In the 470 men`s class, Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Kostas Trigonis moved up to 3rd place in the general standings. They ended 4th in the 7th session, and in the 8th they were disqualified due to a false start. `This creates problems for us and we must be particularly careful in the three remaining races`, they said. `Top athletes in this class are participating, and the racing area has everything necessary to host the Olympic Games`. Sven Coster and Kalle Coster of Holland came 1st in both races of the day, but in the general standings the lead is held by Johan Molund and Martin Andersson of Sweden.

Nikos Kaklamanakis of Greece, the gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, is still leading in the Mistral class. He is followed 11 points behind by New Zealander Tobin Jon-Paul, who came in first in today`s 8th session.

The Finn class continues to be dominated by Benn Ainslie of Britain, who became both World and European Champion in 2002. In the 49er class, after the 7th session, the lead is held by the crew from Norway, Christoffer Sundby and Frode Bovim.
A major battle continues in the Tornado class Where Austrians Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher are just one point ahead of the French crew, Olivier Backes and Laurent Voiron. In 6th place are Iordanis Paschalides and Christos Garefis of Greece. `We are very pleased with our performance`, they said. `We have been working in this class since 1988, we did not succeed in qualifying for the Olympic Games in Sydney, so our goal is to secure a place in the eight for the 2004 Games in Athens`.

In the new Olympic class, the Yngling, after the 7th session, the lead is held by the American crew Hannah Swett – Joan Touchette – Melissa Purdy.

The results in each session and the general standings

Mistral Men (7^th session)

1. Tidey Dominic	GBR
2. Guyader Alexandre	FRA
3. Dempsey Nick	GBR
9. Kaklamanakis Nikolaos	GRE
28. Kokkalanis Byron	GRE
DNF Chrysochou Ioannis	GRE

1.Tobin Jon-Paul	NZL
2. Guyader Alexandre	FRA
3. Dempsey Nick	GBR
8. Kaklamanakis Nikolaos	GRE
19. Kokkalanis Byron	GRE
DNF Chrysochou Ioannis	GRE

Mistral Men – General Stadings
(42 boats)

1. Kaklamanakis Nikolaos	GRE	22 p.p. (3 [5] 1, 1, 2, 2 [9] 8)
2. Tobin Jon-Paul	NZL	33 p.p. (1, 7 [19] 2, 4, 13, 5, 1)
3. Wells James	NZL	35 p.p. (12, 1, 2, 3 [17] 1, 6, 10)
14. Kokkalanis Byron	GRE	88 p.p (15, 19, 10,10,10,5 [28] 19)
41. Chrysochou Ioannis	GRE	265 p.p. (7, [DNF], DNF, DNF, DNF, DNF, DNF)

Mistral Women (7^th session)

1. Kinzl Romy	GER
2. Sturges Natasha	GBR
3. Nuvolone Sandrine	FRA
16. Frey Antonia	GRE
21.Skarlatou Angeliki	GRE
30. Andreadou Georgia	GRE

Mistral Women (8^th session)

1. Lee Lai Shan	HKG
2. Sturges Natasha	GBR
3. Behagel Marine	FRA
8. Skarlatou Angeliki	GRE
17. Frey Antonia	GRE
31.Andreadou Georgia	GRE

Mistral Women- General Standings
(42 boats)  

1. Sensini Alessandra	ITA	21 p.p (6, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 5 [7])
2. Lee Lai Shan	HKG	33 p.p. (1, 9, 1, 1, 16 [OCS] 4, 1)
3. Jian Yin	CHN	50 p.p. (2, 2, 4 [DSQ] 14, 2, 14, 12)
19. Skarlatou Angeliki	GRE	112 p.p (26, 17, 28 [30] 8, 4, 21, 8)
21. Frey Antonia	GRE	119 p.p ([27] 25, 17, 4, 25, 16, 16, 17)
27. Andreadou Georgia	GRE	149 p.p. (24, 18, 18, 16, 27, 17, 30 [31

