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Contacts:
Marni Lane, US SAILING, 617-671-8332
Lisa Ramsperger, U.S. Olympic Committee, 719-866-4805
FRIDAY RACES CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF WIND; SAILROS ADVANCE TO MEDAL RACES AT PAN AM GAMES
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (July 27, 2007) – All sailing races were cancelled today due to lack of wind at the XV Pan American Games, so the teams currently in the top five positions in each class will advance to Saturday’s final Medal Races. All nine U.S. teams remain among the top five heading into the Medal Races. Six classes – RS:X Men, RS:X Women, Hobie Cat 16, Laser, Laser Radial, and Sunfish – have only finished eight races this week. The Snipe, J24 and Lightning participated in seven races, due to the cancellations today.
Andrew Campbell (San Diego, Calif.) has dominated the Laser class throughout
the week and heads into the Medal Races three points ahead of Brazil's Robert
Scheidt. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) hovers only two points behind the
current leader of the Laser Radial fleet, Mexico's Tania Elias Calles Wolf.
The Lightning team of David Starck (Buffalo, N.Y.), Bill Faude (Chicago, Ill.)
and Jody Starck (Buffalo, N.Y.) sits in third place and only three points
behind the leader, Chile. Paul Forester (Rockwall, Texas) will also enter the
Medal Races in third place in the Sunfish class.
The Snipe duo of Augie Diaz (Miami, Fla.) and Tracy Smith (Newport, R.I.) are
currently in fourth place, while the RS:X Men, RS:X Women, J24 and Hobie
teams are all in fifth place heading into the final races. Medal Races begin
at 12 p.m. local on Saturday.
The XV Pan American Games feature 5,654 athletes from 42 nations competing in
37 sports. The sailing competition is taking place at the Glória Marina in the
Guanabara Bay. The Pan American Games are held every four years, historically
one year before the Olympic Games. The first Pan American Games were held in
1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For more information, visit:
www.rio2007.org.br.
About US SAILING
The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the National
Governing Body for sailing. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Portsmouth,
Rhode Island, the organization provides leadership for the sport of sailing in
the U.S. US SAILING offers training and education programs for instructors and
race officials, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and
communities, issues offshore rating certificates, and provides administration
and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including National
Championships and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more
information, please visit www.ussailing.org.
RESULTS
Top Three and USA
Laser Radial (12 boats) – 0
races today/8 total
1. Mexico [9]-6-1-2-2-3-3-2: 19 (Tania Elias Calles Wolf)
2. USA 4-1-[9]-3-6-1-5-1: 21 (Paige Railey/Clearwater,
Fla.)
3. Argentina 3-4-[7]-1-4-5-2-3:
22 (Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
Laser (12 boats) – 0 races today/8 total
1. USA 1-[5]-2-1-3-1-2-4: 14 (Andrew Campbell/San Diego, Calif.)
2. Brazil 3-[4]-3-3-2-[5]-1-1: 17 (Robert Scheidt)
3. Argentina 7-1-1-[11]-1-4-3-2: 19 (Julio Alsogaray)
RS:X Men (nine boats) -- 0 races today/8 total
1. Brazil [3]-2-3-1-2-1-2-1: 12 (Ricardo Winicki)
2. Mexico 1-1-1-4-[6]-2-3-4: 16 (David Mier Y Teran)
3. Argentina 2-3-2-[5]-3-3-1-3: 17 (Mariano Reutemann)
5.
USA 5-4-[6]-6-4-6-4-6: 35 (Ben Barger/Tampa,
Fla.)
RS:X Women (seven boats) – 0 races today/8 total
1. Canada 1-1-1-[3]-1-2-1-3: 10 (Dominique Vallee)
2. Brazil [4]-3-2-1-2-1-2-2: 13 (Patricia Castro)
3. Argentina 2-2-[4]-4-4-3-4-4: 23 (Florencia Gutierrez)
5. USA
3-8(OCS)-3-5-5-5-5-5: 31 (Nancy Rios/Cocoa Beach, Fla.)
Lightning (seven boats) – 0 races today/7 total
1. Chile 1-1-8(OCS)-1-4-3-2: 12 (Alberto Gonzalez, Diego Gonzalez,
Cristian Herman)
2. Brazil 2-3-4-2-[5]-1-1: 13 (Claudio Biekarck, Gunnar Ficker, Silva Marcelo)
3. USA 3-[4]-1-3-3-2-3: 15
(David Starck/Buffalo, N.Y.; Bill Faude/Chicago, Ill.; Jody Starck/Buffalo,
N.Y.)
Sunfish (11 boats) – 0 races today/8 total
1. Venezuela [3]-1-2-2-3-2-1-1: 12 (Eduardo Cordero)
2. Peru 1-6-1-5-1-[10]-6-3: 23 (Alexander Zimmermann)
3. USA 2-5-3-[8]-4-7-2-2:
25 (Paul Foerster/Rockwall, Texas)
J24 (seven boats) – 0 races today/7 total
1. Brazil 8(DNC)-1-1-1-2-4-1: 10 (Carlos
Jordao, Mauricio Oliveria, Daniel Santiago, Alexandre Silva)
2. Argentina 1-2-4-2-1-1-[6]: 11 (Joaquin Argerich, Gustavo Gonzalez,
Sebastian Brusa, Alejo Rigoni)
3. Uruguay 4-3-8(OCS)-3-4-2-2: 18 (Santiago Silveria, Sebastian Rana,
Alejandro Foglia Mafio, Nicolas Shaban)
5. USA 6-5-2-5-6-[7]-3: 27
(Daniel Borrer/St. Augustine Beach, Fla.; Nate Vilardebo/Tampa, Fla.;Patrick
Wilson/Savannah, Ga.; Josh Putnam/Augusta, Ga.)
Hobie Cat 16 (eight boats) -- 0 races today/8 total
1. Brazil 1-1-2-[4]-2-1-3-1: 11 (Bernardo
Arndt, Bruno Oliveira)
2. Guatemala 3-2-[6]-2-6-2-2-3: 20 (Juan Ignacio Maegli, Cristina Guirola)
3. Venezuela 4-3-3-[6]-1-3-4-5: 23 (Gonzalo Cendra, Yamil Saba)
5. USA 6-4-1-1-3-[7]-6-6: 27 (Bob
Merrick/Branford, Conn.; Eliza Cleveland/Branford, Conn.)
Snipe (11 boats) – 0 races
today/7 total
1. Brazil 1-3-[6]-4-2-1-1: 12 (Pedro Amaral, Alexandre Paradeda)
2. Uruguay 2-2-2-2-[6]-2-4: 14 (Pablo Defazio, Eduardo Medici)
3. Mexico 3-[10]-3-1-1-4-4-3: 18 n(Jorge Xavier Murrieta, Andres Akle Carranza)
4.
USA 5-4-1-3-1-5-[7]: 19 (Augie Diaz/Miami,
Fla.; Tracy Smith/Newport, R.I.)
(End)