Olympic Classes - Semaine Internationale Française - Hyères FRA - Day 1

As announced, challenging conditions prevailed at the start of the Semaine Olympique with up to 30 knots of Mistral. Too much for the two 49er classes, while the other 8 classes were able to finish at least one race. ----- In the Mixed 470, Jordi Xammar/Nora Brugman ESP won both races. Hyppolite Machetti/Aloïse Retornaz FRA were twice in second, followed by Lara Vadlau/Lukas Mähr AUT in third. Simon Diesch/Anna Markfort GER were the best Germans in 10th place. The two Swiss teams had a harder time: Linda Fahrni/Cyril Schüpbach SUI had to give up the second race and are 47th, Yves Mermod/Maja Siegenthaler SUI had to accept three capsizes in the second race after an early start in the first heat, and are ranked at the bottom of the ranking list. ----- In ILCA 6, Sarah Douglas CAN has taken the lead with ranks 1 and 2, and Emma Plasschaert BEL is second, 3 points behind. 3rd place is shared by Matilda Nicholls GBR and Elena Vorobeva CRO. Maud Jayet SUI also started well: with 8th and 1st places in her group, she is 5th, 6 points behind. ----- The large fleet of ILCA 7 sails is divided into 3 groups: Elliott Hanson GBR and Philipp Buhl GER share the lead with 1st and 2nd places respectively for the day. Francisco Guragna ARG follows in 3rd place. In 73rd place, Matteo Paulon SUI is just in the first half of the rankings, with Gauthier Verhulst SUI following close behind in 78th place. ----- There was only one race for the Nacra 17. Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS and Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA each won the race of their group. Andrea Aschieri/Anja Camusso SUI were 27th, Axel Grandjean/Noémi Fehlmann SUI had to abandon the race. ----- Ideal weather for the Kite-Foilers! Max Maeder SGP kept the French top kiters at bay with 4 race wins in his group. Maxime Nocher FRA and Théo de Ramecourt FRA follow close behind. Bruce Kessler SUI is 26th, and Gian-Andrea Stragiotti SUI follows in 37th rank among the 93 participants. ----- Daniela Moroz USA took the lead in the women's event one point ahead of Jessie Kampman FRA. Elena Lengwiler SUI is 29th of the 50 participants. ----- In the iQ-Foil windsurfers, the top cracks are missing, preparing for the European Championships in Greece. Will McMillan THA won 4 of the 5 course races of his group. 4 points behind follows Mateus Isaac BRA. ----- In the women's race, Laerke Bühl DEN took the lead. ----- All rankings and the daily report.