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Day two of the 470 Men and Women's Junior World Championships saw some great weather

Race three and four were completed today at the 470 Men and Women's Junior World Championship. Lavie Lior and Amir Yam (ISR) hold their lead in the Men’s 470, and Tara Pacheco and Berta Betazos (ESP) in the women’s. Racing got underway this morning in a moderate 10 to 12 knot northerly breeze and competition got fierce.
 
470 Men/Mixed

The Men’s 470 started in two re-assigned groups, and Berenger Balzeau and Mathieu Fountaine from France in particular pushed hard. They became the heroes of the day by nailing two bullets in today’s Blue Group, with France’s Sofian Bouvet and Jeremie Mion right on their tail, scoring two seconds in the same group.
 
In Yellow Group, overnight leaders, Lavie Lior and Amir Yam (ISR) and Steven LeFevre and Steven Krol (NED) provided a chance for their opponents by making a tactical mistake in race three, to finish seventh and ninth respectively.
 
“We and the Israeli’s went to the left on our way to the upper mark, while the whole fleet went to the right, and favorable side. We reached the mark in about 25th position, but fortunately we managed to fight our way back.” Steven Lefevre said.
 
Tomasz Januszewski and Marcin Mickiewicz (POL), who did not miss any race in Junior Championships last year, took their chances and finished second. In race four, the local heroes were not able to maintain their promising efforts and finished the race with an unlucky number (13).

Both the Israeli and Dutch did not make the same mistake and lead race four all the way, fighting for first and second place. The Dutch boys won the battle and took their second bullet in the event.
 
470 Women

The tension is rising in the women’s 470. Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes (GBR) who were mentioned as favorites earlier, lost their overnight second place to Australia’s Stacey Omay and Chelsea Hall. Tara Pacheco and Berta Betazos from Spain maintain their lead, however, they had a bad start at the pin-end in race three and could not recover, finishing in 11th place. They won race four, and maintain their lead due to the discard coming into play today after four races.
 
Sweden’s Lisa Ericson and Astrid Gabrielsson and Annika Bochman and Anika Lorenz from Germany did very well today and closed the gap to the leaders.

Both in the Men/Mixed and in the Women’s classes, the top ten is filled by eight nations. Racing continues tomorrow at 11:00 and will decide the groupings for the final series.

Results:

Men

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	Tot
1	LAVIE LIOR, Amir YAM	ISR 9	4,0
2	Berenger BALZEAU, Mathieu FOUNTAINE	FRA 10	6
3	Antonia ROSA, Joao ROSA	POR 17	7,0
4	Steven LE FEVRE, Steven KROL	NED 77	8,0
5	Victor BERGSTROM, Marcus DACKHAMMAR	SWE 333	10,0

Women

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	Tot
1	Tara PACHECO, Berta BETAZOS	ESP 696	3
2	Stacey OMAY, Chelsea HALL	AUS 352	8
3	Hannah MILLS, Katrina HUGHES	GBR 835	9
4	Lisa ERICSON, Astrid GABRIELSSON	SWE 33	11
5	Annika BOCHMAN, Anika LORENZ	GER 51	12