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The weather conditions are certainly different from one day to another, Wednesday bid north westerly around 16 knots which made it possible for four races. Tuesday was another day with only one race and a seven knot easterly wind.

Greek girl Afrodite KIRANAKOU is in the lead 13 points ahead of her compatriot Katerina KOUTSOUGERA who has 51 points. Afrodite scored her second victory today in the ninth race; her first was on Monday in the second race. In third place is Italian Federica WETZL who took her first victory in Tuesday's race. The leader from Tuesday, Agnieszka SKRZYPULEC (POL), is now on fifth place.

There is going to be a close race for the gold medal in the OptiEuropeans in the boys fleet, only four points separate leader Swede Nicklas DACKHAMMAR and second placed Wojciech ZEMKE (POL). The lead has been shifting between them during the day. Third overall is Alexander ZIMMERMANN (PER), but he is too far behind to displace Dackhammar or Zemke.

The schedule for the OptiEuropeans 2004 is twelve races. So far nine are completed, the weather forecast for Friday, the final day, is northerly winds between 16 - 26 knots which should mean 10 - 16 knots in the race area. If the weather forecast is true the Race officer plans for at least two more. In that case two races can be discarded with eleven completed according to sail instructions.

Top Ten Boys After Nine Races

Pos	Fleet	Nat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	EC	SWE	DACKHAMMAR Nicklas	1	1	8	1	1	7	2	15	5	26
2	EC	POL	ZEMKE Wojciech	2	3	2	3	5	2	19	1	13	31
3	OPEN	PER	ZIMMERMANN Alexander	10	2	5	2	21	3	15	6	16	59
4	EC	GRE	KATSIOS Alexis	23	19	7	2	3	1	7	6	BFD	68
5	OPEN	USA	SMITH Colin	13	10	7	65	24	3	1	18	15	91
6	EC	CRO	PERESA Marko	4	19	44	8	39	17	8	1	4	100
7	EC	FRA	PEPONNET Kevin	25	15	13	17	10	4	16	21	7	103
8	EC	CRO	PERHAT Lovre	14	5	6	24	4	27	21	22	11	107
9	EC	ESP	MARTINEZ Alvaro	9	4	20	5	6	15	2	47	BFD	108
10	EC	SLO	KALIGRAIC Klas	8	23	28	5	13	1	29	45	2	109

Top ten girls after nine races

Pos	Fleet	Nat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	EC	GRE	KIRANAKOU Afrodite	10	1	5	3	2	27	10	6	1	38
2	EC	GRE	KOUTSOUGERA Katerina	2	15	10	2	33	1	5	14	2	51
3	EC	ITA	WETZL Federica	5	9	6	11	7	3	25	12	1	54
4	EC	FRA	PEPONNET Nerea	3	8	11	35	1	12	4	14	3	56
5	EC	POL	SKRZYPULEC Agnieszka	1	2	9	4	38	10	6	20	5	57
6	EC	DEN	RINDOM Anne-Marie	16	13	1	15	14	3	16	3	5	70
7	EC	GRE	BATSI-GEROGAKAPOULOU Ermina	9	31	28	1	13	4	1	3	13	72
8	OPEN	PER	ZIMMERMANN Stephanie	2	2	2	20	3	11	OCS	23	12	75
9	OPEN	JPN	MATSUSHITA Yui	13	5	14	5	15	14	7	21	3	76
10	EC	CRO	STOK Lina	9	19	27	13	9	2	1	5	20	78