'Too Many Costly Mistakes' Says Annalise Who Wants to Finish Radial Euros on a High Note

24th July 2015

#annalisemurphy – 'Too many costly mistakes on the race course' is the reason Ireland's former Laser Radial European Champion Annalise Murphy gives for not doing well at this week's championships in Aarhus, Denmark. At the same time, the National Yacht Club Sailor says she is 'happy with her sailing' and will try to finish today's final race on a 'good note'

The cup she won in 2013 however will not be coming back to the NYC Trophy cabinet this year and there is no doubt her current 21 placing out of 49 will be seen as a troubling outcome for Ireland's main sailing hope at next year's Olympics, given some of the main competition for Rio 2016 did not contest this European Championships. Annalise was committed to attend as it was one of three mandatory Irish Sports Council funding events but she is due to come to head to head with her main Olympic rivals shortly. World number one Marit Boumeester of Holland and Evi Van Acker of Belgium, who opted out of Aarhaus, are already training in Rio for August's big event, the dry run of next year's Olympic regatta.

Yesterday, the Radial Women Gold Fleet fought fiercely in Aarhaus to advance in the total rankings before today's last day of racing. The weather conditions for racing were more or less perfect for sailing. With winds of 14 – 16 knots and gusts to a maximum of 20.

Alicia Cebrian Martinez de Lagos (88) from Spain was, however, superior again today and with a 2nd and a 5th place in today's third and fourth race in the final series she is truly a worthy canidate for the gold medal as she has finished among the top ten in all races (except one) and within top five in the majority of races through this entire championship.

Finnish Tuula Tenkanen (21) finished 1st and 12th in today's racing and has been consistent throughout the championship as well. Luckily for Tuula today's racing gave way for a second discard and thus deleted yesterday's unfortunate last race where she finished 23rd. Tuula Tenkanen ranks 2nd after today's racing immediately followed by yesterday's 2nd place beholder Belarusian Tatiana Drozdovskaya who is now in 3rd place.

Laser Radial Women Top Three

1. Alicia Cebran Martinez De Lagos (ESP)
2. Tuula Tenkanen (FIN)
3. Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR)

See all preliminary results for Laser Radial Women here.

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