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Formula Kite World Championships in Istanbul - Overall

by IKA 25 Aug 2014 08:28 BST 23 August 2014

Nocher and Bridge crowned champions

Maxime Nocher (FRA, North) and Steph Bridge (GBR, North) have won the 2014 Formula Kite World Titles.

On the final day of competition in Burc Beach, Istanbul/Turkey, 4 medal races were run in both mens and womens fleets, in perfect conditions and winds averaging 12-15 knots.

Oliver Bridge (GBR, North) was on fire today after yesterday's equipmen upset, winning all 4 medal races and earning himself the bronze medal in this year's world championships, while Nocher had a commanding 14 point lead after the opening series and played it safe, staying out of trouble and finishing 5-3-5-7 to stay 3 points ahead of Silver Medallist Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) who barely defended a 1 point lead over Bridge with a 3-2-2-2 score today.

In the women's fleet, Bridge won 3 out of 4 medal races, and extended her 3 point lead after the opening series. Last years world champion Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone) dropped her kite in race 3 and couldnt finish the race, and with that 11 points on the scoreboard dropped down to third place. 17 year old Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/Elf) scored a solid 3-3-2-2 getting her up into second place.

Three more Gold Fleet races were run after the conclusion of the medal races, with Florian Trittel (ESP, UC/Ozone) claiming first place on a 2-1-1 score, Maks Zakowski (POL, UC/Ozone) coming second, and Torrin Bright (NZL, UC/Ozone) in third.

Prizes were awarded in front of thousands of spectators in the evening, before an impressive beach party finished off this years world championships.

Overall Results:

Men
1. Maxime Nocher (FRA, North) - 34 pts
2. Riccardo Leccese (ITA, ML/Ozone) - 37 pts
3. Oliver Bridge (GBR, North) - 38 pts
4. Blazej Ozog (POL, North) - 52 pts
5. Florian Gruber (GER, UC/Ozone) - 57.8 pts

Women
1. Steph Bridge (GBR, North) - 21 pts
2. Elena Kalinina (RUS, TMV/Elf) - 29 pts
3. Erika Heineken (USA, ML/Ozone) - 37.7 pts
4. Aga Grzymska (POL, ML/Ozone) - 50 pts
5. Astrid Berz (SUI, ML/Ozone) - 59 pts

Full results can be found at internationalkiteboarding.org/images/documents/results/2014FKWorldsResults.pdf

www.internationalkiteboarding.org

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