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49er & 49erFX Asian Championship 2019 - Day 1

by Asian Sailing Federation 7 Nov 2019 09:40 GMT
49er & 49erFX Asian Championship 2019 - Day 1 © Icarus Sports

Abu Dhabi delivered beautiful conditions on Day One of the first Asian 49er and 49erFX Championships.

In other words, the sunny skies and 09-knot north westerly breeze on a manageable swell was a similar version of what the competitors might expect at Abu Dhabi for the next year's Tokyo 2020 Continental qualifier scheduled here during 15 - 22 March 2020.

Akira Sakai and Russel Aylsworth (HKG) became contenders as the 2019 Asian 49er Champions. The young Hong Kong sailors, who lost out at the 2018 Asian Games, today showed how they are contenders with the Asia's best.

The duo started well in the first race, and couldn't be reeled in, taking victories in two races. In the second and fourth races of the day, they started poorly but moved up throughout the race gaining on every leg.

Among the two teams chasing them are the Musab Al Hadi and Waleed Al Kindi (OMA) and Ding Mingling and Liu Tian (CHN). Holding their leading position won't be easy, but today was a great way for a young team to make a mark.

It's far too soon to suggest that it might be turning into a three way race between the Hong Kong, Oman and the Chinese teams, although they have carved out a useful 10-point buffer with the fourth placed Indian team of Sandip Jain and Munna Pandit who scored 5,4,7 and 5 from the day.

A lead of a few points can vanish in a blink of the eye, and with the breeze set to harden further as the week progresses, a different set of skills could come into play. The first Asian 49er and 49erFX Championship is shaping up to become a true all-round test of 49er racing.

Results after Day 1:

PosNatSail NoHelmCrewR1R2R3R4Pts
49er
1stHKG880Akira SakaiRussell Aylsworth13149
2ndOMA145Musab Al HadiWaleed Al Kindi215311
3rdCHN2Ding MinglingLiu Tian324211
4thIND104Sandip JainMunna Pandit547521
5thCHN1Mingcheng DingLi Maokui682824
6thIND780Brijraj VermaPankaj Kumar953724
7thIND316Ganapathy Kelapanda ChengappaVarun Thakkar899127
8thIND739Aanand ThakurVishal Thakur46101030
9thOMA173Ahmed Al HasaniAbdulrahman Al Mashari7108631
10thIND627Narendra Singh RajputSakthivel Sekar1076932
11thCHN247Xin WangChao XiangDNCDNCDNCDNC64
11thCHN251Wei HongTao ZhangDNCDNCDNCDNC64
11thCHN499Zaiding WenZhibo ZhouDNCDNCDNCDNC64
11thCHN94Jian XiangYoujian WenDNCDNCDNCDNC64
11thCHN99Yong ChenFeng FuDNCDNCDNCDNC64
49er FX
1stCHN2Shang ZitongTong Zu11114
2ndCHN1Xiaoyu HuSu Sha22228
3rdCHN288Huijia YuYe JinDNCDNCDNCDNC16

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