From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
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Subject: Olympics Sailing News/Results
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:44:33 GMT
Organization: C.C.S.O.

Clari.sports.olympic occasionally contains sailing related articles.  Maybe
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not the sort of "results" you are looking for.  Assuming the former, I am
posting the sailing articles currently on clari.sports.olympic.  If you would   ris MacDonald) writes:
later of the above two hypotheses hold.
 
 
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	BARCELONA, Spain (UPI) -- Sailors used to the vagaries of seas and
gusts now face an expanded Olympic yachting regatta on a Mediterranean
course littered with garbage.
	While Barcelona city fathers are beaming over the massive urban
renewal that replaced a dreary coastal stretch of old factories and
warehouses with the dazzling Olympic village, yachtsmen complain they
have had no recourse but to train in waters strewn with condoms, dead
rats, and wayward refrigerators.
	With the competition in 10 events starting Monday, four special
vessels have been retrieving waste from the Parc de Mar venue while
competitors talked of the upcoming competition amid splashes of filth.
	``I saw a rat in the water and returned to the dock,'' said Julia
Trotman, the U.S. entree in the Europe Dinghy, the Belgium-designed
single-handed light craft making its Olympic debut. ``My boat is quite
low to the water so it's not pleasant for us.''
	The International Yacht Racing Union has ruled the water quality well
within European Community safety limits and veterans of the 1988
Olympics recall pollution was a constant gripe at Pusan, South Korea.
	That does little to placate the windsurfers, who for a year have been
among the most vocal critics of the sailing conditions in Barcelona.
	``I've seen everything from condoms to a dumped refrigerator,'' said
a Norwegian windsurfer.
	Officials have blamed the litter on rains sweeping garbage into
rivers feeding the sea.
	This Olympics marks the first appearance for the Europe Dinghy and
women's windsurfing, expanding the regatta from eight to 10 events in
eight classes. The United States is expected to make the biggest gold
haul, with fierce competition from the Europeans, British, Australians
and South Africans. South Africa, appearing in its first Olympics since
1960, has entered a 12-man yachting team.
	There is also longshot Thailand, which will be looking to Sa-ard
Panyawan in the windsurfing men's division and Amara Wichithong in the
women's. Both did well in recent international tournaments. India and
Singapore also hold hopes, with Hong Kong targeted for a windsurfing
gold.
	The United States is banking on the world-champion duo of J.J. Isler,
skipper on the Women's 470, and Pamela Healy to dominate the races the
light and narrow boat, where teamwork and tactics make all the
difference.
	``J.J. and I have been sailing for about 12 years,'' Healy said.
	Determined to topple them are Japan's Yumiko Shige and Arisha
Kinoshita, runners-up in the 1992 World Championships.
	British Coach Rod Carr predicts a potential four-medal windfall for
his team. Recalling the unexpected British victory in the Star Class in
Seoul, Carr said the triumph of Bryn Vaile and Mike McIntyre has served
as an inspiration.
	``It shows them that anything is possible,'' Carr said. ``We feel in
control.''
	Carr sees the single-handed Finn Class going to Stuart Childerley,
who was fourth Seoul. He is also excited about the trio of Lawrie Smith,
Rob Cruickshank and Ossie Stewart in soling, the only three-man sailboat
in the Olympic competition.
	He views the U.S. soling trio of Kevin Mahaney, Jim Brady and Doug
Kern as the team to beat in the longest and heaviest boats, where sail
maneuvering is critical. Spain and Germany also boast strong squads.
	For the first time, the soling regatta will be broken into two parts:
fleet racing and match racing. After six fleet races with all
competitors racing at the same time over the triangular course, the top
six boats will then race one-on-one to determine the medalists.
	While Spain has not distinguished itself in Olympic sailing, the host
has launched an intensive effort to change that record.
	``They could get a medal in every class,'' Britain's Childerley said.
``Spain is very, very strong in yachting now.''
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	BARCELONA, Spain (UPI) -- Sparse winds wiped out the opening day of
Olympic yacht-racing Monday, but cleanup crews kept up their sweep of
the courses after sailors complained of smelly and polluted waters.
	When meager breezes failed to reach a consistent five knots following
more than three hours of delays, International Yacht Racing Union
officials postponed the start of the nine-day regatta until Tuesday and
summoned the boats representing 71 nations back from the Mediterranean's
Parc de Mar.
	The last time insufficient wind forced a total postponement was in
Kiel, Germany, in 1972.
	The delay was not only a disappointment to the fiercest competitors
from the United States, Europe and Australia, but also upstart Asian
nations like the Philippines looking for their first official Olympic
gold and South Africans making their first appearance in 32 years.
	``We admit we're struggling,'' said Mario Almario of the Philippines,
