July 18, 2002
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Multala (FIN) Holds Lead Going Into Final Day
With one day left to go in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Sari Multala (FIN) looks unstoppable on her quest to becoming the women’s Europe European Champion .
With one day left to go in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Sari Multala (FIN) looks unstoppable on her quest to becoming the women’s Europe European Champion .
Adding two more first places today, to her already impressive score line, she has a nine point lead over second placed Trine Abraharnsen of Denmark. Things are much closer in the men’s fleet with Soren Johnsen (DEN) holding just a four point lead over Patrick Johansson (SWE).
Women
| Position | Sail No. | Name | Total Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1 | FIN 790 | Multala Sari | 8,0 | 1 | 1 | -14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DEN 11 | Abrahamsen Trine Julie, 1982 | 17,0 | 2 | 2 | -28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | GER 14 | Petzke Christiane, 1978 | 39,0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | -22 |
| 4 | GER 4 | Wetzel Doris, 1976 | 40,0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | (bfd) |
| 5 | USA 112 | Gaillard Meg, 1973 | 41,0 | -24 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | AUS 57 | Blanck Sarah, 1970 | 46,0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | (dnf) | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | IRL 1 | Coleman Maria | 47,0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | -29 | 11 |
| 8 | DEN 4 | Christensen Ditte Juul, 1980 | 49,0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | -33 | 10 |
| 9 | ESP 686 | Garriga Turon Neus, 1978 | 54,0 | 8 | 4 | -26 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | NOR 846 | Sundby Siren, 1982 | 55,0 | 5 | 10 | -24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 2 |
Men
| Position | Sail No. | Name | Total Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1 | DEN 2 | Johnsen Sören, 1969 | 20,0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | -17 |
| 2 | SWE 3471 | Johansson Patrick | 24,0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -28 | 4 |
| 3 | DEN 55 | Risoer Michael, 1983 | 32,0 | -9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | NOR 889 | Gundersen Christopher, 1983 | 33,0 | (ocs) | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | ESP 436 | Marin Gerard, 1982 | 35,0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | (dnf) | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | SWE 44 | Claeson Oscar | 39,0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | -30 |
| 7 | DEN 1598 | Ebler Mads, 1983 | 45,0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -20 | 13 |
| 8 | SWE 3360 | Svensson Fredrik | 45,0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22 | -39 |
| 9 | FRA 55 | Borsi Vincent, 1975 | 48,0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | -36 | 7 |
| 10 | SWE 23 | Arnell Hjalmar, 1981 | 54,0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 7 | (21 |