The French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres FRA was concluded yesterday with the Medal Races sailed in moderate winds. ---- Mattia Camboni ITA was the preliminary overall winner in the RS:X men before the last race already. Thomas Goyard FRA and Piotr Myszka POL completed the podium. ---- No change in the RS:X women with Charline Picon FRA on rank one ahead of Peina Chen CHN and Yunxiu Lu CHN. ---- No North American entrants. ---- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English).

The French Olympic Week 2019 in Hyeres was concluded yesterday with the Medal Races sailed in moderate winds. ---- Matthew Wearn AUS was the outstanding dominator in the Lasers Standard and winning the Medal Race as well, he distanced Sam Meech NZL finishing second 33 points behind ! In the fight for Bronze, the Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS replaced Luke Elliott AUS on 3rd by one point. The rest of the fleet sailed a sail-off race. Charlie Buckingham USA lost one place and finished on rank 13 overall, Christopher Barnard USA remains on the 19th place. ---- In the Lasers Radial, Tuula Tenkanen FIN succeeded to reclaim the first place against Maria Erdi HUN. Emma Plaesschart BEL finished on rank 3. Paige Railey USA, 2nd in the Medal Race, remained on 8th overall. Coralie Vittecoq CAN terminated the week on rank 48 among the 50 participants. ---- All ranking lists and the news (in French and English).

Increasing westwinds from the shore prevailed yesterday on Hyeres Bay and with up to 30kn at the end of the day, racing was quite challenging. ---- No problem for the leading Mattia Camboni ITA in the RS:X men where he extended his lead on 28 points and is the premature winner before the Medal Race of today. Thomas Goyard FRA, Daniele Benedetti ITA and Piotr Myszka POL, separated by 7 points only, will fight for Silver and Bronze. ---- In the RS:X women, Charline Picon FRA has a solid 14 point lead on Peina Chen CHN before the Medal Race. The backlog of Yunxiu Lu CHN on rank 3 is considerable. ---- The rest of the fleets will race a sail-off today. ---- No North American entrants. ---- All ranking lists and the daily report (in French and English).

The qualifications for the Medal Race of today were concluded yesterday with three races sailed in the windiest conditions so far with up to 30kn. ---- With two bullets, Matthew Wearn AUS made everything clear and won prematurely with an advantage of 23 points on Sam Meech NZL. Another 5 points behind follows Luke Elliott GBR on 3rd fighting for Bronze with Tom Burton AUS with 5 points more. Charlie Buckingham USA defended his 12th place. Christopher Barnard USA however was not in love with the fresh breeze and dropped on rank 19 with his worst three ranks of the week. ---- In the Lasers Radial, Maria Erdi HUN extended her lead on Tuula Tenkanen FIN to 7 points and the two will fight for victory today. Emma Plaesschart BEL is on a solid 3rd place. With her second UFD (a soft black flag disqualification), Paige Railey USA dived on rank 8 with no chance to improve in the Medal Race today. Coralie Vittecoq CAN did not finish the three races and is 48th. ---- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English).

Mattia Camboni ITA extended his lead in the RS:X men during the three races held yesterday on Hyeres Bay in an 8-10kn wind. Adding another race win on his result sheet, he has now a 24 point advantage. Daniele Benetti ITA defended his 2nd place but Piotr Myszka POL on rank 3 reduced the backlog to one point. ---- Charline Picon FRA was again the best of the day in the RS:X women and her lead on Peina Chen CHN is now 10 points. Yunxiu Lu CHN stays on 3rd. ---- No North American entrants. ---- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English).

Finishing on the ranks 1 and 2, Matthew Wearn AUS went on with his impressive series of top results and is now 8 points in front of Elliott AUS on 2nd. On rank 3 follows the Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS. Sun and somewhat lighter winds prevailed on the first day of the Final races sailed by the Lasers Standard in a Gold- and Silverfleet. The qualification for the Medal Race of Saturday will be concluded today with another three races. For the time being, only three Europeans, but 7 from AUS and NZL are in the top-10s ! Charlie Bucking ham USA is 12th, 10 points behind the Medal Race cut, and Christopher Barnard USA 14th. The ranking list Standards. ---- In the Lasers Radial, Maria Erdi HUN reclaimed rank 1, but the deficit of Tuula Tenkanen FIN on 2nd is only one point. Paige Railey USA remains on rank 3. Coralie Vittecoq CAN is 47th. ---- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English).

