Aussies continue to dominate 29er World Championship after day five

4:30 PM Fri 24 Jul 2009 GMT

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Steven Thomas and Blair Tuke continued to dominate the competition at the 2009 29er Worlds by winning three of the four races held today on Lake Garda. With two more races to be held to complete the series, they have virtually locked up the championship with a lead of 31 points.

The fight now seems to be focused on a sibling rivalry between Haylee Outteridge with 49er World Champion crew Iain Jensen as her crew and big brother Nathan Outteridge, last weeks 49er World Champion skipper who is in the front of the boat this week sailing with girlfriend Lauren Jeffries. Five points separate the pair. Australian teams currently hold four of the five top positions with David O'Conor and Rhys Mara in fifth.

The top youth team continues to be Max Richardson and Alex Groves of GBR who sit in fourth with 53 points; the only non-Australian team in the top five. The top women's team is Ida Marie Baad Nielsen and Marie Thusgaard Olsen of Denmark who sit in eighth overall in the silver fleet.

Todays conditions were strong Ora winds of 20 knots and big lake chop that created havoc among the fleets, but nothing that could not be handled. Gold and silver fleets completed four races each while the bronze completed three and the emerald two.

Racing continues tomorrow with the final races to determine the 29er World Champion.

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Results 29er - GOLD

No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4	5
1	AUS 1	Steven Thomas, Blair Tuke	9,0	1	3	2	2	1
2	AUS 1727	Lauren Jeffries, Nathan Outteridge	29,0	5	1	9	6	8
3	AUS 34	Haylee Outteridge, Iain Jensen	32,0	2	2	6	1	21
4	GBR 3	Max Richardson, Alex Groves	34,0	9	5	10	8	2
5	FRA 1634	Kevin Fischer, Glenn Gouron	45,0	4	12	1	21	7
6	GBR 24	Tom Durham, George Hand	52,0	8	19	18	4	3
7	AUS 11	Hannah Nattrass, Jamie Woods	53,0	10	9	15	10	9
8	NED 1715	Mark Walraven, Kaj Bocker	54,0	7	4	14	15	14
9	AUS 12	David O'Connor, Rhys Mara	56,0	15	16	7	7	11
10	ARG 1308	Pepe Bettini, Fernando Gwozdz	59,0	6	21	5	17	10
11	USA 28	Judge Ryan, Matt Noble	62,0	3	7	3	23	ocs
12	ARG 1183	German Billoch, Gaston Cheb Terrab	63,0	14	13	8	5	23
13	GBR 4	Bleddyn Mon, Nick Redding	67,0	16	23	13	3	12
14	USA 46	Maxwell Fraser, David Liebenberg	68,0	18	11	22	12	5
15	ITA 35	Riccardo Camin, Lorenzo Franceschini	70,0	13	6	23	24	4
16	ARG 433	Mara Agustina Torre, Tom?s Wagmaister	70,0	11	10	21	13	15
17	ARG 1184	Belen Tavella, Franco Greggi	75,0	20	8	4	25	18
18	ARG 1319	Nahuel Martinez, Damian Saponara	78,0	12	24	11	14	17
19	ARG 25	Micael Sielecki, Tom?s Ocampo	79,0	25	15	17	16	6
20	GBR 1702	Henry Lloyd Williams, Sam Batten	85,0	22	20	19	11	13
21	USA 1734	Oliver Toole, Hans Henken	85,0	19	14	16	20	16
22	FRA 1395	Nicolas Chateau, Julian Chateau	89,0	24	18	12	9	ocs
23	NED 6	Annemiek Bekkering, Miguel Karsters	101,0	17	dnf	20	18	20
24	GER 1665	Justus Schmidt, Max Boehme	103,0	21	17	24	19	22
25	SUI 962	Helle ?rum Nielsen, Caspar Buettner	111,0	23	22	25	22	19