Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing Day 5 – Skiff medal racing ...

Following two attempts the men’s 49er skiff Medal race was abandoned to Friday, along with the women’s FX skiff Medal race.

The rerun is scheduled for Women 49erFX 11:13 hrs and the Men 49er 12:13 hrs, with stronger breeze forecast.

Better news for the men’s ILCA 7 (Laser) who completed their first two races.

Taking the overall lead is Peruvian Stefano Peschiera with a 6 and 1 to hold a 7 pt lead over reigning Olympic champion Matt Wearn (12 2) of Australia, with third Eduardo Marques (5 11) of Portugal on 16 pts.

Winner of the first race was the Netherlands Duke Bos who is in fifth after a 20th in the second race. Sixth overall is Pavlos Kontides (17 5) of Cyprus.

Britain’s Micky Beckett started on the backfoot with a 19 and 9, to place 11th overall.

ILCA6 GBR Hannah Snellgrove

Just one race completed for the women’s ILCA 6 (Radial) which was won by Louise Cervera of France, second Min Gu of China and third Chiara Benini of italy with Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands in fourth.

Britain’s Hannah Snellgrove was 17th.

The men and women’s iQFOil windsurfers have completed their opening series and the top ten in each fleet will go into their Medal Series Friday.

Britain’s Emma Wilson started off with a win in the women’s iQFOil which ultimately put her 31 points clear of the competition.

For topping the standings, Wilson automatically qualified for the Final that will determine which colour medal she gets.

Israel’s Sharon Kantor will progress directly to the Semi-Final race, alongside Italy’s Marta Maggetti, who finished 21 points off Kantor.

The remaining athletes that finished between fourth and tenth will head into the Quarter-Final race that will open the windsurfing action Friday from 13:03 hrs with hte Final scheduled around 14:33 hrs.

IQFOIL AUS Grae Morris

In the men, Aussi Grae Morris stormed into the lead in the Men’s Windsurfing with his best performance on the water so far.

Like wilson in the women, Grae booked his place in the three-rider final of the Medal Series, and a medal of some colour.

Poland’s Pawel Tarnowski held onto second spot with two strong fifth placed finishes at the start of the day, which puts him just a point behind Morris.

Britain’s Sam Sills made the top ten to go into the Quarter-Final race.

Joining the crowded Bay of Marseille on Friday will be the mixed 470 Dinghy event.

Representing Team GB are Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube with first race scheduled 11:05 hrs.

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Overall leading results after Thursday:

Overall iQFOil Women – Leaders after 14 races, 2 discard (provisional)

1st GBR Emma Wilson – – 18 pts 2nd ISR Sharon Kantor – – 49 pts 3rd ITA Marta Maggetti – – 70 pts 4th FRA Helene Noesmoen – – 98 pts 5th PER Maria Belen Bazo German – – 98 pts 6th CZE Katerina Svikova – – 101 pts 7th POL Maja Dziarnowska – – 102 pts 8th GER Theresa Marie Steinlein – – 108 pts 9th NZL Veerle Ten Have – – 109 pts 10th CHN Zheng Yan – – 110 pts

Overall iQFOil Men – Leaders after 13 races, 2 discard (provisional)

1st AUS Grae Morris – – 60 pts 2nd ISR Tom Reuveny – – 63 pts 3rd NZL Josh Armit – – 66 pts 4th POL Pawel Tarnowski – – 66 pts 5th NED Luuc van Opzeeland – – 70 pts 6th ITA Nicolo Renna – – 73 pts 7th USA Noah Lyons – – 88 pts 8th GBR Sam Sills – – 88 pts 9th ARU Ethan Westera – – 90 pts 10th ESP Nacho Baltasar Summers – – 98 pts

Men’s ILCA 7- Leaders after 2 races (43 entries)

1st PER Stefano Peschiera 6 1 7 pts 2nd AUS Matt Wearn 12 2 14 pts 3rd POR Eduardo Marques 5 11 16 pts 4th CRO Filip Jurisic 13 4 17 pts 5th NED Duko Bos 1 20 21 pts 6th CYP Pavlos Kontides 17 5 22 pts 7th SGP Ryan Lo 15 8 23 pts 8th MNE Milivoj Dukic 3 23 26 pts 9th BEL William de Smet 20 7 27 pts 10th FRA Jean Baptiste Bernaz 8 19 27 pts 11th GBR Michael Beckett 19 9 28 pts

Women’s ILCA 6- Leaders after 1 race (43 entries)

1st FRA Louise Cervera – – 1 pts 2nd CHN Min Gu – – 2 pts 3rd ITA Chiara Benini Floriani – – 3 pts 4th NED Marit Bouwmeester – – 4 pts 5th CRO Elena Vorobeva – – 5 pts 6th IND Nethra Kumanan – – 6 pts 7th DEN Anne-Marie Rindom – – 7 pts 8th IRL Eve McMahon – – 8 pts 9th TUR Ecem Guzel – – 9 pts 10th GER Julia Buessellberg – – 10 pts GBR 17th Hannah Snellgrove – –  17pts

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