QINGDAO: Sailors from the Shanghai Fayi Club clinched the gold at the first China's City Clubs Regatta (CCOR) here on Thursday with a total of 11 net points, leading the Hong Kong FOJJ Club by eight points.

The last two rounds of competition started at 1 p.m. at the Olympic Sailing Center, and the Shanghai club got a first and a fifth place to secure its crown, with Hong Kong FOJJ Club and Guangzhou Yachting Association ranked the second and third places.

Fayi established a six-point lead in the first four rounds from Tuesday to Wednesday, so even though it only got a fifth place in the last round but still got the gold.

Led by Yin Jian, China's first Olympic medalist of sailing events, the Qingdao International Marine Club finished seventh.

The first China's City Clubs Regatta attracted 11 teams from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Yantai and Qingdao.

China's City Clubs Open Regatta is a Grade I event of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and will be held in every June in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong province.

Editor: Li Jing

Source: Xinhua