Aussies lead 29er Worlds

9:11 PM Wed 22 Jul 2009 GMT

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The Australian teams of Steven Thomas and Blair Tuke (NZL) and Hayley Outteridge and Iain Jensen are leading the 29er World qualifiers into the fleet splits for gold, silver, bronze and emerald flights.

Outteridge/Jensen scored a 1-2-1 for the day to move them ahead of US sailors Judge Ryan and Matt Noble who scored 3-5-3 and remain in 3rd overall. Thomas and Tuke sailed a discard in their second race of the day posting 1-17-2 results.

The Ora filled early in today's racing and began at 18 knots increasing to 20 knots out of the south. Four races were scheduled, but only 3 were completed per fleet.

The top youth team is Kevin Fischer and Glenn Gouron of France who won all their races today launching them into 4th overall. This team has won all the EuroCup events for the 29er Class in 2009 including the recently sailed Kiel Week. The top female team is Becky Diamond and Fiona Hampshire of Great Britain who sit in 35th overall.

Once protests are heard, the competitors will be split into their various groupings with the Gold fleet comprised of the top 25 teams and the remainder split equally between Silver, Bronze and Emerald.

Racing continues tomorrow to begin the final series and determine the 29er World Champions on Saturday.

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by Jerelyn Biehl

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