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Windsurf: Olympic Class - RS:X Male and Female
ALESSANDRA SENSINI TAKES THE LEAD IN NEW
ZEALAND. TOM ASHLEY FIRST AMONGST THE MALE CATEGORY
An excellent day for Alessandra Sensini from Tuscany after winning the
first and second race. She repeated the last two buoys "making an error"
as though she was waiting for the other competitors. Then she fell and
at last cut the finishing line leaving everyone gobsmacked. In all this
confusion the judges thought she had made and error, however she was put
back in her correct position of the days results. The other two Italian
female athletes Laura Linares and Flavia Tartigliani also went went well
in todays races. In the male category a good performance in the second
race by the young athlete from Caldaro, Fabian Heidegger, taking 8th
place and 23rd place in the first race. Federico Esposito took 9th place
in the first race. Guido Carli had two good races, he had excellent
starts, Marco Baglione struggled the first two races with the light wind
conditions. In the overall results behind Sensini comes in Barbara
Kendall from New Zealand and Charline Piccon from France. In the male
category the New Zealander Tom Ashley takes the lead followed by the
Isralian Shahar Zubari and Ivan Pastor Lafuente from Spain.
Video World Championships RS:X
- Auckland 2008
1st Regatta - Alessandra Sensini wins
The first day of the World Championships in Auckland began late because
of the light winds, with only six to seven knots blowing. The start
should have been for mid-day, but was postponed for nearly an hour for
both male and female categorys. As soon as NNE breeze blowing at 8 knots
began the first athletes began to get in the water, the two "Gold" and
"Silver" mens group, made up of 58 athletes each.
A good performance for the Italians in the "Silver" group with Fabian
Heidegger in 8th place, making up for his 23rd place in the first race
and Federico Esposito taking 9th and 15th place. Tom Ashley in the lead
in the "Silver" group, infront of the Isralian Shahar Zubari and Ivan
Pastor Lafuente from Spain.
The Spanish Blanca
Manchon
Orientals starting
In the Gold group the first race was won by the Isralian Shahar Zubari,
followed by the Polish athlete Piotr Myszca and the New Zealander, Jon
Paul Tobin. The other Italian athletes Guido Carli and Alessandro
Giannini came in at 21st and 49th place. The second race was won by Joao
Rodrigues from Portugal, followed by Ho Chi Ho from Hong Kong and the
Isaralian Shahar Zubari, 36th and 55th place for Carli and Giannini.
The youth Guido Carli
Ricardo Santos
World Champion in charge
In the two female groups there were 38 athletes in each group.
Alessandra Sensini took off in style winning both the days races. She
made a spectacular perfomance in the first race allowing herself to "make
an error". She passed the last two buoys twice before the finishing
line, making it look as though she was waiting for the other female
competitors. This gave the judges a little confusion in the order of
arrival between the athletes and were ready to rule her out, she was
however given her correct arrival position in the results after the
judges realized she hadn't broken the rules, and if that wasn't enough,
Sensini then fell in the water, after everything that had happend she
took her victory of first place just the same. In second place in this
first race came in the the Spanish girl Blanca Manchon and Faustine
Merret from France, in the second race behind Sensini was Marina Alabau
from Spain and Peina Chen, in the general results Alessandra Sensini
comes in before New Zealand's favourite, Barbara Kendall. In the
"Silver" race group Barbara Kendall took the second race after coming in
second place in the first race, behind Charlie Piccon from France, who
is third in the overall results.
The female Italian athletes done very well with Laura Linares, 3rd in both races in the "Silver" group, while Flavia Tartagliani who is
competing in the same group as Alessandra Sensini came in at 7th and
16th place. In the overall results Linares and Tartagliani take the 6th
and 21st positions.