a soling skipper with two teammates composing their homeland's total
representation among 10 types of boats.
	Pointing to the name ``Cory'' painted on the side, Almario said, ``We
named the boat after former Philippines President Corazon Aquino because
she accomplished the impossible in 1986 when she was elected'' following
the ousting of Ferdinand Marcos.
	``Despite all the odds against us, we hope to follow her example,''
said the 58-year-old Almario.
	``I can't wait to start,'' said South African soloing sailor Alex
Lanham-Love.
	``It's such an energizing feeling being back in the Olympics after
such a long absence.''
	Yachtsmen grumbled about the pollution but praised the Spanish for
responding and substantially improving the water deemed a hazard last
year.
	American Star racers Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel, silver medalists
in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, said they have been practicing off Barcelona
for two years.
	``When we came it was horrible,'' said 37-year-old Reynolds. ``The
water was brown with garbage floating in it.
	``The sewage hasn't been that bad lately and shouldn't be a problem
unless it rains.''
	Others have practiced amid plastic bags, condoms and an occasional
dead rat floating by.
	``When there is a lot of rain, it washes through the sewers and
sweeps the debris straight into the sea,'' said Dr. Roy Axon, physician
for the British team. ``As long as it does not rain again, the water
should clear up.''
	Yachting competitors have been warned against swimming and some teams
have prescribed medication to reduce the risks of pollution-induced
infections.
	Barrie Edgington, the 25-year-old men's windsurfing champion from
Britain, said last week he developed an upset stomach from sailing at
the site.
	Mike Evans, director general of the IYRU, said the problem of human
sewage has been resolved. Even the cruise ships in the harbor have been
prohibited from discharging their effluent, and tugs are continually
scooping up refuse.
	The 1992 regatta is the largest ever, expanded by the addition of the
women's Europe, a small craft designed in Belgium, and women's
windsurfing.
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	BARCELONA, Spain (UPI) -- The French Women's 470 duo sped to a
surprisingly easy victory Monday in the Olympic yachting regatta after
half of the competition was disqualified for premature starts.
	Florence Le Brun and Odile Barre finished the triangular
Mediterranean course first while eight teams, including the world
champion Spanish and former world champion Americans, sailed back to
their berths after being disqualified.
	Trailing the French in the 10-knot winds were the Unified Team
combination of Larissa Moschalenko and Elena Pakholtchik with
Australia's Jennifer Lidgett and Addy Bucek third.
	The real drama unfolded onshore as the Spanish, Americans, Italians,
British, Brazilians, Czeckoslovakians, Australians and New Zealanders
were stunned by their basic mistakes at the start.
	``There's no more room for errors,'' said New Zealander Leslie Egnot,
skipper of the small, highly responsive boat.
	Medals in yachting are based on the outcome of the best six of seven
races.
	``All of us are really shocked,'' Egnot said. ``The massive
disqualification ''is going to make a big difference in the way we sail.
``
	The Italian women wept, and Spain's Theresa Lucas and Patricia
Cabrera dissected the start over and over again with their coach.
	However, they all rallied when officials announced Monday's races
postponed due to insufficient wind would be raced later Tuesday.
	Equally jolting was the disqualification of Bermuda, Germany, India
and Cypress for the same elementary error in the men's 470 competition.
	With the ranks slightly depleted to 33 boats, Spain's Jordi Calafat
and Francisco Luna were the first across the finish with Israelis Shay
Bahar and Erez Shemesh in hot putsuit. Finland's Petri Leskinen and Mika
Aarnikka held third.
	``We thought we were ahead at the start, and then we were out of the
race,'' said Germany's Wolfgang Hunger of his error in judgment.
	The United States dominated the Tornado, Europe and soling races.
Randy Smith and Keith Notary, winners of the North American
Championships, whipped their catamaran to the lead at the start and
remained ahead around all five marks.
	Denmark's Lars Hendriksen and Anette Andersen sailed past Canada at
the third buoy for second while Italians Giorgio Zuccoli and Angelo
Glisoni finished third.
	In the Women's Europe course, American Julia Trotman overcame
Ireland's Denise Lyttle followed by Estonia's Krista Kruuv.
	Skipper Kevin Mahaney of the three-man U.S. soling team showed his
eminence in sail trimming and tactics. Denmark's Jesper Bank and his
crew emerged second and Germany's Jochen Schumann third.
	Brazil's Christoph Bergmann was first over the line in the Finn
contest, followed by Spain's Ploeg Van Der and Gibralter's Stuart
Childerley.
	Fiji's Anthony Philip held the men's windsurfing lead from the start,
and New Zealander Anne Kendall reigned over the women's contest.
 
 
Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans          Those who can, teach;
                                     those who can't, don't;
eplus17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu             and too many who think they
or EPLUS17@UIUCVMD                   can teach neither can nor do.
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