Light winds again during the second part of the Miami Olympic Classes Medal Races yesterday.

The North American participants finished the MOCR quite successfully with top-10 finishers in 7 of the 10 events, including two podiums with Paige Railey 2nd Laser Radial and Luke Muller 3rd Finn.

Here the best by NorAm nation overview after the Sunday Medal Races:
- Laser (101 participants): 4th Charlie Buckingham USA, 14th Chris Barnard USA, 28th Robert Davis CAN, 57th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 2nd Paige Railey USA, 6th Erika Reinike USA, 10th Sarah Douglas CAN, 57th Elena Oetling MEX
- Finn (25 participants): 3rd Luke Muller USA, 4th Tom Ramshaw CAN
- 470 Men (37 participants): 4th Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA, 37th Joshua Yale/Michael Montagnese CAN
- 470 Women (28 participants): 8th Atlantic Nora Brugman USA

And here the best NorAm rankings after the Saturday Medal Races:
- 49er (42 participants): 14th Ian Barrows/Joseph Kiss USA, 37th Alexander Heinzemann/Justin Barnes CAN
- 49er FX (30 participants): 9th Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA, 32nd Alexandra Ten Hove/Mariah Millen CAN
- Nacra 17 (27 participants): 8th Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee USA, 22nd Allison Surrette/Max Flinn CAN
- RS:X Men (54 participants): 37th Pedro Pascual USA, 38th Ignazio Berenguer MEX
- RS:X Women (35 participants): 27th Farrah Hall USA, 31st Cristina Ortiz Vivas MEX, 40th Olivia Mew CAN

Here the summary concerning the overall results after the Sunday races:
No changes on the podium of the 470 men with Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP on top ahead of Dahlberg/Bergström SWE and Ichino/ Hasegawa JPN. The outcome in the 470 women however was very close, as the two German teams Frederike Löwe/Anna Markfort GER and Fabienne Oster/Anastasiya Winkel GER - new names on the top positions - were finally separated by 2 points only. Another 2 points back followed Oliveira/Barbachan BRA on 3rd.
Max Salminen SWE stayed in the lead of the Finns in front of the Medal Race winner Oskari Muhonen FIN who moved up on rank 2. Luke Muller USA finished 3rd.
In the Lasers Radial, the winner Dongshuang Zhang CHN controlled the 2nd-ranked Paige Railey USA, the only remaining opponent for victory, during the whole race, sailing her down the fleet. Vasileia Karachaliou GRE defended her 3rd place. In the Lasers Standard, the outstanding winner Hermann Tomasgaard NOR was known long before. All he did was finish the Medal Race - on the last place - but his advantage remained nevertheless at 47 points (!). Sam Meech NZL solidly on rank 2 followed by the Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS on 3rd.
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Light conditions prevailed also on the final day of the Miami Olympic Classes Worldcup with excellent USA and CAN results in the Lasers.

In the Lasers Radial, Dongshuang Zhang CHN controlled Paige Railey USA, the only remaining opponent for victory, during the whole race, sailing her down the fleet. Vasileia Karachaliou GRE defended her 3rd place.
In the Lasers Standard, the outstanding winner Hermann Tomasgaard NOR was known long before. All he did was finish the Medal Race - on the last place - but his advantage remained nevertheless at 47 points (!). Sam Meech NZL solidly on rank 2 followed by the Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS on 3rd and Charlie Buckingham USA on 4th.

Here the overview on the North Americans:
- Laser (101 participants): 4th Charlie Buckingham USA, 14th Chris Barnard USA, 28th Robert Davis CAN, 57th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 2nd Paige Railey USA, 6th Erika Reinike USA, 10th Sarah Douglas CAN, 57th Elena Oetling MEX

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The two Laser Classes concluded their quaifications with another two light-wind races yesterday, and the best North Americans before today's Medal Races with 4 of them qualified are:

- Laser (101 participants): 6th Charlie Buckingham USA, 28th Robert Davis CAN, 57th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 2nd Paige Railey USA, 6th Erika Reineke USA, 10th Sarah Douglas CAN, 57th Elena Oetling MEX

Here the overall situation:
Hermann Tomasgaard NOR extended his lead once more and has his Miami victory in the Laser Standard before today's Medal Race with a possibly record-breanking 65 point advantage. Sam Meech NZL is on a safe 2nd place as well as Tom Burton AUS on 3rd is 20 points back.
In the Lasers Radial, Dongshuang Zhang CHN is 12 points in front of Page Railey USA. Vasileia Karachaliou GRE has her 3rd place before the Medal Race for sure.

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Light winds between 8 and 10kn prevailed on the 4th day of the Miami Olympic Classes Worldcup, and the windsurfers, 49ers and Nacra 17 terminated their qualification series to select the 10 best for today's Medal Races with Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA (49erFX) and Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee USA (Nacra-17) making the cut.

