Silja Lehtinen (FIN) leads the way after a beautiful first day of racing at the Russian Women Match Race Championship at the Yacht Club Royal in Moscow, Russia. Eight teams from six cities in Russia (Moscow, Vladivostok, Ekaterinburg, Miass, Azov, and Dolgoprudny) as well as one team from Finland are sailing the Laser SB3s with crews of 3 sailors. Racing continues through 5 September.

Results after 10 flights:
Silja Lehtinen, Mikaela Wulff, Silja Kanerva (FIN) 5-0
Ekaterina Skudina, Elena Syuzeva, Irina Lotsmanova (RUS) 3-0
Ekaterina Kutovaya, Vera Dubina, Alina Dotsenko (RUS) 3-2
Alisa Kirilyuk, Anastassia Chernova, Regina Zakirova (RUS) 3-2
Valeriya Pospelova, Olga Ivanova, Larissa Fomyagina (RUS) 2-3
Ekaterina Ananina, Ekaterina Vlasova, Margarita Kudrina (RUS) 2-4
Alexandra Reshetova, Natalia Reshetova, Liubov Balakireva (RUS) 1-4
Svetlana Chekhova, Anastassia Kryuchkova, Irina Butskaya (RUS) 1-4

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