Miami, FL (January 30, 2010) – It was “one race, one chance” on Saturday at
US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of seven stops of the
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup 2009-2010. After
gold, silver and bronze medalists were determined on Friday in three
Paralympic classes, it was now the turn for sailors in ten Olympic classes
to claim podium positions, but the plot came with a twist.
Just as will happen at the Olympics in 2012, only the top-ten
finishers–determined after five days of fleet racing–earned the right to
sail in the final single medal race for each class, except for in Women’s
Match Racing. In that event, which makes its Olympic debut in 2012, sailors
competed in finals and petit-finals to determine medalists.
The Rolex Miami OCR, which this year hosted 448 teams (633 athletes) from 45
nations, is one of the world’s most competitive regattas for 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic hopefuls. As such, each nation’s medal tally is closely
watched; USA had the most medals with 10, followed by Great Britain with
six, France with five and Spain with four.
COMPLETE REPORT & RESULTS http://rmocr.ussailing.org/RMOCR_Home.htm
Final Results
Star (26 boats) – 11 races
1. Eivind Melleby/Petter Morland Pederson (NOR), 36
2. Andy Horton/James Lyne (USA), 37
3. Mark Mendelblatt/John Von Schwarz (USA), 55
49er (36 boats) – 16 races
1. Manu Dyen/Stephane Christidis (FRA), 93
2. Nico LM Delle Karth/Nikolaus Leopold Resch (AUT), 110
3. Simon Karstoft/Jonathon Bay (DEN), 118
9. Gordon Cook/ Hunter Lowden (CAN), 152
Laser Radial (57 boats) – 11 races
1. Paige Railey (USA), 35
2. Alicia Cebrian (ESP), 74
3. Alison Young (GBR), 112
Laser (104 boats) -11 races
1. Nick Thompson (GBR), 34
2. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA), 84
3. Kyle Rogachenko (USA), 86
470 Men (34 boats) – 11 races
1. Anton Dahlberg/Sebastian A-stling (SWE), 63
2. Mathew Belcher/Malcolm Page (AUS), 67
3. Gideon Kliger/Eran Sela (ISR), 70
5. Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl (USA), 86
470 Women (26 boats) – 11 races
1. Amanda Clark/Sarah Chin (USA), 44
2. Ingrid Petitjean/Nadege Douroux (FRA), 47
3. Henriette Koch/Lene Sommer (DEN), 50
Finn (37 boats) – 11 races
1. Edward Wright (GBR), 28
2. Giles Scott (GBR), 48
3. Gasper Vincec (SLO), 52
4. Zach Railey (USA), 53
Elliott 6m (24 boats)
1. Anna Tunnicliffe/Molly Vandemoer/Debbie Capozzi (USA)
2. Lucy Macgregor/Annie Lush/Ally Martin (GBR)
3. Claire Leroy/Marie Riou/Elodie Bertrand (FRA)
RS:X Women (25 boats) – 9 races
1. Marina Alabau (ESP), 20
2. Blanca Manchon (ESP), 21
3. Laura Linares (ITA), 26
12. Dominique Vallee (CAN)
RS:X Men (37 boats) – 9 races
1. Dorian Rijsselberghe (NED), 29
2. Ivan Pastor (ESP), 33
3. Julien Bontemps (FRA), 45
11. Kevin Stittle (CAN)
2.4mR (28 boats) – 10 races
1. Paul Tingley (CAN), 29
2. Thierry Schmitter (NED), 32
3. John Ruf (USA), 34
Sonar (9 boats) – 10 races
1. Aleksander Wang-Hansen/Per Eugen Kristiansen/Marie Solberg (NOR), 16
2. John Robertson/Hannah Stodel/Steve Thomas (GBR), 24
3. Rick Doerr/Brad Kendall/Hugh Freund (USA), 28
SKUD-18 (7 boats) – 10 races
1. Scott Whitman/Julia Dorsett (USA), 14
2. Jennifer French/Jean-Paul Creignou (USA), 21
3. John McRoberts/Brenda Hopkin (CAN), 26
Complete results: http://rmocr.ussailing.org/Results.htm
