The courses for final races of the Laser European championship yesterday were set close to land and the conditions proved to be extremely tricky. The wind blew from north-west but continued to shift throughout the day.

The Swede, Karl Suneson, overtook his fellow countryman Fredrik Lasssenius and won the overall European Championship in the senior fleet. Lassenius came in second and British Paul Goodison took third.

Lassenius had, like most competitors, a day with different results and commented after the racing: “I was the fourth last rounding the first mark and I had some troubles catching up. And it was unpredictable where to catch the wind and I came in 43rd.”

In the junior fleet, the Greek sailor, Andonis Manolakis, took first place, only one point ahead of his nearest rival, French Thomas le Breton. German Hannes Baumann finished third overall.

Overall Results

Senior gold

1 SWE 175302 Karl Suneson 39 pts

2 SWE 167621 Fredrik Lassenius 45 pts

3 GBR 174121 Paul Goodison 48 pts

4 POR 172330 Gustavo Lima 56 pts

5 AUS 173460 Brendan Casey 70 pts

6 ITA 169102 Diego Negri 72 pts

7 RSA 174838 Gareth Blanckenberg 74 pts

8 GBR 171873 Edward Wright 74 pts

9 SWE 173808 Daniel Birgmark 75 pts

10 SWE 174647 Rasmus Myrgren 76 pts

Youth gold

1 GRE 173402 Andonis Manolakis 25 pts

2 FRA 171714 Thomas le Breton 26 pts

3 GER 168014 Hannes Baumann 47 pts

4 POL 171259 Patryk Kuczys-Lutomski 54 pts

5 GRE 165261 Anthimos Nikolaidis 64 pts

6 FRA 172574 Vincent Talleux 65 pts

7 FRA 171943 Paul Meilhat 69 pts

8 FRA 167758 Yann Rocherieux 80 pts

9 SWE 174658 Per Frykholm 81 pts

10 ITA 171288 Alessandro Rodiani 83 pts

11 ESP 162780 Julio Ruiz 84 pts