470 Men (7^th session)

1. Coster Sven Coster Kalle	NED
2. Molund Johan Andersson Martin	SWE
3. Zandona Gabrio Trani Andrea	ITA
4. Kosmatopoulos Andreas Trigonis Konstantinos	GRE
5. Kampouridis Panagiotis Lemanis Aggelos	GRE
DNF Mantis Panagiotis Polychronidis Theodore	GRE

470 Men (8^th session)

1. Coster Sven Coster Kalle	NED
2. Erni Lucas Brugger Simon	SUI
3. Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	JPN
10. Kambouridis Panagiotis Lemanis Aggelos	GRE
OCS Kosmatopoulos Andreas Trigonis Konstantinos	GRE
DNF Mantis Panagiotis Polychronidis Theodore	GRE

470- General standings
(36 boats)

1. Molund Johan Andersson Martin	SWE	33 p.p. (5, 5 [12] 7, 4, 2, 2, 8)
2. Marinho Alvaro Nunes Miguel	POR	48 p.p. (6, 12, 3, 2 [14] 4, 14, 7)
3. Kosmatopoulos Andreas Trigonis Konstantinos	GRE	58 p.p. (17, 9, 1, 15, 2, 10, 4 [OCS])
12. Kambouridis Panagiotis Lemanis Aggelos	GRE	89 p.p.. (7, 1 [37] 36, 10, 20, 5, 10)
30. Mantis Panagiotis Polychronidis Theodore	GRE	162 p.p. (25, 17, 15, 19, 25, 24 [DNF] DNF)

470 Women (7^th session)

1. Bekatorou Sofia Tsoulfa Emilia	GRE
2. De Koning Marcelien Berkhout Lobke	NED
3. Via-Dufresne Natalia Azon Sandra	ESP
24. Milona Dimitra Kourkoulou Aliki	GRE

470 Women- General Standings
(31 boats)

1. Bekatorou Sofia Tsoulfa Emilia	GRE	12 p.p. (3 [15] 1, 5, 1, 1, 1)
2. De Koning Marcelien Berkhout Lobke	NED	26 p.p. (1 [21] 9, 4, 7, 3, 2)
3. Le Berre Anne-Claire Riou Marie	FRA	47 p.p. (16, 7, 3, 6, 9, 6 [18])
11. Milona Dimitra Kourkoulou Aliki	GRE	71 p.p. (8, 5, 2, 17 [27] 14, 24)

Finn (4^th session)

1. Hoegh Christensen Jon	DEN
2. Zielhuis Jaap	NED
3. Simpson Andrew	GBR
OCS Dragoutis Alexandros	GRE

Finn (5^th session)

1. Ainslie Ben	GBR
2. Trujillo Villar Rafael	ESP
3. Florent Guillaume	FRA
25. Dragoutis Alexandros	GRE

Finn- General Standings
(33 boats)

1. Ainslie Ben	GBR	6 p.p. (2, 1, 2 [5] 1)
2. Simpson Andrew	GBR	14 p.p. (3 [15] 1, 3, 7)
3. Florent Guillaume	FRA	15 p.p. (1, [13] 3, 8, 3)
25. Dragoutis Alexandros	GRE	80 p.p. (23, 14,18 [OCS] 25)

49er (7^th session)

1. Johanson Thomas Pirainen Jukka	FIN
2. Sundby Christoffer Bovim Frode	NOR
3. Lopez-Vasquez Navarr De La Plaza Javier	ESP
20. Kipreos Andreas Sotiriou Stelios	GRE
26. Pachoumas Athanasios Portosalte Vasilios	GRE
DNC Panagiotidis George Panagiotidis Alfonso	GRE

49er - General Standings
(38 boats)

