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2 August 2005, 09:26 am

Argentina Regain Team Title

Optimist World Championship 2005

Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland

The 2005 Optimist Team Racing World Championship concluded yesterday in St. Moritz in Switzerland with Argentina regaining the title which had been theirs for five years until 2004.

The Maloja wind filled in around midday on the amphitheatre of Lake St. Moritz. The Swiss national holiday brought a large crowd of spectators marvelling at kids sailing bathtubs where normally the only racing is a match racing event.

Better wind than Sunday did not end the surprise results. Malaysia, already victors over Sweden, gained successive wins over the traditionally strong Peruvians and then Great Britain to take their first ever silver medal in the event. Peru also went down to Sweden, and in the petit finale New Zealand came through the repechage to take bronze from Italy.

Ranking:

1. Argentina
2. Malaysia
3. New Zealand
4. Italy
5= Great Britain
5= Sweden
7= Denmark
7= Peru

Individual racing restarts today with seven further races scheduled over the next three days. Germany's Tina LUTZ leads after nine races ahead of Matthew SCHOENER from Trinidad and Jianan WU (CHN).

Top Ten After Nine Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Group	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	GER	Tina LUTZ	Green	10	2	1	7	2	3	2	15	1	28
2	TRI	Matthew SCHOENER S.	Blue	4	12	3	4	3	3	82	3	7	39
3	CHN	Jianan WU	Yellow	2	8	2	21	1	1	10	3	59	48
4	BER	Sean BOUCHARD	Pink	21	2	26	12	7	5	17	2	4	70
5	ESP	Jorge Martinez DORESTE	Red	34	4	2	4	22	1	1	24	16	74
6	SWE	Nicklas DACKHAMMER	Blue	3	5	8	17	46	2	7	14	20	76
7	PER	Daniela ZIMMERMANN	White	11	4	8	1	8	59	36	6	7	81
8	GER	Philipp AUTENRIETH	White	14	15	3	2	23	4	27	10	10	81
9	ITA	Paolo CATTANEO	Green	15	3	5	6	10	1	40	55	16	96
10	GER	Julian AUTENRIETH	Pink	7	9	12	32	10	12	2	31	15	98