Major Championships 2012

By winning the last race of the Finn Silver Cup, Martin Robitaille didn't leave any doubt that he truly deserves the Finn Junior World title. Despite a difficult start with an OCS, a penalty from the jury and one from the measurer, the Canadian was able to bounce back, winning four races and the title. Competition was tough with strong opponents like the current European Champion Michal Jodlowski (POL) second overall, 2011 Junior World Champion Arkadiy Kistanov who takes the bronze, or early leader Lennart Luttkus (GER) in fourth overall.

The title was up for grabs until the last race. Robitaille, Jodlowski and Kistanov played cat and mouse at the front, with each of them taking the lead at times, but the Canadian came back on the last run taking the race and the title.

“It was a tight event and I am happy that I was able to stay focussed. Results were up and down for most sailors, but I gained confidence and sailed well.” said Martin Robitaille.

This is the first Finn title for the Canadian who has already his mind set on the future. “I would like to reach the top 16 in the rankings within two years and qualify for the next Olympic Games in Rio!”

A lot of the Junior Finn sailors are sharing the same objective for the 2016 Olympic Games and given the standard seen this week, many among them will be there to represent their country. Until then the road will be paved with more Finn challenges.
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FINAL GENERAL RESULTS

1: Martin Robitaille (Canada) 46 points  (Détail courses : 14,O+DS,1,1,3,8,4,2,11,1,1,)

2: Michal Jodlowski (Pologne) 53 points  (Détail courses : 13,8,8,6,8,2,3,1,6,4,7,)

3: Arkadiy Kistanov (Russie) 58 points  (Détail courses : 4,DSQj,5,10,1,5,1,6,4,9,13,)

4: Lennart Luttkus (Allemagne) 61 points  (Détail courses : 2,3,3,3,7,10,6,12,5,11,11,)

5: Andrei Ianitchii (Russie) 73 points  (Détail courses : 14,12,2,11,2,4,11,7,2,15,8,)

6: Viktor Filippov (Russie) 73 points  (Détail courses : 6,2,DNF ,4,4,11,10,5,9,19,3,)

7: Peter Mc Coy (Grande-Bretagne) 75 points  (Détail courses : 9,4,12,13,12,3,13,15,3,2,4,)

8: Milosz Wojewski (Pologne) 76 points  (Détail courses : 3,6,6,4,16,7,2,8,DNF ,8,16,)

9: Viacheslav Sivenkov (Russie) 87 points  (Détail courses : 5,9,14,7,5,15,5,10,7,10,15,)

10: Thomas Morel (Yacht Club de Cannes) 93 points  (Détail courses : 8,13,18,5,19,9,9,3,14,12,2,)

11: Anders Pedersen (Norvege) 97 points  (Détail courses : DNF ,7,15,8,15,14,20,9,1,3,5,)

12: Tomas Hrncal (Republique Tche) 97 points  (Détail courses : 10,11,10,14,6,12,8,13,10,5,12,)

13: Czm Gozen (Turquie) 109 points  (Détail courses : DSQj,5,7,15,9,1,7,OCS ,13,7,20,)

14: James Hadden (Grande-Bretagne) 113 points  (Détail courses : 1,15,13,16,11,13,15,17,17,6,6,)

15: Dimitar Vangelov (Bulgarie) 121 points  (Détail courses : 15,1,16,DNF ,10,6,22,16,12,14,9,)

16: Patrick Deutscher (Republique Tche) 122 points  (Détail courses : 7,10,4,OCS ,17,17,14,11,16,16,10,)

17: Simon Gorgels (Allemagne) 131 points  (Détail courses : 11,14,11,19,13,16,12,OCS ,8,13,14,)

18: Tijmen Van Rootselaar (Hollande) 160 points  (Détail courses : 17,20,9,9,18,19,19,14,19,17,19,)

19: Sergey Akulinichev (Russie) 165 points  (Détail courses : 20,16,21,2,22,18,16,18,15,21,18,)

20: Fabian Pic (Ste des Regates Rochelaises) 180 points  (Détail courses : 19,19,19,17,14,OCS ,17,20,20,18,17,)

21: Nikolaus Lehner (Autriche) 187 points  (Détail courses : 21,18,OCS ,20,20,22,23,4,18,20,21,)

22: Denis Kotlyarov (Russie) 194 points  (Détail courses : 18,DSQj,17,12,21,21,21,19,21,22,22,)

23: Artur Kotlyarov (Russie) 199 points  (Détail courses : 16,17,20,18,23,20,18,21,23,23,23,)

24: Alexander Ananyev (Russie) 225 points  (Détail courses : 22,21,22,21,24,23,24,22,22,24,24,)