Laser - Olympic Worldcup - Sail for Gold - Weymouth GBR - Day 5 - Tom Slingsby did it ...

With a 25 points lead, Tom Slingsby AUS is the 'Sail for Gold' winner already before the Medal Race of today in the Laser Standard class. Pavlos Kontides CYP (35 pts) and Andreas Geritzer AUT (36 pts) will most probably share Silver and Bronze, but the best of yesterday, Paul Goodison GBR (4/1) is not far away, progressing to the 5th place, and his deficit on the 2nd place is only 8 points. Keep in mind, that Medal Race points will count double and cannot be discarded ! Another decision is already firm. In the Laser Worldcup 2009, Nick Thompson GBR who qualified for the Medal Race cannot be passed any more.
Sari Multala FIN begins the Medal Race of the Laser Radial class with a 9 points lead over Marit Bouwmeester NED, and at only one point follows Sarah Steyaert FRA. Also Sophie De Turckheim FRA, another 4 points behind, has still her chances for the Bronze Medal. The decision for the Radial Worldcup had been made a long time ago in favour of Anna Tunnicliffe USA. The American, engaged in the Women's Matchrace at Weymouth, will fight today for the Bronze Medal in the new Olympic discipline against the world nbr 1 Claire Leroy ! The report.