USA & Portugal lead the 470s
Andy Rice | January 29, 2008Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark (GBR) scored two bullets at the Women’s 470 World Championship earlier today, launching them up the rankings and making the cut for the Medal Race.
Despite the 12-15 knot winds, which would normally be a strong point for Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout, the Dutch three-time World Champions slipped to 3rd overall after an OCS and 9th place. This leaves up-and-coming Americans Erin Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving way clear at the top, 16 points ahead of 2nd-placed Italians Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol.
The championship is there for the USA girls to lose. De Koning will be happy just to hold on to a podium position. “Maybe we’ll still be able to get into the top three,” she said. “But the points difference with the first boat is too big to make up. It’s… Read the rest
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