After the Paralympic Skud-18 and Sonar Gold Medal winners known prematurely on Friday already, the third Paralympic title for the 2.4m keelboat was decided in Rio yesterday in favour of Damien Séguin FRA. Finishing 4th in the last race, he gained the upper hand on Matt Bugg AUS and Helena Lucas GBR remaining on the ranks 2 and 3. Three teams fighted in the Skud-18 for Silver and Bronze, as Daniel Fitzgibbon/Liesl Tesch AUS were the premature winners already. Winning the last race was not good enough for Monika Gibes/Piotr Chichoki POL to climb on the podium. With a one point's backlog on Alexandra Rickham/Niki Birrell GBR, they had to content themselves with the 4th place. Silver went to John McRoberts/Jackie Gay CAN. Behind the premature Sonar Champion Colin Harrison AUS and his team, Silver and Bronze went to Alphonsus Doerr USA and Paul Tingley CAN.
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After the light-breeze Tuesday on Guanabara Bay, sufficient wind filled in yesterday to resail the postponed races of the previous day.
In the 2.4m, Helena Lucas GBR defended her first place inspite of a disqualification, but Matt Bugg AUS and Heiko Kröger GER reduced the gap on 2 points. Damien Séguin FRA is on only one point behind. Daniel Fitzgibbon/Liesl Tesch AUS, day ranks 1/2/1 in the Skud-18, extended their lead on 8 points. Alexandra Rickham/Niki Birrell GBR advanced on rank 2, John McRobertson/Jackie Gay CAN are now 3rd. In the Sonars, the Paralympic Champion 2012 John Robertson GBR and his team won all three races of the day and moved up on rank 5. Colin Robertson AUS still holds the lead 6 points in front of Alphonsus Doerr USA and his team. Richard Dodson NZL remains on 3rd.
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Very light winds and a strong current made sailing challenging on the second day of the Paralympics on Guanabara Bay. The Skud-18 and Sonars completed one race, the 2.4 m race had to be abandoned.
Daniel Fitzgibbon/Liesl Tesch AUS, the Skud-18 defending Paralympic Champions, confirmed their ambitions with another race win. John McRoberts /Jackie Gay CAN stayed on the 2nd place. New on rank 3 are Alexandra Rickham/Niki Birrell GBR. Colin Harrison AUS and his team remained on top of the Sonars. New on rank 2 is - thanks to the race win - Paul Tingley CAN. Vasilis Christoforou GRE follows on the 3rd position. Leader in the 2.4m without race yesterday is Helena Lucas GBR. Dee Smith USA is 3rd.
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