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No Gold In Athens
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Start of the 2.4-mR

Yesterday's penultimate sailing day off Athens brought the decision: Germany's disabled sailors will not be at the top of the podium. Top favorite Heiko Kröger even received nothing after his gold medal from Sydney this time.

For the Kieler, the last race today is just a matter of form. He has nothing more to do with the medal distribution. All he has left is to defend his current ungrateful fourth place.

Yesterday in races seven and eight Kröger only managed a seventh and fourth place. Then he was disqualified in the second run after a protest and thus fell behind the medal ranks. Kröger: "That was a pitch-black day. In the first run I starved mercilessly after a good start on the left side. A spin out of nowhere on the right side made me go twelfth around the windward barrel. At the finish I was at least seventh."

And his analysis of the second race: "The race went much better for me, I was fourth at the finish. Unfortunately, the Frenchman Damien Seguin did not agree to a turn at the windward barrel and protested because of underhandedness. Photos from the press boat show that I was clear was ahead, but his witness Thierry Schmitter testified for him."

This helped both the French and the Dutch. Together with Thomas Brown they make the first three places today, Wednesday. Kröger's point gap (see below) is already too big for him to be able to intervene in the action.

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Kroker, Reichl and Jacobs

Kröger: "My speed was just not quite enough to make it into the top three. I didn't get along very well with the extreme waves and the sea breeze. As soon as I lost ground due to wrong strokes or spins, the way was to extremely heavy at the front. " In addition, the power density in the field of 2.4 mR sailors is now extreme. "Every mistake is punished immediately and can hardly be remedied," said Kröger.

Even the sonar crew around helmsman Jens Kroker from Berlin didn't show a lucky hand yesterday. The sailors only managed seventh place twice. They are now level on points with the US team on bronze. The gap to the Israeli and Dutch teams is probably too big to get a better result. Therefore, the Germans will focus today on defending their result.

Sonar:

1. COHEN, Dror (ISR), 1 (16) 4 1 4 4 3 1, 18 points 2. HESSELS, Udo (NED), (6) 4 5 4 2 3 2 2, 22 points3. KROKER, Jens (GER), (9) 8 2 2 3 1 7 7, 30 points4. ROSS-DUGGAN, John (USA), 3 1 3 6 6 6 (8) 5, 30 points5. DUNROSS, Jamie (AUS), 2 6 6 5 7 2 9 (10), 37 point

2.4-mR:

1. SEGUIN, Damien (FRA), 1 1 4 5 1 (6) 3 2, 17 points 2. BROWN, Thomas (USA), 4 2 1 1 (5) 5 1 3.17 points3. SCHMITTER, Thierry (NED), 3 3 2 (6) 3 4 4 1, 20 points4. KRÖGER, Heiko (GER), 2 4 3 3 7 (17) 6 5, 30 points5. THOMPSON, Peter (AUS), (10) 5 5 4 9 2 2 8, 35 points

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