Armad Ali Sabri Khan (Malaysia), has only one result outside the top three and Xiaotian Zhang (China), has won four of the eight races so far. Sri Lanka are another country represented in Guangzhou whose fledgling fleet benefitted from an IODA 6 for 5 grant for boats and sails and more recently an IODA regatta grant to Pattaya.Īfter six races there is one discard and the top two boy sailors are now separated by just one point. The entry from Iran in both boys and girls fleets is particularly encouraging as it was only as recently as 2009 when they participated at their first IODA Continental Championship and already this year they have had sailors finishing races in the top 20 in what was a very strong fleet at the IODA Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. The Optimist fleet has entries from China, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Iran, India, Korea, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Optimist girl and boy are two of the 14 sailing classes and participation in these two fleets, along with the Laser Radial, is the highest amongst the sailing class entries with 12 nations participating. Sailing is one of the 42 sports in this multi-sport event, held every four years in Asia, allowing athletes from all over the Asian continent to compete.Īsian Games Ceremony - Asian Games 2010 © International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) The 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, opened in dramatic style with a ceremony which drew on Guangzhou’s rich maritime history, held in a purpose built arena, located on a small island on the Pearl River. There have now been four days of racing at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, with eight races completed for both boys and girls in the optimist class. In the boys fleet, Xiaotian Zhang (China), has won six of the ten races so far and leads Armad Ali Sabri Khan (Malaysia) currently in second place, with Ryan Lo (Singapore) in third. In the girls fleet, Noppakao Poonpat (Thailand) had a very consistent day keeping her nearest rival behind her in both races and as a result has pulled three points clear of Yuting Lu (China) with Kimberly Lim (Singapore) in third. It has been very difficult to obtain information about these games and I must thank the Singapore Sailing Federation who are doing a fantastic job on both their website, Facebook and Twitter.Īsian Games Friday - Asian Games 2010 © International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) For many this will mean that racing will continue on the reserve day to complete the event schedule of 12 races. Two races had been scheduled for all fleets but only the Optimists and Lasers managed to complete races 9 and 10. The wind was very light and shifty in Guangzhou today making it challenging for the sailors and frustrating for the race committee. It will be an interesting battle at the Worlds. China did not participate at the IODA Asian Championships this year but Kimberly Lim was the overall winner, chased closely by several sailors including Nappakao. It was a highly competitive contest here in Guangzhou and many of these sailors will compete again at the Optimist Worlds in Langkawi, Malaysia, at the end of December. There were no changes in the places today in the boys fleet with Xiaotian Zhang (China) taking gold, Armad Ali Sabri Khan (Malaysia) in silver and Ryan Lo (Singapore) in bronze. Noppakao sailed a remarkably consistent regatta with her worst result a fourth place. In the girls fleet, Noppakao Poonpat (Thailand) extended her lead to take the gold medal ahead of Kimberly Lim (Singapore) who sailed well enough today to move up to silver, with Yuting Lu (China) in bronze. Asian Games Saturday - Asian Games 2010 © International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA)
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