Ashley and Klepacka Dominate
Mistral Youth European Championship
Puck
Six races have now been completed at the Mistral Youth European Championships in Poland and it is the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Champions who are heading the leaderboard.
Tom ASHLEY (NZL) moves on to the top of the leader board but not because of a sparkling two races yesterday... steady... but not sparkling. More because Byron KOKKALANIS (GRE) may be a little tired after a tough ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship and a constant pressure of expectation from home. This is reflected in his two results today (16 and 15).
The other guy to benefit "big time" is Victor MOREAU (FRA) who has jumped to second place overall having scored two 3rds today. With 4 races to go and a further discard to take, Tom looks safe. However it all depends on whether Byron can find renewed strength to make one last effort.
Zofia KLEPACKA (POL) on the other hand seems to have slipped into 'cruise' mode. Doing enough to stay in touch with the leader by finishing second and third in each race today but not pushing as much as usual. This allowed Chan Wai MAN (HKG) to win one yesterday as well Charlene PICON (FRA). Charlene had a nightmare first day to this regatta but has come back fighting and may still make the top five if she can finish this regatta well.
Top Ten After 6 Races
| Pos |
Nation |
Name |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Points |
| 1 |
NZL |
ASHLEY Tom |
2 |
2 |
"19 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
19 |
| 2 |
FRA |
MOREAU Victor |
5 |
13 |
10 |
"14 |
3 |
3 |
34 |
| 3 |
GRE |
KOKKALANIS Byron |
1 |
1 |
3 |
"18 |
16 |
15 |
36 |
| 4 |
ESP |
RIERA Marc |
"36 |
3 |
4 |
21 |
5 |
7 |
40 |
| 5 |
NED |
BOUMAN Casper |
8 |
6 |
"21 |
17 |
9 |
2 |
42 |
| 6 |
FRA |
AURIOL Antoine |
4 |
8 |
7 |
13 |
"20 |
10 |
42 |
| 7 |
GBR |
SIBLEY Paul |
9 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
"34 |
45 |
| 8 |
POL |
FRYDRYCHOWICZ Tomasz |
10 |
18 |
"37 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
47 |
| 9 |
GBR |
POTTER Richard |
24 |
15 |
"33 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
49 |
| 10 |
POL |
WÓJCIK Maksymilian |
"22 |
10 |
22 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
51 |
Girls
| Pos |
Nation |
Name |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Points |
| 1 |
POL |
KLEPACKA Zofia |
1 |
1 |
"4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
| 2 |
HKG |
CHAN Wai Man |
2 |
2 |
3 |
"6 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
| 3 |
ESP |
ALABAU Marina |
"DNF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
| 4 |
ITA |
TARTAGLINI Flavia |
3 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
"9 |
19 |
| 5 |
FRA |
GUEGUEN Marine |
4 |
6 |
"10 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
28 |
| 6 |
ITA |
CAMMARANO Marta |
5 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
"11 |
5 |
31 |
| 7 |
FRA |
BEHREL Marine |
6 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
"16 |
10 |
37 |
| 8 |
ISR |
ODED Shimrit |
9 |
9 |
9 |
"16 |
10 |
7 |
44 |
| 9 |
FRA |
LE GUIBAN Pauline |
7 |
8 |
11 |
15 |
6 |
"17 |
47 |
| 10 |
GER |
CONRAD Linda |
11 |
14 |
5 |
"19 |
7 |
12 |
49 |
IMCO (As Amended by ISAF Secretariat)