Saturday 16 August 2008

Laser Day 5 - Go Vasilij!!

It was a Balkan 1-2 today with Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) and Luka Radelic (CRO) taking the top spots, as yesterday's leaders finished 8,9,10 and 17th. Diego retains the advantage - just. After the topsy turvy results of the last four days, the discard has been applied and the battle is definitely hotting up: the top five sailors are separated by five points. 2004 bronze-medallist Vasilij is only two points off the lead, with Paul Goody just three points adrift.

Over in the Radial fleet, Jo Aleh (NZL) has produced an impressive string of results and now has just 10 points after five races and a discard. Good work to her, and to Gintare and Anna, who have all managed to be consistent in these challenging conditions. Flying the flag for China in the sport of sailing is Lijia Xu (2006 World Champion) currently in fourth.

Let's not forget Greg who posted another decent result today of 34th, beating Tom Slingsby. Another sailor who had an amazing race was Adil Mohammad (UAE), part of the SailCoach family, who posted an 11th.

See the Laser results here.

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