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Flawless scorecard from Ainslie after five races at Finn Europeans

Triple Olympic Medalist and triple Finn Gold Cup winner Ben Ainslie is continuing his apparent obliteration of the competition at the Finn European Championship in Kalmar, Sweden.

A further two races were sailed today, both of which Ainslie won. His net score is now four points having discarded one first place as the discard comes into play. Nine races are schedule for the championship.

Today was not any easier than the previous days, the wind was slow to come and never settled down on the course, always shifty and patchy. It demanded quick reactions from the sailors to follow the wind pattern and play with the pressure created by the stormy clouds.

Emilios Papathanasiou (GRE) took second place in the first race today, 200 meters behind Ainslie and ahead of Szukiel from Poland. The second race saw again Ainslie distance himself from the fleet with Dan Slater taking second place in the race and in the championship after discarding a 35th position in race two. Third place went to Michael Maier. It is the first top ten placing for the Czech who has had a difficult start into the championship. Third overall after five races is Marin Misura from Croatia.

After 7 hours on the water, the Finn sailors will enjoy a single race tomorrow.

	Sail No	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Nett
1	GBR-3	Ben Ainslie	1	1	1	1	1	4
2	NZL-14	Dan Slater	2	35	2	13	2	19
3	CRO-25	Marin Misura	7	3	6	14	5	21
4	GRE-7	Papathanasiou Emilios	22	2	9	2	9	22
5	ESP-100	Rafael Trujillo	5	6	5	16	6	22
6	SLO-5	Gasper Vincec	11	4	4	5	39	24
7	DEN-2	Jonas Høgh-Christensen (1981)	9	7	3	6	42	25
8	NOR-1	Peer Moberg	4	17	14	8	11	37
9	POL-12	Waclaw Szukiel	12	15	8	3	19	38
10	SWE-11	Daniel Birgmark	6	5	13	17	16	40
11	UKR-1	Olexiy Borysov	18	42	7	12	8	45
12	CRO-524	Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (1984)	8	25	12	15	10	45
13	RUS-1	Vladimir Krutskikh	3	33	10	26	7	46
14	GBR-111	Edward Wright	13	14	20	4	23	51
15	DEN-7	Søren Holm	48	10	19	9	14	52
16	CZE-1	Michael Maier	31	21	18	32	3	73
17	AUS-228	Josh Beaver	15	22	26	10	46	73
18	CZE-9	Michal Hrubý	21	13	17	25	24	75
19	USA-4	Zach Railey	27	30	32	7	13	77
20	FRA-972	Bruno Ismael	19	11	28	22	25	77
21	GBR-541	Chris Brittle	29	8	BFD	31	12	80
22	GBR-550	Matt Howard	38	12	15	19	36	82
23	SWE-736	Johan Tillander	30	26	21	18	22	87
24	NED-6	Stefan de Vries	17	27	34	11	38	89
25	DEN-9	Thomas Laursen	OCS	36	16	35	4	91
26	ESP-310	Pablo Arrarte Elorza	50	34	11	28	21	94
27	IRL-10	Aaron O'Grady	33	16	55	21	26	96
28	FIN-216	Tapio Nirkko	14	24	DNS	33	32	103
29	POL-17	Norbert Wilandt	32	28	23	23	30	104
30	POL-7	Rafal Szukiel	43	23	38	24	20	105
31	AUS-221	Anthony Nossiter	26	19	31	36	55	112
32	CZE-3	Rudolf Lidaøík	36	47	33	29	17	115
33	AUT-271	Raudaschl Florian	55	41	22	20	37	120
34	GBR-625	Edward Greig	52	9	BFD	46	15	122
35	GER-711	André Budzien	16	40	50	39	28	123
36	ITA-25	Armando Battaglia	10	51	46	54	18	125
37	CRO-16	Emil Tomasevic	20	20	BFD	55	33	128
38	NED-64	Wietze Zetzema	42	38	25	30	40	133
39	GBR-88	Mark Andrews	35	29	43	40	31	135
40	NED-80	Sander E. Willems	41	44	35	27	35	138
41	ESP-836	Albert Vadell	DNF	18	54	42	27	141
42	GRE-8	Dragutsis Alexandros	34	49	30	50	34	147
43	NED-41	Karel van Hellemond	23	32	39	57	56	150
44	IRL-5	Timothy Goodbody	24	48	49	38	59	159
45	GER-174	Matthias Bohn	44	39	27	51	66	161
46	ITA-101	Riccardo Cordovani	25	37	DNS	43	63	168
47	HUN-11	Peter Lovas	28	46	59	49	45	168
48	SWE-31	Bjorn Smit	39	50	36	63	43	168
49	GER-108	Sebastian Munck	51	53	41	61	29	174
50	GRE-71	Davourlis Panagiotis	49	66	29	56	41	175
51	POL-41	Bartek Szydlowski	37	56	44	44	52	177
52	DEN-231	Kenneth Bøggild	58	43	24	53	69	178
53	POL-71	Krzysztof Dabkowski	47	45	48	41	47	180
54	HUN-6	Gaszton Pál	45	52	42	45	49	181
55	POL-45	Piotr Mazur	46	60	37	48	51	182
56	SWE-41	Anders Nilsson	53	31	56	47	57	187
57	SWE-739	Olof Lundqvist	56	68	45	37	65	203
58	FRA-9	Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (1975)	61	55	BFD	34	58	208
59	SWE-734	Stefan Fagerlund	62	59	52	52	53	216
60	GER-150	Günter O. Hoffmann	40	64	DNS	58	60	222
61	GBR-631	Richard Hart	63	67	51	64	44	222
62	DEN-218	Jesper Petersen	64	57	47	59	61	224
63	ITA-27	Andrea Bianchi	59	54	53	DNF	62	228
64	NED-11	Henk de Jager	66	63	40	60	67	229
65	GER-19	Andreas Bollongino	70	58	58	62	54	232
66	ITA-903	Francesco Faggiani	65	61	DNS	65	48	239
67	GER-262	Barthel Uwe	67	71	62	67	50	246
68	ITA-892	Cisbani Paolo	60	62	60	68	64	246
69	HUN-8	Márton Beliczay	68	65	57	66	68	256
70	SUI-496	Gautschi Thomas	57	69	61	71	73	258
71	GER-37	Frank Westendorf	54	72	63	72	71	260
72	GER-92	Detlev Guminski	69	70	DNS	70	72	281
73	GER-12	David Guminski	71	73	DNS	69	70	283