Takapuna, Auckland, NZ March 20, 2008 From the bottom to the top – well almost the top. That was the story of my 2008 Laser Radial Women's World Championship (http://www.takapunaworlds.org/index.cfm?eid=991) regatta here in Takapuna where I placed sixth overall. Tricky wind and wave conditions all week long confounded the best in the Radial Class and continually mixed up the results. Given that, and my OCS on the opening day, I’m pleased with final result here. I told you yesterday that Lijia Xu of China, was in line to win the Worlds for the second time. It wasn’t to be. The on-water judges disqualified her from the last race for pumping, and Sarah Steyaert of France who has sailed well all week had a great day today with 1-5 finishes to win her first Radial World Championship. Lijia was second overall. Andrea Brewster from Great Britain was third. Evi van Acker from Belgium who was second yesterday had a disastrous time of it today with 47-20 finishes, dropping to ninth overall.
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