Mattia Camboni ITA remains on top of the RS:X men. New on 2nd is the best of the day (ranks 1/3/1) Daniele Benedetti ITA. Thomas Goyard FRA moved up on rank 3. --- Finishing twice on top and a 2nd rank, Yunxiu Lu CHN is now first in the RS:X women, but Charline Picon FRA on 2nd is only one point behind. On rank 3 follows Peina Chen CHN. --- Sun, a 15kn Eastwind and a good swell made the day perfect yesterday on Hyeres Bay and three more races were completed. --- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English). No North Americans present.

Winning two races, Matthew Wearn AUS leading in the Lasers Standard has a 2 point advantage on Sam Meech NZL. On rank 3 follows Luke Eliott AUS. The best European is now the local Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA on rank 7. Christopher Barnard USA is 14th, Charlie Buckingham USA 16th. The Standards concluded the last qualification races and will continue today in Gold- and Silverfleets. --- In the Lasers Radial, Tuula Tenkanen FIN, ranks 1 and 3, was again the best of the day and extended her lead on Maria Erdi HUN to 4 points. Paige Railey USA remains on the 3rd place. Coralie Vittecoq CAN is 46th. --- Perfect conditions with a 15kn Eastwind and big waves prevailed on Hyeres Bay. --- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French and English.

Tuula Tenkanen FIN is the new leader in the Lasers Radial with two race wins yesterday. Maria Erdi HUN in now 2nd, Paige Railey USA moved up on the 3rd place. Coralie Vittecoq CAN is 48th. --- In the Lasers Standard, Sam Meech NZL remained on top one point ahead of Matthew Wearn AUS up on 2nd. Tom Burton AUS follows on the 3rd position. The ranks of the USA sailors are 10th Charlie Buckingham USA, 16th Christopher Barnard USA, 25th Malcolm Lamphere USA and 45th Paul Didham USA. --- The initial moderate wind decreased during the day and the Standards failed to complete a second race. --- All ranking lists and the daily news (in French or English).

Big show by the downunder Laser teams taking the first five places in the Lasers Standard (69 boats) after two races with Sam Meech NZL winning both races and leading ahead of Tom Burton AUS and Matthew Wearn AUS. The ranks of the USA sailors are 12th Charlie Buckingham, 13th Christopher Barnard USA, 21st Malcolm Lamphere USA and 34th Paul Didham USA. --- Shared lead in the Lasers Radial (50 boats) with Maria Erdi HUN on 1st and Caroline Rosmo NOR on 2nd. Jacinta Ainsworth AUS is 3rd. Paige Railey USA follows on rank 23, Coralie Vittecoq CAN is 43rd. --- Mengfan Gao CHN is on rank 1 in the RS:X men windsurfers ahead of Mattia Camboni ITA and Radoslaw Furmanski POL. No North Americans among the 48 participants. --- Familiar names are on top of the RS:X women windsurfers with Peina Chen CHN on 1st, Charline Picon FRA on 2nd and Bryony Shaw GBR on 3rd. No North Americans among the 30 participants. --- Top sailing conditions prevailed on the first day of the 51st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères for the 197 sailors from 49 nations with endless sun and a moderate breeze from the shore in the morning and from the sea in the afternoon. --- All ranking lists, the news of day 1 and the event website.

Today is the first day of the traditional Semaine Olympique Française (SOF) in Hyères FRA, this year without being sanctioned as a World Sailing Worldcup event. In between the inaugural Genoa Worldcup event, squeezed in by World Sailing in early April, and the Worldcup Final in Marseille in July, the SOF was sacrificed by the innocent administrators in London to avoid a concentration of three WC events in Southern Europe within a few weeks. Result was, that none of these two Olympic Classes events organised so far have been considered by the full Olympic elite. The consequence for the 2019 SOF is, that only four of the ten Olympic events, the the Lasers and the RS:X windsurfers, have a sufficient attention to start racing. Here the entry lists. --- The North American delegation consists of Paige Railey USA and Coralie Vittecoq CAN in the 50-boat Laser Radial fleet, as well as Christopher Barnard USA, Nicolas Bezy USA, Charlie Buckingham USA, Paul Didham USA and Malcolm Lamphere USA in the 69-boat Lasers Standard. No entrants in the RS:X windsurfers. --- The event website.