The event began in Rizhao on Saturday, with races everyday, except for the rest day tomorrow, through to the last of twelve scheduled races on Friday. In the 28 strong women’s fleet featuring 18 sailors from China, the experienced LU began her campaign strongly with a bullet in the opening race. Two second places in the last two races have consolidated her position at the top and given her a four point lead over SHEN Xiaoying, China’s representative in the Europe at the Athens Olympic Sailing Competition last year.

Mexico’s Tanja ELIAS CALLES is five points behind SHEN in third, with 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship silver medallist XU Lijia (CHN) fourth and SHEN Huanqi (CHN) rounding out the top five.

Amongst the 19 competitors in the men’s fleet ROGEL SANCHEZ leads, 13 points ahead of his nearest challenger Thorbjorn SCHIERUP (DEN). A bullet in race eight lifted SCHIERUP above China’s JIANG Linhua, although the pair are still tied on points. In a close battle for the silver and bronze medal positions Sven STADEL (GER) is just a point further back as is Piseddu RICCARDO (ITA).

Top Ten Women After Eight Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	CHN	LU Lianhua	1	3	7	1	2	(8)	2	2	18
2	CHN	SHEN Xiaoying	2	1	1	(6)	5	5	5	3	22
3	MEX	Tanja ELIAS-CALLES	5	5	8	2	(14)	3	3	1	27
4	CHN	XU Lijia	4	2	3	(8)	8	2	8	6	33
5	CHN	SHEN Huanqi	7	4	9	4	1	4	(13)	7	36
6	ITA	Bogatec ARIANNA	(15)	7	2	5	4	6	11	4	39
7	CHN	LU Chunfeng	3	(13)	4	3	3	12	9	11	45
8	CHN	SU Zhen	9	6	5	7	12	(13)	1	8	48
9	CHN	ZHOU Juying	8	(16)	10	9	9	15	4	5	60
10	CHN	ZHU Jiangyan	6	10	6	14	(20)	16	7	16	75

Top Ten Men After Eight Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	ESP	Jesus ROGEL SANCHEZ	4	1	2	1	2	(14)	7	4	21
2	DEN	Thorbjorn SCHIERUP	3	7	7	2	(9)	8	6	1	34
3	CHN	JIANG Linhua	2	2	3	9	4	(13)	11	3	34
4	GER	Sven STADEL	8	3	5	8	6	(7)	4	2	35
5	ITA	Piseddu RICCARDO	5	6	4	6	(11)	4	5	5	35
6	ITA	Pelosini TOMMASO	1	(13)	1	3	5	12	10	15	45
7	DEN	Carsten HELTBORG	(12)	8	9	5	10	5	1	7	45
8	ITA	Durante ACESSANDRO	10	5	6	7	1	(17)	8	11	48
9	DEN	Kim Braad CARLSEN	7	4	11	(12)	7	9	3	8	49
10	DEN	Jakob Ege FRIIS	9	9	8	4	(16)	15	2	6	53