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21 Nov 2010

Victory to Israel and Sweden in Perth

For the eight Olympic events competing at the Perth International Regatta, 16-21 November 2010, the winds did not deliver the punch that Fremantle is renowned for, but the event did provide a preview of what may occur at the 2011 ISAF Combined Worlds to be held at the venue in a year's time. With only four races and the medal race, it was a challenging event for competitors and race management teams.

Ericson and Gabrielsson (SWE) © Richard Langdon

The British dominated the event, claiming triple the top five positions than any other country. The Olympic focus now moves to Sail Melbourne, 12-18 December 2010, the first regatta of the seven event 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.

The Men's 470 gold medal was won by Gideon Kliger and Eran Sela from Israel. Great Britain finished in second and third places with Nic Asher and Elliot Willis followed by Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell. Kliger said that he and Sela were hoping to stay in Fremantle for another two or three weeks to get in some extra training in the local conditions ahead of next year's ISAF Sailing World Championships.

Sweden won the Women's 470 with Lisa Ericson and Astrid Gabrielsson, who finished ahead of Ingrid Petitjean and Nadège Douroux of France and Denmark's Henriette Koch and Lene Sommer.

Sailing back to the boat park, winning Swedish skipper Lisa Ericson said, "it was absolutely fabulous to win and we are so happy to be able to come back next year."

Kliger and Sela (ISR) © Richard Langdon

Early series leaders, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie went into the medal race lying in the gold medal position, but a disappointing eighth position landed them with double points of 16 and knocked them out of contention. After such dominace early on, with two bullets on the opening day, this pair will be questionning what went wrong.

The final Medal Races were sailed close in to the Fremantle shoreline, with spectators on the beaches and breakwaters getting a grandstand view of the starts and finishes. This will also be the case in next year's ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth.

The weather on the last day of the regatta ranged from light to moderate winds under a cloudy sky with occasional rain showers.

Top 10 Results - 470 Men

Pos Name NOC R1 R2 R3 R4 M Pts
1 KLIGER Gideon / SELA Eran ISR 2 1 8 9 2 22
2 ASHER Nic / WILLLIS Elliott GBR 10 4 5 2 6 27
3 PATIENCE Luke / BITHELL Stuart GBR 4 6 2 1 20 33
4 SCHMID Matthias / REICHSTAEDTER Florian AUT 3 14 4 5 12 38
5 DAHLBERG Anton / OSTLING Sebastian SWE 5 13 6 11 4 39
6 OVERINGTON Mark / GOODWIN Ben NZL 11 3 7 12 8 41
7 McNAY Stuart / BIEHL Graham USA 8 DPI 7 1 13 16 45
8 SNOW-HANSEN Paul / SAUNDERS Jason NZL 13 9 9 6 10 47
9 BELCHER Mathew / PAGE Malcolm AUS 1 2 26 BFD 4 14 47
10 LEBOUCHER Pierre / GAROS Vincent FRA 9 DPI 10 3 10 18 50

Top 10 Results - 470 Women

Pos Name NOC R1 R2 R3 R4 M Pts
1 ERICSON Lisa / GABRIELSSON Astrid SWE 4 4 4 1 2 15
2 PETITJEAN Ingrid / DOUROUX Nadege FRA 7 2 1 5 6 21
3 KOCH Henriette / SOMMER Lene DEN 3 5 5 6 4 23
4 ALEH Jo / POWRIE Olivia NZL 1 1 2 7 16 27
5 CLARK Penny / HUGHES Katrina GBR 8 3 6 4 8 29
6 LECOINTRE Camille / GERON Mathilde FRA 2 7 10 3 12 34
7 KADELBACH Kathrin / BELCHER Friederike GER 6 8 3 8 10 35
8 AYTON Sarah / CLARK Saskia GBR 15 OCS 6 8 2 14 45
9 SMITH Carrie / CLARK Ella AUS 9 11 7 9 18 54
10 NATTRASS Hannah / HALL Chelsea AUS 5 9 9 15 DNS 22 60

More Information:
Event Website
470 Women Results
470 Men Results

Source: www.perth2011.com and ISAF

Image: 470 Women Medallists © Richard Langdon