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Riva del Garda Trento, Italy (July 17, 2013) – A fantastic start to the 51st World Optimist Championships: Italian Dimitri Peroni leads after two races with sunshine and winds of 15-18 knots, neck and neck with the formidable helmsmen from Singapore Loh and Koh.

The first day of the World Optimist Championships, organised by Fraglia Vela Riva, got off to a perfect start. 58 countries are taking part with 259 helmsmen who each surpassed the technically challenging qualifications in their home country. Despite the grey skies early this morning, a good wind of 14/18 knots picked up just at the time of the start of the first race, the sun then broke through and all of a sudden the day was transformed into one of perfection for this the 51st World Optimist Championships which ends on the 25th July after 12 total regattas, as well as the team regattas scheduled for the 20th and 21st July.

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Til tross for gråvær på morgenen blåste det 14/18 knop ved starten på den første seilasen og da kom også solen frem.

De 51. World Optimist Championships avsluttes 25. juli etter 12 seilaser pluss lagseilasene 20. og 21. juli.,

Resultater etter første dag:

1st PERONI Dimitri ITA 1.0 1.0 2.0

1st LOH Jia Yi SIN 1.0 1.0 2.0

1st KOH Yi Kun SIN 1.0 1.0 2.0

4th HOUTMAN Scipio NED 2.0 3.0 5.0

5th LIADO DURAN Marc ESP 4.0 2.0 6.0

5th STERNBECK Nils GER 4.0 2.0 6.0

7th TOTIS Andrea ITA 3.0 3.0 6.0

7th TAN Edward SIN 3.0 3.0 6.0

9th TAKAHASHI-FRY Leonard NZL 2.0 5.0 7.0

10th SERRA Tiago POR 2.0 6.0 8.0

67th LEPPEROD Jacob NOR 14.0 26.0 40.0

94th ANDRESEN Fredrik NOR 30.0 22.0 52.0

126th TOMASGAARD Uffe NOR 30.0 36.0 66.0

157th WILHELMSEN Kristine NOR 33.0 44.0 77.0

211th REIERSEN Herman NOR 52.0 53.0 105.0