Here the positions of the best North Americans by Class:
- RS:X Men (54 participants): 37th Pedro Pascual USA, 38th Ignazio Berenguer MEX
- RS:X Women (35 participants): 27th Farrah Hall USA, 31st Cristina Ortiz Vivas MEX, 40th Olivia Mew CAN
- Laser (101 participants): 4th Charlie Buckingham USA, 11th Chris Barnard USA, 21st Robert Davis CAN, 55th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 1st Paige Railey USA, 7th Sarah Douglas CAN, 57th Elena Oetling MEX
- Finn (25 participants): 6th Luke Muller USA, 7th Tom Ramshaw CAN
- 470 Men (37 participants): 7th Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA, 37th Joshua Yale/Michael Montagnese CAN
- 470 Women (28 participants): 7th Atlantic + Nora Brugman USA
- 49er (42 participants): 14th Ian Barrows/Joseph Kiss USA, 37th Alexander Heinzemann/Justin Barnes CAN
- 49er FX (30 participants): 9th Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA, 32nd Alexandra Ten Hove/Mariah Millen CAN
- Nacra 17 (27 participants): 7th Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee USA, 22nd Allison Surrette/Max Flinn CAN

And here the best ranked overall by Class:

In the RS:X men windsurfers, Pawel Tarnowski POL has a 5 point lead on the tied duo Pierre Le Coq FRA and Mateo Sanz-Lanz SUI. In the women windsurfers, Yunxiu LU CHN and Charline Picon FRA share the first place with Kathy Spychakow ISR on 2nd 2 points behind.
In the Nacra 17, the duel for victory will be between Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS and Samuel Albrecht/Gabriela Nicolini BRA 4 points back. Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza ARG on 3rd are already 16 points behind.
In the 49ers, Erik Heil/Thomas Plössel GER have a solid 12 points' advantage on Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR. 12 points ahead of the Olympic Champions Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA are also Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL in the 49ersFX.
All other classes sail the last qualification series races today.
In the 470 men, Dahlberg/Östling SWE havew reclaimed the first place with a 4 point advantage on the tied Ichino/Hasegawa JPN and Xammar/Rodriguez ESP. In the 470 women, Fabienne Oster/Anastasyia Winkel GER are now on top ahead of Oliveira/Barbachan BRA and Mills/McIntyre GBR.
In the Finns, Tapio Nirkko FIN is now 3 points ahead of Max Salminen SWE. Another 2 points behind is now Nils Theuninck SUI on rank 3.
The Laser results follow separately below.

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The Laser Gold- and Silverfleet Final Series continued yesterday in light winds around 8kn with two more qualification races on the program today before the Medal Races of Sunday.

Herrmann Tomasgaard NOR demonstrated again his superiority in these conditions in the Lasers Standard, where his advantage on Sam Meech NZL has grown to a smashing 44 points. Another 18 points behind is Tom Burton AUS on rank 3.
In the Lasers Radial, Paige Railey USA is now on rank 1 with Dongshuang Zhang CHN and Anne-Marie Rindom DEN as first challengers.

Here the positions of the best North Americans by Class:
- Laser (101 participants): 4th Charlie Buckingham USA, 11th Chris Barnard USA, 21st Robert Davis CAN, 55th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 1st Paige Railey USA, 7th Sarah Douglas CAN, 57th Elena Oetling MEX

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Fresher winds filled in for the first time and all classes held 3 to 4 races catching up some what with the program. The Nacra 17, the Skiffs and the Windsurfers will complete their Qualification Series today in view of the Medal races of tomorrow.

Major changes among the North Americans with brilliant moves into the top-5 ranks as can be seen below:
- RS:X Men (54 participants): 33rd Ignazio Berenguer MEX, 36th Pedro Pascual USA
- RS:X Women (35 participants): 26th Cristina Ortiz Vivas MEX, 28th Farrah Hall USA, 40th Olivia Mew CAN
- Laser (101 participants): 4th Chris Barnard USA/5th Charlie Buckingham USA, 33rd Robert Davis CAN, 55th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 2nd Paige Railey USA, 10th Sarah Douglas CAN, 54th Elena Oetling MEX
- Finn (25 participants): 5th Luke Muller USA, 11th Tom Ramshaw CAN
- 470 Men (37 participants): 1st Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA, 37th Joshua Yale/Michael Montagnese CAN
- 470 Women (28 participants): 12th Atlantic + Nora Brugman USA
- 49er (42 participants): 9th Nevin Snow/Maximiliano Agnese USA, 36th Alexander Heinzemann/Justin Barnes CAN
- 49er FX (30 participants): 8th Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA, 29th Georgia + Holly Lewin-Lafrance CAN
- Nacra 17 (27 participants): 8th Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee USA, 22nd Allison Surrette/Max Flinn CAN

