Australia wins 470 Women at Olympic sailing
18/8/2008 18:09
Australian duo Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson claimed 470 Women gold
medal at Olympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao , East China today.
Leading the
preliminaries with an 18-point margin over the Netherlands, the Australian pair
tried to block its nearest rival from the first mark, finishing 9th and 10th
respectively. The Netherlands managed to escape the block to leave the
Australians the last in the second mark.
While Brazil led the fleet in the
third mark, the Netherlands rebounded to the 6th position. Brazil kept its
advantage to the finishing line and Netherlands finished 5th. Although Australia
finished 9th in the medal race, its overall 43 points sealed up Australia's
second gold medal at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center.
The total 53 points
brought Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout from the Netherlands the silver
medal and the bronze medal went to Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan from Brazil
with 60 points.
Xinhua
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