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2011 Kieler Woche - Penultimate Day


Great sailing in very difficult (light and shifty) conditions at the penultimate day of the 2011 Kieler Woche Women’s Match Racing event as the top eight teams battled it out in the knock-out phase. In the first Quarter-Final, the number 8 team out of the Round Robins, Nicky Souter (AUS), knocked off the top team, Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), in a battle that came down tot he last match of the best of five series. Silke Hahlbrock (GER) also pushed Genny Tulloch (USA) to five matches, but Tulloch came out on top. In the 2nd Quarter-Final, Ekaterina Skudina (RUS) defeated Anna Kjellberg (SWE) 3-1. While in the 4th Quarter-Final, Olivia Price (AUS) knocked off Lotte Meldgaard (DEN) 3-0.

The Finals tomorrow will see Skudina (RUS) vs. Souter (AUS) and the Petit-Finals will have Tulloch (USA) vs. Price (AUS).

Follow the racing live at: http://race-results.kielerwoche.de/

Quarter Finals:
1 - Souter (AUS) defeats Tunnicliffe (USA) 3-2
2 - Skudina (RUS) defeats Kjellberg (SWE) 3-1
3 - Tulloch (USA) defeats Hahlbrock (GER) 3-2
4 - Price (AUS) defeats Meldgaard (DEN) 3-0

Semi-Finals:
1 - Souter defeated Price 3-1
2 - Skudina defeated Tulloch 3-2

5th to 8th Sail Offs:
5 - Tunnicliffe (USA)
6 - Kjellberg (SWE)
7 - Meldgaard (DEN)
8 - Hahlbrock (GER)

Places 5-11:
5 Tunnicliffe, Anna USA - Vandemoer, Molly; Capozzi, Debbie
6 Kjellberg, Anna SWE - Källström, Malin; Harrysson, Lotta
7 Meldgaard Pedersen, Lotte DEN - Boidin, Susanne; Gramkov, Tina
8 Hahlbrock, Silke GER - Hahlbrock, Maren; Schult, Kerstin
9 Gonçalves, Rita POR - Lobato, Mariana; Neves, Diana
10 Bossard, Julie FRA - Chalaux, Pauline; Courtois, Pauline
11 Wang, Ru CHN - Wen, Ni Xiao; Ting, Pan Ting
Posted on Jun 21, 2011 by WIMRA Press Office

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