Railey wins

...but France takes title after the final day of racing is cancelled at the Laser Radial European Championships

American Paige Railey (above) was the clear winner at the Laser Radial European Championship after racing was abandoned today, however the European title went to France's Sarah Steyaert, who finished three points ahead of Finland's former Europe Olympian Sari Multala.

At 1300 on this last day of racing the sailors were sent afloat, but due to a weak wind they were returned ashore reletively quickly. After a week of sailling the fleet managed to complete eight races.

The regatta was a series of ups and downs for the British sailors. Lizzie Vickers finished 12th overall and ninth among the European competitors. “It was a really tough regatta with unpredictable weather and only three days of racing," she said. "This event taught me how important it is to stay focused and to not give up even when you have a bad day. My goal at this event was to finish in the top fifteen and I have done that so now I can focus on doing well at the worlds in December.”

Results:

Pos	Sail Number	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Tot
1	USA 183275	RAILEY Paige	1	1	2	1	1	2	-12	4	12,0
2	FRA 181381	STEYAERT Sarah	-10	2	1	2	8	1	3	9	26,0
3	FIN 181896	MULTALA Sari	2	1	7	1	3	14	1	-19	29,0
4	POL 160410	SZOTYNSKA Katarzyna	1	4	5	4	1	24	4	-25	43,0
5	BLR 180336	DROZDOVSKAYA Tatiana	4	13	9	10	2	3	-14	3	44,0
6	FRA 180997	BRAIN Solenne	14	2	1	3	4	15	9	-34	48,0
7	LTU 182613	VOLUNGEVICIUTE Gintare	-17	9	11	11	7	5	8	1	52,0
8	USA 162084	TUNNICLIFFE Anna	3	7	10	8	16	4	-21	5	53,0
9	NZL 177775	ALEH Jo	8	9	4	8	14	10	-16	2	55,0
10	SWE 183273	SODERSTROM Karin	7	3	7	4	19	-33	11	6	57,0
11	DEN 183374	ABRAHAMSEN Trine	6	16	4	5	11	-19	5	12	59,0
12	GBR 180834	VICKERS Lizzie	8	5	6	2	2	17	25	-29	65,0
13	RUS 183070	IVANOVA Natalia	13	11	11	6	9	-23	2	15	67,0
14	NED 182112	WITTEVEEN Merel	3	6	10	7	3	-36	6	36	71,0
15	AUS 180195	WEIR Krystal	14	15	3	11	-21	6	17	8	74,0
16	FRA 182116	GERON Mathilde	10	13	3	12	14	16	-27	7	75,0
17	ESP 182149	CEBRIAN Alicia	7	6	6	9	10	18	24	-26	80,0
18	GER 181633	de NIJS Christiane	5	8	22	10	6	-32	7	24	82,0
19	GER 181621	JANSCH Hanne	6	7	22	6	4	-28	19	20	84,0
20	ITA 182590	NEVIEROV Larissa	11	-20	14	7	6	20	10	16	84,0