The best results by Class:
Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS moved on top in the Nacra 17 5 points ahead of Samuel Albrecht/Gabriela Nicolini BRA. In the Finns, Max Salminen SWE has taken the lead tied with Tapio Nirkko FIN. Jonathan Lobert FRA stays on 3rd.
New leaders in the 49ers, thanks to two race wins, are Erik Heil/Thomas Plössel GER. Fletcher/Bithell GBR and Fantela/Fantela CRO follow on ranks 2 and 3. In the 49ersFX, Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL are now 5 points in front of Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR. Victoria Jurczol/Anika Lorenz GER progressed on the 3rd place.
McNay/Hughes USA have now taken the lead in the 470 Men tied with Dahlberg/Bergström SWE. On the 3rd place follow Ichino/Hasegawa JPN. In the 470
Women, Skrzypulec/Ogar POL defended their lead ahead of Mills/McIntyre GBR and Oster/Winkel GER.
In the Men Windsurfers, Radoslav Furmanski POL is now on the first place ahead of Mattia Camboni ITA and Pavel Tarnowski POL. In RS:X Women, Zofia Noceti-Klepacka POL is 2 points ahead of Charline Piccon FRA.
Laser results see next news text below.

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The Lasers Standard started yesterday to the Final Series races split in Gold- and Silverfleet.
Herrmann Tomasgaard NOR finished on top ranks in all three heats and extended his lead on Sam Meech NZL to 21 points. William De Smet BEL keeps the 3rd position. Top results by the two US Laser sailors Chris Barnard on 4th and Charlie Buckingham on 5th. Robert Davis CAN is 33rd, Yanic Gentry MEX 55th.
In the Laser Radial, Alison Young GBR is the new leader 2 points ahead of Paige Railey USA on 2nd. Dongfeng Shuang CHN follows on 3rd. Erika Reineke USA on 7th and Sarah Douglas CAN on 10th made big steps forward and have good chances to qualify for the Medal Race. Elena Oetling MEX is 54th.
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Very light winds prevailed on day 2 of the Miami Olympic Classes Worldcup and a reduced program only was held. The 470 did not sail at all, while the most other classes completed only one race.

The ranks of the best by North American nations:
- RS:X Men (54 participants): 28th Ignazio Berenguer MEX, 41st Pedro Pascual USA
- RS:X Women (35 participants): 12th Cristina Ortiz Vivas MEX, 26th Farrah Hall USA, 37th Olivia Mew CAN
- Laser (101 participants): 7th Chris Barnard USA, 27th Robert Davis CAN, 57th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 8th Maura Dewey CAN, 10th Paige Railey USA, 55th Alejandra Margarita Montemayor MEX
- Finn (25 participants): 7th Luke Muller USA, 15th Tom Ramshaw CAN
- 470 Men (37 participants): 3rd Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA, 36th Joshua Yale/Michael Montagnese CAN
- 470 Women (28 participants): 5th Carmen + Emma Cowles USA
- 49er (42 participants): 1st Nevin Snow/Maximiliano Agnese USA, 33rd Willam Jones/Evan Depaul CAN
- 49er FX (30 participants): 3rd Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA, 21st Georgia + Holly Lewin-Lafrance CAN
- Nacra 17 (27 participants): 11th Sarah Newberry/David Liebenberg USA, 18th Allison Surrette/Max Flinn CAN

The ranks of the best by Class:
In the RS:X windsurfers, the Chinese light-wind specialists have taken the lead. Mengfan Gao CHN is first in the Men and Yunxiu Lu CHN in the Women.
In the Finns, Tapio Nirkko FIN moved on top one point ahead of the day's winner Anders Pedersen NOR on 2nd and Jonathan Lobert FRA new on 3rd.
Thanks to a race win in the only heat of the day, Nevin Snow/Max Agnese USA are the new leaders in the 49ers one point in front of Fantela/ Fantela CRO. In the 49erFX, Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL defended their lead with a considerable 11 point advantage on Sophie Weguelin/Sophie Ainsworth GBR.
In the Nacra 17, Samuel Albrecht/Gabriela Nicolino BRA extended their lead on Waterhouse/Darmanin AUS and the Olympic Champions Lange/Carranza ARG tied on the ranks 2 and 3.
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The Lasers Standard completed two races yesterday in light winds and terminated the qualification series to separate in Gold- and Silverfleets.
Leading after four heats is Herrmann Tomasgard NOR 3 points ahead of Sam Meech NZL. William De Smet BEL moved up on rank 3.
The Radial held only one race with Monika Mikkola FIN advancing on rank 1 thanks to the race win tied with Alison Young GBR. Only one point behind is Zoe Thomson AUS on the 3rd place.

