July 30, 2002
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Three Races on Opening Day
264 sailors (173 boys and 91 girls) are entered from 37 countries.
264 sailors (173 boys and 91 girls) are entered from 37 countries.
In the boys event Joaquin Blanco (ESP), who so delighted his home club in Gran Canaria by winning last year’s event, is just one point adrift from Amit Brorman of Israel, with Italy’s Dario Motta a further point behind.
In the girls’ event Tina Mihelic of Croatia has established an early lead. Croatian boys in the past month have placed 1 & 2 in the Optimist Worlds and won the Laser 4.7, Radial Youth and Radial Open Worlds, so maybe she has her sights set high. The best placed sailor and silver medallist from last year Marieke Jongens (NED) lies currently 7th and an eye should be kept on Nordic champion Rebecka Harding (SWE) who has scored 28/4/6 so far.
Boys
| Position | Sail No. | Skipper | Fleet | 1A | 1B | 2A | 2B | 3A | 3B | Total Points |
| 1 | ISR313 | Amit Brorman | Green | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 2 | ESP809 | Joaquim Blanco | Red | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 3 | ITA5980 | Dario Motta | Yellow | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 4 | GRE1102 | Timos Vlachos | Red | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 5 | FRA1045 | Artur Herreman | Green | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 | |||
| 6 | ARG2827 | Francisco Renna | Green | 19 | 3 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 7 | ARG2863 | Manuel Bologna | Yellow | 5 | 4 | 26 | 35 | |||
| 8 | GBR4962 | James Murdock | Red | 5 | 22 | 8 | 35 | |||
| 9 | SWE3882 | Marcus Peterson | Blue | 10 | 5 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 10 | USA11873 | John Moulthrop | Yellow | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
Girls
| Position | Sail No. | Skipper | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total Points |
| 1 | CRO837 | Tina Mihelic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | ITA5894 | Alessandra Ferlich | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | ITA6011 | Maria Giovanna Sferez | 3 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | POL985 | Daria Abramowicz | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | NED2384 | Astrid Zweistra | 5 | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 6 | FRA1242 | Cecile Gutierrez | 1 | 21 | 11 | 33 |
| 7 | NED2343 | Marieke Jongens | 4 | 13 | 19 | 36 |
| 8 | CRO759 | Enia Nincevic | 26 | 6 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | CRO800 | Lina Stok | 29 | 7 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | SWE3901 | Rebecka Harding | 28 | 4 | 6 | 38 |