Best Paralympic race yet at regatta midpoint

4 September 2012

Best Paralympic race yet at regatta midpoint

On day three of competition, Paul Francis sailed his best race so far of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, finishing third in race six of the 2.4mR single person keelboat event.

Conditions on day three were light and variable, with racing postponed for a couple hours because there was too little wind, and when it did get underway in the early afternoon, there was only 7-8kn maximum.

Overall standings did not vary much; Paul’s overall standing of 14th stayed as it was yesterday and his NZL Sailing teammates in the two person keelboat sailing event are positioned 9th with five races left. Particularly in the SKUD 18 fleet where Tim Dempsey and Jan Apel are representing NZ, overall points are close and with half of the regatta left, the event outcomes are far from set in stone.

Now that more than five races have been sailed, competitors are able to discard their worst score. Five races remain and both fleets will sail another two races tomorrow starting from 10:00pm NZT (11:00am local time) on Portland Harbour.

Day 3: Current Standings after 6 of 11 races
9th – Tim Dempsey and Jan Apel (SKUD 18) - 9, 9, 5, 7, 8, 11
14th - Paul Francis (2.4mR) 14, 10, 14, 12, 14, 3

Where to get ongoing information on this event...

Websites:
• Official London 2012 Paralympic Sailing Website (Official News, Results, and Schedule)
• New Zealand Paralympic Team (Daily news and updates from all of NZ’s paralympic Teams, including sailing.)
• Yachting New Zealand (Yachting New Zealand will be posting a brief daily summary news item and schedule for the next day via a media release)

Social Media:
• Paralympics New Zealand Facebook and Twitter
• NZL Sailing Team Facebook and Twitter
• IFDS Facebook

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