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.

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.

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 pts2nd ISR Sharon Kantor – – 49 pts3rd ITA Marta Maggetti – – 70 pts4th FRA Helene Noesmoen – – 98 pts5th PER Maria Belen Bazo German – – 98 pts6th CZE Katerina Svikova – – 101 pts7th POL Maja Dziarnowska – – 102 pts8th GER Theresa Marie Steinlein – – 108 pts9th NZL Veerle Ten Have – – 109 pts10th CHN Zheng Yan – – 110 pts

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

1st AUS Grae Morris – – 60 pts2nd ISR Tom Reuveny – – 63 pts3rd NZL Josh Armit – – 66 pts4th POL Pawel Tarnowski – – 66 pts5th NED Luuc van Opzeeland – – 70 pts6th ITA Nicolo Renna – – 73 pts7th USA Noah Lyons – – 88 pts8th GBR Sam Sills – – 88 pts9th ARU Ethan Westera – – 90 pts10th ESP Nacho Baltasar Summers – – 98 pts

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

1st PER Stefano Peschiera 6 1 7 pts2nd AUS Matt Wearn 12 2 14 pts3rd POR Eduardo Marques 5 11 16 pts4th CRO Filip Jurisic 13 4 17 pts5th NED Duko Bos 1 20 21 pts6th CYP Pavlos Kontides 17 5 22 pts7th SGP Ryan Lo 15 8 23 pts8th MNE Milivoj Dukic 3 23 26 pts9th BEL William de Smet 20 7 27 pts10th FRA Jean Baptiste Bernaz 8 19 27 pts11th GBR Michael Beckett 19 9 28 pts

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

1st FRA Louise Cervera – – 1 pts2nd CHN Min Gu – – 2 pts3rd ITA Chiara Benini Floriani – – 3 pts4th NED Marit Bouwmeester – – 4 pts5th CRO Elena Vorobeva – – 5 pts6th IND Nethra Kumanan – – 6 pts7th DEN Anne-Marie Rindom – – 7 pts8th IRL Eve McMahon – – 8 pts9th TUR Ecem Guzel – – 9 pts10th GER Julia Buessellberg – – 10 ptsGBR 17th Hannah Snellgrove – –  17pts

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