Good and bad luck for German sailors
07/29/2011 20:45:00
Low-pressure over the Bay of Lübeck makes a fast-paced final in seven international championships of the 122nd Travemünde Week. With winds up to 20 knots the strong-wind experts have big fun, with good and bad luck for the German athletes. While Moth sailor Markus Steeg (Budenheim) due to material breach lost a medal at Nordea moths Championship to a British trio with Chris Rashley on top, Peter Ullmann defended a second place behind Chris Maas (USA) at the World Championships of the International Canoe. At the Javelin Europeans Jens and Jan Schlittenhard (Braunschweig) fought against their toughest competitors from Great Britain and won European gold. It was a purely German podium in the Laser 2, with Lisa Buddemeier/Matthias Düwel at the top of the World Cup. Also Folkeboot trophies remained in the country of the host. Goldcup Winner Stefan Schneider (Berlin) could forego the final race. Behind him the Champion of 2010, Christoph Nielsen (Berlin), caught the silver medal with a win of the final race. Without German medal, however, the Europe's European Youth Championships came to an end. The title for the boys (Emil Bengtson) and the girls (Julia Carlsson) were awarded to Sweden.