Unstoppable Ainslie

Finn European title defended with a day to spare

On the penultimate day of the Finn European championships Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie scored two first places to successfully defend his European title with a day to spare. Ainslie sailed a perfect day crossing the line first in both races in winds varying from 15-16 knots on the first race and 12-14 in the second.

Ainslie commented, "I am really happy with how I sailed today and it is good to be so consistent during this event. It is obviously particularly pleasing to have won with a day to spare as all the top guys are competing. The big event is now the world championships in Cadiz this September which is the first opportunity to qualify for the Olympics."

Ainslie won from Olympic gold medallist Mateusz Kusznierewicz of Poland and silver medallist Sebastien Godefroid of Belgium.

Results

Pos	Sail	Sailor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Tot
1	GBR 3	Ben Ainslie	3	1	5	3	-8	1	1	14
2	POL 17	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	6	2	4	4	6	5	-14	27
3	BEL 7	Sebastien Godefroid	1	3	10	(BFD)	7	9	19	49
4	POL 12	Waclaw Szukiel	-23	18	2	6	2	19	2	49
5	DEN 200	Jonas Högh-Christensen	RDG(9)	6	-31	12	1	30	8	66
6	GER 79	Michael  Fellman	2	4	32	2	-39	3	23	66
7	CRO 11	Karlo Kuret	12	11	11	15	13	-42	5	67
8	GBR 6	Andrew Simpson	15	17	9	-37	12	7	9	69
9	CRO 25	Marin Misura (Junior)	8	16	14	-50	9	16	11	74
10	NZL 27	Clifton Webb	25	12	8	(NRY)	18	4	16	83
11	CZE 1	Michael Maier	10	28	21	-45	4	10	17	90
12	TUR 6	Ali Enver Adakan	7	25	13	24	(BFD)	11	10	90
13	DEN 7	Sören Holm	22	5	25	-38	22	15	4	93
14	ESP 100	Rafael Tryllis viller	9	14	-41	22	41	2	6	94
15	GBR 577	Dave Mellor	11	8	-57	23	29	12	13	96
16	RUS 8	Evgeni Tchernov	4	20	40	-49	3	24	12	103
17	AUS 221	Anthony Nossiter	5	(BFD)	18	14	25	23	20	105
18	CRO 14	Viali Nenad	16	30	1	-40	30	22	7	106
19	USA 16	Mo Hart	27	31	7	9	5	-60	34	113
20	FRA 73	Guillaume Florent	RDG(19)	15	-33	25	33	20	3	115
21	NED 78	Jaap Zielhuis	17	10	6	-56	32	26	26	117
22	CZE 9	Michal Hruby	-45	39	12	1	14	40	15	121
23	SLO 5	Gasper Vinec	21	9	34	-39	23	13	21	121
24	CAN 41	Chris Cook	13	27	24	11	21	45	(BFD)	141
25	GBR 541	Chris Brittle	26	13	42	20	-49	25	18	144
26	NED 6	Stefan de Vries	-36	29	35	13	20	18	33	148
27	SWE 7	Åderman Kristian	33	22	15	8	-44	39	36	153
28	POL 7	Rafal Szukiel	54	37	23	10	16	14	-55	154
29	GBR 15	Charlie Cumbley	28	32	-37	16	28	27	25	156
30	ITA 71	Massimo Gherarlucci	-35	34	26	33	19	17	29	158
31	NED 701	Martyn  Van Muyden	34	38	39	36	11	6	-46	164
32	AUS 222	Paul Mc Kenzie	31	24	(BFD)	5	24	47	35	166
