KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 3 (Bernama)-- Three teams shared the lead after collecting two points a piece on Day One of the 2008 Monsoon Cup sailing competition in Pulau Duyong here Wednesday.
After three rounds using the round robin format on a one-to-one basis, Torvar Mirsky of the Mirsky Racing Team (Australia) got the precious points when they defeated French Spirit skippered by Mathieu Richard and Team Origin of Britain helmed by Ben Ainslie.
Accompanying them were Shosholoza captained by Italian Paolo Cian and Team Origin (Ainslie).
Cian who is ranked eighth in the World Match Race Tour (WMRT) derailed the plans of French Spirit and collected his second point when meeting Magnus Holmberg's Victory Challenge.
Ainslie earned his two points against Sebastian Col's K Challenge (France) and Swede Johnie Berntsson's Berntsson Sailing Team.
Malaysia's representative, woman skipper Nurul Ain Md Isa and her Perak Sailing Team were no match for the Pizza-La Sailing team skippered by her mentor, Datuk Peter Gilmour.
A total of 12 teams are taking part in the Monsoon Cup, which is the last leg of the WMRT. The final is scheduled for Sunday.
Besides the winner's trophy, at stake is RM250,000 for the winner and a cool million ringgit for the overall champion.
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Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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