THREE ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS IN ST. MORITZ

Reigning champion Ed Baird, past champion Mark Mendelblatt and three-time Olympic gold medalist Jochen Schuemann advanced to the penultimate round in the battle for the title “King of the Mountain” after winning their matches.
Baird defeated Ian Ainslie 2-1, Mendelblatt downed Eric Monnin 2-0 and Schuemann, sailing with perhaps the oldest crew, ousted the hottest skipper in the event, Sébastian Col, 2-0.
One quarterfinal match remains to be completed tomorrow morning, between Peter Holmberg, winner of Group B round robin, and Paolo Cian, winner of the Repechage Round.
Tomorrow’s racing will be broadcast live on the Internet at Switzerland’s Sport TV Web site.
While Baird, Mendelblatt, Monnin, Schuemann, Col and Holmberg advanced to the quarterfinals from the preliminary round robins, Cian and Ainslie advanced after this morning’s Repechage Round. Cian won the five-flight round with a 4-1 record and Ainslie was second at 3-2.

ST. MORITZ MATCH RACE QUARTERFINAL RESULTS
Match A
(A1) Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi, 2
(R2) Ian Ainslie (RSA) Team Shosholoza, 1

Match B
(A3) Mark Mendelblatt (USA) Team Kaenon, 2
(B2) Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailCom.ch, 0

Match C
(A2) Jochen Schuemann (GER) Alinghi, 2
(B3) Sébastian Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 0

Match D (Scheduled Aug. 19)
(B1) Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi
(R1) Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Viano Mercedes Benz

ST. MORITZ MATCH RACE REPECHAGE ROUND
(After 5 of 5 scheduled flights)
1. Paolo Cian, 4-1
2. Ian Ainslie, 3-2
3. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 2-3
4. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 2-3
5. Philippe Presti (FRA) Luna Rossa Challenge, 2-3
6. Flavio Favini (ITA) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia, 1-4

Photo (c) Match Race St. Moritz

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