33	FRA 972	Bruno Ismael	30	23	38	21	-45	21	37	170
34	USA 1208	Kevin Hall	-51	49	16	18	10	51	28	172
35	FRA 17	Rambeau Pascal	14	19	48	-52	40	33	30	184
36	ESP 107	Agustin Juarez Marrero	41	46	17	32	(DNF)	8	57	201
37	SUI 7	Christoph Burger	20	7	30	(BFD)	35	35	DNF	207
38	GBR 550	Matthew Howard	38	40	27	-51	38	34	39	216
39	ITA 15	Michele Marchesini	53	55	19	-64	17	43	32	219
40	GRE 6	Papathanasiou Emilios	29	21	3	7	(DNF)	DNS	DNS	220
41	GBR 2	Adam Cowling	32	35	-54	43	31	37	43	221
42	USA 11	Geoffrey Ewenson	42	26	(BFD)	29	34	32	61	224
43	IRL 10	Aaron O Grady	24	36	-52	28	47	44	50	229
44	BEL 17	Vannes Van Laer (junio	48	44	44	57	15	-64	24	232
45	GRE 12	Karntoutsos Apostolos	40	54	36	(BFD)	37	31	40	238
46	DEN 9	Thomas Laursen	47	51	20	-53	27	50	48	243
47	SWE 736	Johan Tillander	49	45	49	19	-54	54	31	247
48	GBR 593	Edward Greig (Junior)	43	48	50	34	-55	28	44	247
49	CRO 16	Emil Tomasevic	39	43	53	-62	57	29	27	248
50	USA 1140	Boyd Bryan	55	50	29	31	-59	46	38	249
51	SWE 734	Anders Nilsson	37	33	65	27	-73	36	56	254
52	NED 80	Sander Willems	57	41	46	-63	36	59	42	281
53	FIN 216	Tapio Nirkko (Junior)	44	42	45	59	53	38	-64	281
54	TUR 7	Akif Muslubas	(DNF)	DNS	22	35	BFD	49	22	288
55	NZL 19	Peter Fox	50	47	(DNS)	BFD	26	41	45	289
56	USA 78	Andrew Kern	46	56	55	47	51	48	-62	303
57	GRE 11	Papastefanou Pachos (Ju	60	61	51	41	46	-66	49	308
58	GBR 8	Tim Carver	56	68	-72	30	56	52	59	321
59	EST 8	Imre Taveter	52	(BFD)	58	48	62	53	51	324
60	GBR 13	John  De Leeuw	-74	53	70	26	70	55	63	337
61	GBR 1	Sander Kooij	71	(DNF)	56	54	50	63	47	341
62	NED 804	Cees Scheurwater	65	58	-71	42	61	57	60	343
63	SWE 735	Johan Wijk	73	(DNS)	64	17	65	62	67	348
64	UKR 1	Yevhen Yaroshenko (Jun	-72	64	59	46	58	71	52	350
65	HUN 5	Tibor Pallay	(DNF)	62	43	58	66	65	58	352
66	BLR 7	Ivan Karatkevich	67	63	62	55	68	-72	41	356
67	IRL 5	Youen Jacob	62	52	(DNF)	66	43	56	BFD	359
68	NED 66	Ewout Meijer	66	65	47	69	52	-70	66	365
69	ITA 890	Iacopo Tacchino (Junior	59	59	63	61	60	-67	65	367
70	GBR 567	Thomas Greig	61	(DNF)	60	70	42	61	BFD	374
71	DEN 215	Lars Vesterholm-Nielse	-69	66	68	65	63	68	54	384
72	GER 203	Hartmut Duisborg	58	57	61	68	64	(DNS)	DNS	388
73	POL 40	Rubert Polczynski	(DNF)	DNS	67	44	DNF	69	53	393
74	EST 15	Janno Hool	63	(DNS)	69	BFD	48	58	DNF	398
75	AUS 223	Dean Mc Aullay	64	60	66	72	72	74	(DNS)	408
76	SWE 3	Christian Finnsgård	70	(DNS)	73	60	69	73	68	413
77	SWE 726	Jonas Andersson	68	67	(DNF)	71	71	75	69	421
78	SWE 31	Björn Smit	(DNF)	DNS	DNS	67	67	DNS	DNS	454
79	ITA 1	Luca Devoti	(DNF)	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	480