Olympic Classes - World Championships 2018 - Aarhus DEN - Day 10 - Gold for CYP and BEL

Saturday, August 11, 2018   
The two Laser fleets concluded their Worlds yesterday with the Medal Races, sailed in a 5 to 20kn wind.
In the Lasers Radial, the situation on the podium was clear before the race already, as the points' gaps were significant. Emma Plaesschart BEL, a worthy successor for the multiple Champion Evi Van Acker BEL, won her first big title ahead of the Olympic Champion Marit Bouwmeester NED and Anne-Marie Rindom DEN. In the Lasers Standard, Pavlos Kontides CYP succeeded to keep his first place in a tight fight with Matthew Wearn AUS, earning his second Laser Worlds title. The Australian finished 2 points behind. As 3rd in the Medal Race, Philipp Buhl GER jumped on the podium grasping Bronze.
The 49ers, RS:X windsurfers and Nacra 17 concluded their Final Series yesterday and will start to the Medal Race today.
In the 49ers, the situation is clear as Sime and Mihovil Fantela CRO will hardly loose the title with a 13 points' lead before the race. Only two years after changing from the 470 to the 49, their first big skiff title is ahead for the former Optimist World Champion and 470 Olympic Champion 2016 Sime Fantela. Tim Fischer/Fabian Graf GER are on rank 2 with a 5 points advantage on their compatriotes Erik Heil/Thomas Plössel GER. Medal chance are also with Matthieu Frei/Noe Delpech FRA 8 points behind rank 3. The 49erFX terminated their qualification two days ago. With an 11 points' lead, Tanja Frank/Lorena Abich AUT have good chances to win the Worlds title.
In the Nacra 17, the big favorites Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA have finally taken the overall lead, but Nathan and Haylee Outteridge AUS are only one point behind and also the Olympic Champions Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza ARG 3 points back remain in the race for the title.
3 points is the backlog of Lin Ea Cenholt/Christian Lübeck DEN on Bronze. Suspense guaranteed !
In the RS:X windsurfers, the Olympic Champion Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED has a 14 points advantage on Kieran Badloe NED. Louis Giard FRA follows as 3rd, but Pawel Tarnowski POL is only 2 points back. In the RS;X women windsurfers, Lilian De Geus NED is the premature World Champion as her lead on the 2nd is already 30 points. Yunxiu Lu CHN on rank 2 is 10 points ahead of the Olympic Champion Charline Picon FRA. With a small 3 points' backlog, Emma Watson GBR and Zofia Noceti-Klepacka POL remain in the race for a Medal.

The best-ranked North Americans by nation:
Finn: Tom Ramshaw CAN 5th, Caleb Paine USA 12th (Final, Olympic berth for CAN)
470 men: Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA 7th (Final, Olympic berth for USA)
470 women: Nikole Barnes/Lara Dallmann-Weiss USA 37th (Final)
49ers: Chris Rast/Trevor Burd USA 34th, William Jones/Evan Depaul CAN 77th (Final)
49erFX: Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea USA 25th, Alexandra Ten Hofe/Mariah Millen CAN 30th (Final)
Laser Standard: Charlie Buckingham USA 11th, Robert Davis CAN 41st, Yanic Gentry MEX 115th (Final, Olympic berth for USA)
Laser Radial: Paige Railey USA 5th, Sarah Douglas CAN 6th, Elena Oetling MEX 100th (Final, Olympic berths for USA and CAN)
Nacra-17: Bora Gulari/Helena Scutt USA 22nd (Final)
RS:X men windsurfers: Ignacio Berenguer MEX 54th, Pedro Pascual USA 56th (Final)
RS:X women windsurfers: Farrah Hall USA 47th, Demita Vega de Lille MEX 51st (Final)

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