Olympic Worldcup 2016 - Olympic Classes Regatta - Miami FL, USA - Day 5

The last fleet races were sailed in difficult lightwind conditions yesterday, and today as from 16 h UTC, the crucial Medal Races will be on the program, transmitted livestream on the www.sailing-news.ch website.
The winners in the 49ersFX are known prematurely, as the leading lexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL have a 30 points' advance on Lisa Ericson/Hanna Klinga SWE. Only one point behind are Jena Mai-Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN fighting for Silver with the Swedes. The situation in the 49ers seems also pretty clear as Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP are 12 points ahead of Jorge Lima/Jose Costa POR, and another 12 points back are John Pink/Stuart Bithell GBR. Sylvan/Anjemark SWE not far behind on 4th could intervene for the Bronze Medal.
Fully open is the situation in the 470 men where the frist three teams are closely together, and whoever is ahead of the others in the Medal Race, will be ahead overall. For the moment, Barreiros/Curbelo ESP is 1 point in front of McNay/Hughes USA, who are 1 point ahead of Mantis/Kagialis GRE. The rest of the fleet led by Schmid/Reichstädter AUT on 4th are out of reach of the podium. A clearer pole position in the 470 women for Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar AUT 4 points ahead of Fernanda Oliveira/Ana-Luiza Barbachan BRA. Sillver and Bronze however will be disputed with Sasha Chen/Haiyan Gao CHN only one point back.
The lead in the Finns has changed again with Jorge Zarif BRA now on first, but Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN is only 2 points back, and even Caleb Paine USA 6 points behind has still a chance overall. In the Nacras 17 are Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS on top with Matias Bühler/Nathalie Brugger SUI new on rank 2 6 points back. Mandy Mulder/Coen de Koning NED 6 points behind have also a say when it comes to distrbute the Medals.
15 points is the lead of Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED in the RS:X men windsurfers and also Byrony SHaw GBR 11 points ahead in the RS:X women windsurfers looks like a safe winner.

The best-ranked North Americans by class are:
470 men: McNay/Hughes USA 2nd, Chaplin-Saunders/Chaplin-Saunders CAN 8th, Belausteguigoiti/Belausteguigoiti MEX 19th
470 women: Bolger/Shevitz USA 5th, Surrette/TenHofe CAN 12th
49er: Barrows/Morris USA 13h, Mori/Barnes CAN 31st
49erFX: Henken/Scutt USA 17th, Rafuse/Boyd CAN 21st, Roller/Barbuto ISV 25th
Nacra-17: Gulari/Chafee USA 12th, Ramsay/Girke CAN 15th, Figueroa/Valdes Ortega PUR 25th
Finn: Railey USA 3rd , Ramshow CAN 139th
RS:X men: Mier y Teran MEX 18th, Plavsic CAN 20th, Pascual USA 24th
RS:X women: Vega de Lille MEX 11th, Farrah Hall USA 17th, Mew CAN 31st
Laser Standard: Buckingham USA 16th, Thompson ISV 20th, Davies CAN 29th, Gentry MEX 43th , Gonzales PUR 53th
Laser Radial: Bowskill CAN 15th, Railey USA 10th, Montemayor MEX 41st
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