Contributed by Ronda Ng

Kiele Week

Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng in action in Kiel on the penultimate day of racing. (Photo by Kieler-Woche.de/okpress)

Kiel, Germany, June 28, 2009 – 420 sailors Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng captured a bronze medal at the 2009 Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) event, the world's largest sailing event.

The event was won by Great Britain's Phil Sparks & Ben Gratton, the British national champions. Germany's Julian (2006 Optimist World Champion) and Philipp Autenrieth finished second.

Justin and Sherman (2006 Asian Games, 2007 SEA Games, 2007 Junior Europeans 420 Champions) were the runners-up in last year’s Kieler Woche 29er event.

Griselda Khng & Cecilia Low performed well too, the pair finished in 17th position (out of 168 boats).

Aaron Pan & Peter Wong finished in overall 22nd place (out of 34 boats) in the Hobie 16 class.

The sailors will depart for Brazil on 4 July to compete at the 2009 Volvo ISAF Youth World Sailing Championship.