Solid results for O'Leary and Milne
Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne finished 12th in Race 2 and 7th in Race 3 in the Star class today to lie in 9th place overall in the 10-race opening series in Beijing today.
Ciara Peelo in the Laser Radial class placed 13th in Race 5 and lies 14th overall.
In the 470 double handed men’s class Owens & Lawton scored 15th in Race 8, 13th in Race 9 and 24th in Race 10 to place 16th overall at the conclusion of the opening series.
On Monday (Aug 18) the top 10 boats will compete in the Final Medal Race where Australia's Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page currently lead the fleet.
For Owens & Lawton the 2008 Olympic Regatta has reached its conclusion. Owens has matched his previous Olympic result where he placed 16th in Athens in 2004 - however this time he counts two Olympic race wins to his credit.
During the opening series, Owens & Lawton counted 22nd, 1st, 17th, 15th, 1st, 21st, 15th, 13th, 24th and discarded a 25th.
