Five over 50 knots at Lüderitz Speed Challenge

THE Lüderitz Speed Challenge continued to produce exceptional performances over the weekend as several world and national records were once again recorded.

Additionally, five windsurfers broke through the 50-knot barrier.On Saturday, Antoine Albeau of France smashed the 50-knot barrier several times and reached 51 knots twice. By the end of the day he had established a new world windsurfing speed record of 51,69 knots, which is about 95 km/h.Anders Bringdal of Sweden battled Albeau all day and at a stage both reached 51,34 knots at the same time. With that speed, Bringdal once again broke the Swedish record, while it was also a new wold record on production boards.
Patrick Diethelm also broke the 50-knot barrier, finishing with the new Swiss record of 50,49 knots, while Jurjen Van der Noord of the Netherlands joined the 50-knots club with a new national record of 50,41 knots.Cédric Bordes of France also broke through the 50-knot barrier with a speed of 50,17 knots, after coming close to it for most of the day, while Farrell O’Shea improved his British record of 46,15 knots with a speed of 48.82 knots.Mark Grinnell from South Africa and Matthias Rottcher from Namibia were fighting it out for the African record, with Grinnell eventually taking the honours, with a new South African record of 48,86 knots.Rottcher followed closely behind with a new Namibian record of 47,34 knots to beat his former record of 46,69 knots which he set on November 13.Zara Davis from the United Kingdom once again set a new women’s world record with a new speed of 45,83 knots, which beat her former world record speed of 44,92 knots. Lena Aylin Erdil followed closely behind in a new Turkish record of 45,74 knots.Christian Bornemann broke the German windsurfing record with a speed of 46,18 knots, and is getting closer to the national multi-discipline record of 46,26 knots, while his compatriot Dieter Gerichhausen also improved his personal best with a speed of 44,69 knots.
 – namibiasport.com.na

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