The ranks of the best North Americans by nation:
- Laser (101 participants): 7th Chris Barnard USA, 27th Robert Davis CAN, 57th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 8th Maura Dewey CAN, 10th Paige Railey USA, 55th Alejandra Margarita Montemayor MEX

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Moderate, unconstant winds from the shore prevailed on the first day of the Olympic Worldcup Regatta in Miami FL, and - depending on the Class - one to three races were held.

Here the best by North American nations:

- RS:X Men (54 participants): 33rd Ignazio Berenguer MEX, 35th Pedre Pascual USA
- RS:X Women (35 participants): 11th Cristina Ortiz Vivas MEX, 26th Dominique Stater USA, 31st Olivia Mew CAN
- Laser (101 participants): 7th Chris Barnard USA, 17th Robert Davis CAN, 38th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 7th Maura Dewey CAN, 10th Paige Railey USA, 44th Alejandra Margarita Montemayor MEX
- Finn (25 participants): 3rd Luke Muller USA, 16th Kyle Martin CAN
- 470 Men (37 participants): 3rd Stuart McNay/Dave Hughes USA, 36th Joshua Yale/Michael Montagnese CAN
- 470 Women (28 participants): 5th Carmen Emma Cowles USA
- 49er (42 participants): 6th Nevin Snow/Maximiliano Agnese USA, 32nd Willam Jones/Evan Depaul CAN
- 49er FX (30 participants): 7th Georgia Holly Lewin-Lafrance CAN,24th Paris Henken/Anna Tobias USA
- Nacra 17 (27 participants): 9th Sarah Newberry/David Liebenberg USA, 25th Allison Surrette/Max Flinn CAN

And here the best by Class:

In the RS:X Men windsurfers, Angel Granda ESP and Bing Ye CHN share the lead, 2 points ahead of Pawel Tarnowski POL on 3rd. In the RS:X Women, Yunxiu Lu CHN won the only race of the day followed by Flavia Tartaglini ITA.
The Finns completed also only one heat with Jonathan Lobert FRA on first ahead of Josip Olujic CRO and Luke Muller USA.
In the 470 Men, Dahlberg/Bergström SWE have taken the lead after two races with Ferrari/Calabro ITA and McNay/Hughes USA as first challengers. Skrzypulec/Ogar POL won both races in the 470 Women. Oster/Winkel GER and di Benedetta/Dubbini ITA follow on the positions 2 and 3 overall.
In the 49ers, the leaders are Peters/Sterritt GBR closely followed by the tied Botin/Iago ESP and Fantela/Fantela CRO on point behind. In the 49erFX, Sophie Weguelin/Sophie Ainsworth GBR won the only race of the day ahead of Maloney/Meech NZL.
In the Nacra 17, Daniel Albrecht/Gabriela Nicolina BRA occupy rank 1 overall with two bullets in the three races completed. Waterhouse/Darmanin AUS and Martinez/Maslivets ESP follow on the 2nd and 3rd places.
The Laser results follow separately below.

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On day one of the Miami Olympic Classes Worldcup Regatta, the two Laser fleets completed one repectively two races on Biscayne Bay in challenging sailing conditions with an unconstant light winds from the shore.

The best North Americans:
- Laser (101 participants): 7th Chris Barnard USA, 17th Robert Davis CAN, 38th Yanic Gentry MEX
- Laser Radial (59 participants): 7th Maura Dewey CAN, 10th Paige Railey USA, 44th Alejandra Margarita Montemayor MEX

Here the best by Class:
In the Lasers Standard, Sam Meech NZL has taken the frist place one point ahead of Herrmann Tomasgaard NOR. Matthew Wearn AUS follows on 3rd among the 101 participants.
In the Lasers Radial, Dongshuang Zhang CHN won the only race of the day ahead of Zoe Thompson AUS and Anne-Marie Rindom DEN.

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The second World Sailing Olympic Classes Worldcup Regatta begins today on Biscayne Bay / Miami FL with the first races and a top attendance in all 10 events including all 2017 winners except the Finn Olympic Champion Giles Scott GBR. Here the official preview and the entry lists.
Races can be followed over GPS tracking beginning at 14h UTC.

In five days, racing will begin at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami. The United States has a large and talented collection of sailors competing at the second World Cup event of the 2019 series, including 57 entries and 85 total sailors. The top eligible U.S. athlete(s) who finish in 10th place or higher in their class at the HWCSM will also qualify for selection to the 2019 US Sailing Team. The event is also a country and athlete qualifier for the Pan American Games. Read the US Sailing Team "Medalist" including a preview on the Miami World Cup Regatta.