1. Sundby Chistoffer Bovim Frode	NOR	24 p.p. (8, 3 [10] 9, 1, 1, 2)
2. Hansen Peter Hansen Soren	DEN	38 p.p. (11 [OCS] 2, 4, 9, 2, 10)
3. Martinez De Cizarduy Fernandez Gaztanaga	ESP	42 p.p. (2 [19] 4, 5, 11, 16, 4)
19. Pachoumas Athanasios Portosalte Vasilios	GRE	104 p.p. (22 [OCS] 16, 16, 14,10, 26)
22. Kipreos Andreas Sotiriou Stelios	GRE	110 p.p. (16, 8, 25, 30 [32] 11, 20)
38. Panagiotidis George Panagiotidis Alfonso	GRE	214 p.p. (19 [OCS] DNF, DNF, DNF, DNF, DNC)

Tornado (6^th session)

1. Hagara Roman Steinacher Hans-Peter	AUT
2. Backes Olivier Voiron Laurent	FRA
3. Lange Santiago Raul Espinola Carlos	ARG
6. Theodorakis Dimitrios Bougiouris Antonis	GRE
20. Paschalidis Iordanis Garefis Christos	GRE
26. Lekakis Dimitrios Kokonias Ioannis	GRE

Tornado - General Standings
(29 boats)

1. Hagara Roman Steinacher Hans-Peter	AUT	13 p.p. (3 [6] 6, 1, 2, 1)
2. Backes Olivier Voiron Laurent	FRA	14 p.p. (1, 5, 2 [21] 4, 2)
3. Bundock Darren Forbes John	AUS	21 p.p. (2 [16] 5, 4, 1, 9)
6. Paschalidis Ioardanis Garefis Christos	GRE	40 p.p. ([OCS] 1, 4, 2, 13, 20)
13. Theodorakis Dimitrios Bougiouris Antonis	GRE	60p.p. (5 [21] 18, 15, 16, 6)
27. Lekakis Antonis Kokonias Ioannis	GRE	112 p.p. (19 [27] 27, 23, 17, 26)

Yngling (6^th session)

1. Hin Janneke Ammerlaan Marene Zuiderbaan Klaartje	NED
2. Thorpe Alesha Fickling Samantha Vinsen Michelle	NZL
3. Giakoumidou Katerina Hatziliadou Stavroula Dimitrakopoulou Elena	GRE
8. Lazarou Fey Chiona Myrto Matzaraki Eftychia	GRE

Yngling (7^th session)

1. Cronin Carol Epstein Linda Filter Elizabeth	USA
2. Skoudina Ekaterina Latseva Tatiana Kovalenko Ekaterina	RUS
3. Dennison Melanie Aders Caroline Herbert Fiona	AUS
18. Lazarou Fey Chiona Myrto Matzaraki Eftychia	GRE
OCS Giakoumidou Katerina Hatziliadou Stavroula Dimitrakopoulou Elena	GRE

Yngling- General Standings
(23 boats) 

1. Swett Hannah Touchette Joan Purdy Melissa	USA	27 p.p. (1, 9, 3, 7, 2 [21] 5)
2. Dennison Melanie Aders Caroline Herbert Fiona	AUS	32 p.p. (8, 1, 5, 3, 12 [18] 3)
3. Robertson Shirley Ayton Sarah Leask Inga	GBR	38 p.p. (6 [20] 9, 9, 3, 5, 6)
18. Lazarou Fey Chiona Myrto Matzaraki Eftychia	GRE	78 p.p. (12, 7, 15, 18 [22] 8, 18)
21. Giakoumidou Katerina Hatziliadou Stavroula Dimitrakopoulou Elena	GRE	87 p.p. ([OCS] 19, 4, 17, 20, 3, OCS)

The ATHENS 2002 REGATTA continues tomorrow with the sessions of the 6th day.

* In the general standings, next to the penalty points for the athletes, is the position they achieved in every session. Within brackets is the race they have the right to eliminate from the general standings. The results are those registered prior to any objections being raised.

Source: PRESS AND MEDIA OFFICE