Oka fine in Sydney warm up

Oka fine in Sydney warm up

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia windsurfer Oka Sulaksana scored 34
points in the three opening races of the 2000 Mistral Oceanic
Continental Championships in Sydney Harbour on Thursday, said the
Indonesian Yachting and Windsurfing Association (Porlasi)
official in charge of athletes development, Raymond Kotambunan.

He said in the first race, Oka finished 10th. He fared better
in the second race, coming 9th, but in the final race he only
managed to finish 15th. The competition will end on Monday.

"Oka is warming up in the tournament before he competes in the
Olympic Games, so the association has not set him any specific
target. However, Oka managed to finish first in five out of the
six races during the Olympics trials," he said.

According to www.sailing.org, New Zealander Aaron McIntosh
finished top with seven points, followed by Carlos Espinola from
Argentine with 13 and Nicolas Beudou of France in the third place
with 19.

In the women's event, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist Lee Lai
Shan of Hongkong was first with six points. American Lanee Butler
was only one point behind Lee and Barbara Kendall of New Zealand
was third with 10 points. (ivy)