Gold to USA, Silver to AUS, Bronze to CAN in Skud



Although Nick Scandone and Maureen Mckinnon-Tucker (USA) had won the Gold medal in a canter, yesterday, the Silver and Bronze medals were still in doubt going into today's racing in the two person SKUD 18 keelboat class at the 2008 Paralympics.

Australia won the Silver medal with Canada taking the Bronze, after two races were sailed today in 11-13kts winds on Fushan Bay, Qingdao to conclude the 2008 Paralympics.

SKUD 18 FLEET OVERALL

As of 13 SEP 2008

AFTER 10 RACES

Place Name Pos NPC Code Points per Race Total Pts Net Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 SCANDONE Nick McKINNON TUCKER Maureen S C USA 2 1 1 1 (3) 2 1 1 2 (12) DNS 26 11
2 FITZGIBBON Daniel COX Rachael S C AUS (4) 2 2 2 2 4 (9) 3 1 2 31 18
3 McROBERTS John Scott LOUTTIT Stacie S C CAN 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 (8) (4) 3 33 21
4 JIA Hailiang YANG Xiujuan S C CHN 1 4 7 7 5 6 (8) 4 (8) 1 51 35
5 BIRRELL Niki S GBR 5 5 (8) (8) 4 1 4 7 7 4
RICKHAM Alexandra C 53 37
6 LOKE Sin Ying MATRIN Al Mustakim S C MAS (10) 6 (12) DSQ 5 6 5 6 2 3 6 61 39
7 FRESK Carl-Gustaf JACOBSSON NILEN Birgitta S C SWE 6 (9) 4 4 7 (12) RAF 3 5 9 7 66 45
8 TAN Wei Qiang Jovin S SIN 7 7 5 6 (8) 7 7 (11) 5 5
LIM Kok Liang Desiree C 68 49
9 AMARAL Bento S POR 8 8 6 (9) (9) 8 5 6 6 8
SILVANO Luisa C 73 55
10 KELEHAN Amy TWOMEY John S C IRL 9 (10) 9 (10) 10 9 10 9 10 9 95 75
11 SOLLIQUE Pedro PINPIN Cherry S C PHI (11) (11) 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 106 84




by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World



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