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Lee setting sights on world title

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HIGH-FLYING board sailor Lee Lai-shan is confident she can finish among the medals at the World Championships in September following three major European triumphs in the past month.

The two-time Asian female champion, known as San San, underlined her ability by showing her rivals a clean pair of heels at the Eurolympic in England, the Kiel Week Regatta in Germany and the IMCO European Championship in Belgium.

Lee's remarkable run of success has shot her to the top of the world rankings and made her the outright favourite for the World Championships in Japan.

''All the top girls were in Belgium with the exception of New Zealand's Olympic champion Barbara Kendall and Zhang Xiaodong of China,'' said coach Rene Appel on their return yesterday.

''World champion Maud Herbert of France was also there but San San dominated every race and won the European title convincingly.

''She'll be meeting the same opposition in Japan and she is definitely a strong medal chance,'' said Appel.

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