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Seindexe Olympique Française Hyeres 2012
21.-27.04.2012
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Friday 20th of April
Seindexe Olympique Française 2012: a week of challenges!
The Seindexe Olympique Française, fourth event on the ISAF Sailing World Cup circuit is set to start on Sunday in Hyères, France, for a week of intense racing.
With less than 100 days to the Olympic Games, the stakes are high for some of the teams playing in Hyères their last chance for London. The Seindexe
Olympique Française will also be one of the rare opportunity for sailors to race against some of the World's best before the Olympics.
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Most of last year's winners are back to defend their title and win some points towards the Sailing World Cup standings.
The Polish windsurfers will surely have their word to say. World #1, Piotr Myszka (POL) will be defending his title with strong opposition from recent
World Champion Julien Bontemps (FRA), or European champion Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL). In the women, Zofia Klepacka (POL) will be one of the
favourite after placing second at the last two World Championships. French Charline Picon, second last year in Hyères will defend her colours on home
ground.
Racing is promising to be tough in the Lasers and Radials with most of the top sailors in Hyères. Javier Hernandez (ESP) will be keen to get another
victory, however the job will not be easy with the strong Australian contingent lead by Tom Slingsby and Tom Burton, European champion Tonci
Stipanovic (CRO) or 2010 winner and Athens Silver medallist, Andreas Geritzer (AUT).
A world contest is expected in the Radial with most of the World best sailors on the starting line. World#1 Evi van Acker (BEL), 2011 ISAF World
Champion Marit Bouwmeester (NED) or Lijia Xu (CHN) who has started the series by winning both Sail Melbourne and Miami, will start as hot favourites.
However, Alicia Cebrian (ESP) who has won two weeks ago her first Sailing World Cup event in Palma, Tina Mihelic (CRO) or last year SOF Silver and
Bronze medallists Sarah Steyaert (FRA) and Gintare Scheidt (LTU) will also stand a good chance to take the title won last year by Sarah Winther (NZL).
The French 470 men teams will have to work hard to keep last year record. Placed first and second in 2011, Pierre Leboucher/Vincent Garos and Nicolas
Charbonnier/Jeremie Mion, will face the World #1 and World Champions Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS). The Australians had a great start this year
after winning the Rolex Miami OCR and the Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma. They have a good lead in the ISAF SWC standings. Other threats to the
French include the strong Japanese team of Yoshida/ Harada, the Italians Zucchetti/Zandona or the Croatians Sime Fantela and Igor Marenis, only to
name a few.
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26.04.2012 - Survival mode in Hyères
25.04.2012 - Light winds shuffles results!
24.04.2012 - Early start for third day
23.04.2012 - Sailing round the clock!
22.04.2012 - Winners take all
20.04.2012 - a week of challenges!
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