ueno
83 59
10 ARG
Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente
78 59
11 CRO
Sime Fantela
Igor Marenic
98 68
12 USA
Stuart Mcnay
Graham Biehl
105 75
13 NZL
Carl Evans
Peter Burling
105 75
14 IRL
Ger Owens
Philip Lawton
102 77
15 SWE
Anton Dahlberg
Sebastian Ostling
108 78
16 ISR
Gideon Kliger
Udi Gal
112 82
17 SLO
Karlo Hmeljak
Mitja Nevecny
116 86
18 BRA
Fabio Silva
Samuel Albrecht
117 87
19 SIN
Yuanzhen Xu
Terence Koh
117 87
20 POL
Patryk Piasecki
Kacper Zieminski
113 90
21 BLR
Sergei Desukevich
Pavel Logunov
128 99
22 KOR
Cheul Yoon
Hyeong Tae Kim
135 108
23 SUI
Tobias Etter
Felix Steiger
138 108
24 RUS
Mikhail Sheremetyev
Maxim Sheremetyev
138 111
25 CHN
Weidong Wang
Daokun Deng
158 128
26 TUR
Deniz Cinar
Ates Cinar
155 129
27 AUT
Matthias Schmid
Florian Reichstädter
154 129
28 FIN
Niklas Lindgren
Heikki Elomaa
165 135
29 CAN
Stéphane Locas
Oliver Bone
175 145
The 470 Men's class at the Olympics will race again on Saturday in Qingdao.
Women's 470 Class at the Olympics
The Women’s 470 fleet was the only class to race two races at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center on Friday. Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson of Australia are now in the overall lead of the Women's 470 fleet at the Olympics, adding to their scores with second and fifth place finishes today. The sailing team from the Netherlands stands at second, with Israel in third place.
Amanda Clark and Sarah Mergenthaler of New York USA, sailed a great day with a seventh and a sixth. This moves them up from 14th to 12th, only six points from the top ten going into their final two races. Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark of Great Britain also had a great day, finishing third in their second race of the day moving them up to eighth place overall in the 470 class.
Women's 470 Class Results - After 8 of 11 Olympic Events
Current Overall Position at Olympics & Nation
Sailing Crew
Olympic Race Points Total & Net
1 AUS
Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson
29 20
2 NED
Marcelien De Koning
Lobke Berkhout
39 29
3 ISR
Nike Kornecki
Vered Buskila
55 36
4 BRA
Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan
63 47
5 AUT
Sylvia Vogl
Carolina Flatscher
71 51
6 ITA
Giulia Conti
Giovanna Micol
70 51
7 ESP
Natalia Via-Dufresne
Laia Tutzo
70 53
8 GBR
Christina Bassadone
Saskia Clark
74 54
9 GER
Stefanie Rothweiler
Vivien Kussatz
78 58
10 CZE
Lenka Smidova
Lenka Mrzilkova
71 59
11 FRA
Ingrid Petitjean
Gwendolyn Lemaitre
80 63
12 USA
Amanda Clark
Sarah Mergenthaler
82 65
13 SLO
Vesna Dekleva
Klara Maucec
95 75
14 SUI
Emmanuelle Rol
Anne-Sophie Thilo
97 77
15 JPN
Ai Kondo
Naoko Kamata
94 79
16 SWE
Therese Torgersson
Vendela Santen
108 88
17 ARG
María Fernanda Sesto
Consuelo Monsegur
107 89
18 CHN
Yimei Wen
Chunyan Yu
113 93
19 SIN
Liying Toh
Deborah Ong
139 119
The 470 Women's class at the Olympics will race on Saturday to complete the final two races of their Opening Series.
470 Class - Olympic Pre-Medal Update
Going into the 470 Medal Races, Australia and the Netherlands are in spots one and two in both the Men's and Women's 470 Class. It looks like the Aussie Men are almost guaranteed the gold; as long as they can make it through the medal race on Monday, they should top the podium.
The Australian 470 Women also look in line for the gold, with an 18 point lead over the Dutch, it may be Aussie Gold in both classes. Both medal races are scheduled for Monday.
Men's 470 Class Results - After 10 Olympic Events
1 AUS
Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
58 42
2 NED
Sven Coster
Kalle Coster
79 64
3 FRA
Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
86 66
4 GBR
Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
99 69
5 ESP
Onan Barreiros
Aaron Sarmiento
97 79
6 ITA
Gabrio Zandona
Andrea Trani
110 81
7 POR
Ãlvaro Marinho
Miguel Nunes
112 82
8 CRO
Sime Fantela
Igor Marenic
121 91
9 ARG
Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente
122 92
10 JPN
Tetsuya Matsunaga
Taro Ueno
117 93
11 NZL
Carl Evans
Peter Burling
125 95
12 GRE
Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Andreas Papadopoulos
130 101
13 USA
Stuart Mcnay
Graham Biehl
135 105
14 ISR
Gideon Kliger
Udi Gal
138 108
15 SWE
Anton Dahlberg
Sebastian Ostling
141 111
16 IRL
Ger Owens
Philip Lawton
154 129
17 BRA
Fabio Silva
Samuel Albrecht
164 134
18 SLO
Karlo Hmeljak
Mitja Nevecny
169 139
19 POL
Patryk Piasecki
Kacper Zieminski
175 151
20 RUS
Mikhail Sheremetyev
Maxim Sheremetyev
184 157
21 BLR
Sergei Desukevich
Pavel Logunov
188 159
22 SIN
Yuanzhen Xu
Terence Koh
189 159
23 SUI
Tobias Etter
Felix Steiger
192 162
24 AUT
Matthias Schmid
Florian Reichstädter
189 164
25 KOR
Cheul Yoon
Hyeong Tae Kim
207 180
26 CHN
Weidong Wang
Daokun Deng
216 186
27 FIN
Niklas Lindgren
Heikki Elomaa
226 196
28 TUR
Deniz Cinar
Ates Cinar
226 198
29 CAN
Stéphane Locas
Oliver Bone
235 205
Women's 470 Class Results - After 10 Olympic Events
1 AUS
Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson
34 25
2 NED
Marcelien De Koning
Lobke Berkhout
59 43
3 BRA
Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan
74 58
4 ISR
Nike Kornecki
Vered Buskila
81 62
5 AUT
Sylvia Vogl
Carolina Flatscher
88 68
6 CZE
Lenka Smidova
Lenka Mrzilkova
81 69
7 ITA
Giulia Conti
Giovanna Micol
88 69
8 ESP
Natalia Via-Dufresne
Laia Tutzo
89 72
9 GBR
Christina Bassadone
Saskia Clark
94 74
10 GER
Stefanie Rothweiler
Vivien Kussatz
98 78
11 FRA
Ingrid Petitjean
Gwendolyn Lemaitre
102 85
12 USA
Amanda Clark
Sarah Mergenthaler
106 89
13 SLO
Vesna Dekleva
Klara Maucec
112 92
14 JPN
Ai Kondo
Naoko Kamata
108 93
15 SWE
Therese Torgersson
Vendela Santen
121 101
16 ARG
María Fernanda Sesto
Consuelo Monsegur
131 113
17 SUI
Emmanuelle Rol
Anne-Sophie Thilo
134 114
18 CHN
Yimei Wen
Chunyan Yu
139 119
19 SIN
Liying Toh
Deborah Ong
176 156
Congratulatations to all the Olympic sailors in the 470 class, you made us proud. For the top ten teams who will be proceeding to the Olympic medal races on Monday, best of luck, and fair winds - we'll be watching!
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