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The NZL Sailing Team had a successful season of World Championships that ended this week. Three medals were collected and equally as many crews were in the top seven.
The RS:X World Championships were sailed in March, and JP Tobin came away with a Bronze medal, setting the bar high for the team to follow. Andy Maloney grabbed up a bronze medal at the Laser World Championships which finished on May 10th. One day later, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke finished the 49er World Championships with a silver medal.
Also inside the top ten and within striking distance of medals at their world championships were women’s 470 team Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie who finished fourth overall, and the Star crew of Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner who finished seventh.
World Championship Results:
49er- Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, 2nd
RS:X- JP Tobin, 3rd
Laser- Andy Maloney, 3rd
Women’s 470- Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, 4th
49er- Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski, 6th
Star- Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner, 7th
Finn- Dan Slater, 16th
Laser- Sam Meech, 17th
Men’s 470- Paul Snow Hansen and Jason Saunders, 21st
Laser- Andrew Murdoch, 25th
Laser Radial – Sara Winther, 34th
The Women’s Match Racing crew of Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt will not be racing their World Championship which starts 25 June 2012, just one month before the Olympic Games.
Up next for the NZL Sailing Team is the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta to be sailed at the Olympic venue of Weymouth. Follow their progress online NZL Sailing Team facebook page.
