Semaine Olympique Francaise day four Finns - Ainslie back on top



1:26 AM Thu 28 Apr 2011 GMT
'Semaine Olympique Francaise 2011 - Finns day 4' Guillaume Durand - Copyright
On day four of the Semaine Olympique Fran?aise in Hyeres, Ben Ainslie (GBR) took the only race win to extend his lead at the top to 13 points from Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) and 15 from Giles Scott (GBR). Today the fleet was split into gold and silver heats for the first time, so competition in the gold fleet was especially fierce. Only one race was completed. In the gold fleet race Ben Ainslie (GBR) crossed ahead to win his fifth race of the week, with Zach Railey (USA) continuing his good form with another second place and Giles Scott (GBR) ...


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