Cascais, 9 July 2007 - There was too much wind today at the ISAF Sailing World Championships for all classes to go out on the water. Sailors waited until 18:30 until the final decision was made to cancel further racing for the day.
An important change in the 470 Women’s results was made after the disqualification of Giulia CONTI and Giovanna MICOL from Italy, who lost a protest posted by the Dutch Team Lisa WESTERHOF and Merel WITEVEEN for not keeping clear (Rule 11).
The Italian and Dutch Ladies were caught up in a tight battle for the first place in race four that was finally won by the Italian. CONTI and MICOL move down from an overall second to an sixteenth place after four races.
The day of tomorrow was put on the schedule as a reserve day, but will now be filled with the last day of the qualification series, which needs at least five races.
Both the 470 Men and Women will have only one race in order to finalize the qualifications, where after also discards will become effective.
Schedule for tomorrow:
470 Women: 16:20 – Race Area 5
470 Men: 17:00 – Race Area 4
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Photo Galleries and Video interviews are now available through the 470 Class web site.
NOTE TO THE EDITORS
Event Information
For more information about the ISAF Sailing World Championships and the 470 World Championships, visit the web site http://www.cascaisworlds2007.com/
The 470 Class
For more information about 470 Internationale, visit the web site www.470.org
ISAF World Rankings
The official ISAF World Rankings of 470 sailing sportsmen, go to www.sailing.org/rankings/
Photography
High Resolution pictures will be made available to the media during the event.
Please contact David Bell at location in Cascais: bellyvision@mac.com
Contact - Enquiries
For media enquiries about the 470 World Championships, please contact at location: Mr. Rick van Wijngaarden Mobile: +31 6 46 200 333 Email: info@sail470.org
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