Khalid stays second

South Africa's Justin Onvlee was beaten into second place by teammate Aaron Larkens in the second race of the day, but he bounced back to win the third race to stay in control in the Laser 7.4 class of the Dubai Junior Regatta Championship here yesterday.

UAE's Adel Khalid held second position in the overall standings at the end of the day after a seventh place finish in the second race and fifth in race three.

Sweden continued to dominate the Optimist class by completing a hat-trick of victories on the opening day.

Meanwhile, Jacob Lundqvist dropped from contention after being black-flagged at the start of the third race.

Lundqvist finished third in race two which was won by teammate Carl Strombeck ahead of another Swede, Adam Johansson, with the UAE's Jasim Ehab, Malta's Karl Cremona and Qatar's Hassan Al Tamimi completing the top six. A fourth-place finish in the third race which was won by Sweden's Emma Oljelund was enough to see Strombeck finish the day as the overall leader in the Optimists class, ahead of Cremona and Denmark's Jes Lyhne Bonde.

Meanwhile, Jacob Lundquist dropped from contention after being black-flagged at the start of the third race.

Results

Provisional: Race 2 - Optimist class:

1. Carl Strombeck (Swe); 2. Adam Johansson (Swe); 3. Jacob Lundqvist (Swe); 4. Jasim Ehab (UAE); 5. Karl Cremona (Mlt).

Race 3 - Optimist class:

1. Emma Oljelund (Swe); 2. Adam Johansson (Swe); 3. Oscar Lundqvist (Swe); 4. Carl Strombeck (Swe); 5. Jes Lyhne Bonde (Den).

Provisional standings (after 3 races):

Optimist Class: 1. Carl Strombeck (Swe) 8.0 nett; 2. Karl Cremona (Mlt) 19.0;

3. Jes Lyhne Bonde (Den) 20.0; 4. Adam Johansson (Swe) 21.0; 5. Oscar Lundquist (Swe) 27.0.