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27 September 2005, 10:55 am

SCANDONE Claims World Crown

2.4 Metre World Championship 2005

Marciana Marina, Elba Island, Italy

Nick SCANDONE (USA) sailed a brilliant end to the series as he claimed the 2.4 Metre World Championship title in Marciana Marina, Elba Island, Italy over the weekend. The American continued the form that saw him make an excellent finish at the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship at the start of the month to take a ten point series win.

SCANDONE took over the lead when runner up at the IFDS Worlds in Denmark, Heiko KRÖGER (GER) was disqualified in race six. In the winning position with two races left, SCANDONE responded to the pressure, scoring a bullet in race seven and a fourth in race eight to take a comfortable victory.

Sweden's Stellan BERLIN came in second, the first of the able-bodied sailors, whilst Helena LUCAS (GBR) finished as top women to take the bronze medal after narrowly missing the podium at the IFDS Worlds. She tied on points with the sailor who beat her to bronze in Denmark, the Paralympic bronze medallist Thierry SCHMITTER (NED), with her victory in the final race proving the deciding factor between the two.

Top Ten Results

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	USA	Nick SCANDONE	10	(13)	3	3	1	3	1	4	25
2	SWE	Stellan BERLIN	7	3	(15)	6	9	1	3	6	35
3	GBR	Helena LUCAS	3	11	9	(12)	6	2	6	1	38
4	NED	Thiery SCHMITTER	5	1	6	7	(20)	7	5	7	38
5	SWE	Per AHRBOM	14	(31)	13	5	4	19	10	10	75
6	FIN	Marko DAHLBERG	1	15	10	11	8	33	8	(45)	86
7	DEN	Preben KRISTENSEN	11	10	30	2	10	13	(89) BFD	11	87
8	SWE	Magnus LIDHOLM	12	12	5	(25)	13	12	15	19	88
9	SWE	Hans ASKLUND	6	17	19	(36)	15	5	12	20	94
10	FIN	Ingmar BJORNDAHL	18	16	12	14	(26)	10	7	18	95