We reported two days ago on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games nations' qualifications for the additional North- and South-American Continental berths. In many classes, the USA Sailing Team had the tickets already based on the results at the Open Qualification Regattas. The Miami Worldcup selection was most profitable for Canada collecting 6 start openings for Rio. How many will be approved by the Canadian Olympic Committee based on rankings is still open.
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The Miami Worldcup, second event of the World Sailing 2016 Worldcup Series, was concluded yesterday with the Medal Races, sailed in a light wind.
Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA, winning this last race, earned the Gold Medal in the 470 men. Mantis/Kagialis GRE and Barreiros/Curbelo ESP follow on the ranks 2 and 3. TheChaplin-Saunders brothers CAN finished 2nd in the Medal Race and 7th overall. A surprise were the final results in the 470 women, where Sasha Chen/Haiyan Gao CHN, 3rd in the Medal Race, finished on top overall, as the leading duo Vadlau/Ogar AUT and Oliveira/Barbachan BRA sailed each other down the fleet on the ranks 8 and 10, and with this on 2 and 3 in the final rankings. Bolger/Sewitz USA finished only 9th and remained on rank 5 overall.
Botin/Lopez ESP finished on top of the 49ers ahead of Lima/Costa POR and Sylvan/Anjemark SWE. Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL had their first position in the 49erFX already before the Medal Race, and Jena Mai-Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN and Lisa Ericson/Hanna Klinga SWE completed the podium.
Jorge Zarif BRA defended his first place in the Finns in the Medal Race. Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN finished 2nd, Arkadij Kistanov RUS Medal Race winner, advanced on rank 3. Zach Railey USA and Caleb Paine USA are on the positions 5 and 6 overall. Bad luck for the leading duo in the Nacra 17 as Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS had were relegated to the end of the fleet after a boat contact during the start, while Matia Bühler/Nathalie Brugger SUI touched the first upwind mark and lost the contact with the best. Mandy Mulder/Coen De Koning NED finished finally surprisingly on top, at equal points with the Australians. Bühler/Brugger SUI took the Bronze Medal.
No change among the best RS:X windsurfers. The Olympic Champion Dorian Van Rijsselberge NED ahed of Nick Dempsey GBR and Aichen Wang CHN was the final podium. In the RS:X windsurfers, it was Bryony Shaw GBR who stayed on top ahead of Lilian de Geus NED and Peina Chen CHN.
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Light and unconstant winds prevailed during the Medal Races of the Miami Worldcup Regatta.
The duel on top of the Lasers Standard ended in favor of the Laser legend Robert Scheidt BRA relegating Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA on rank 2. The leader during the whole Miami Race Week, Rutger Van Schaardenburg NED, finished only 9th in the Medal Race and dropped on rank 4 overall behind Sam Meech NZL 3rd at equal points.
Change on top of the Lasers Radial, where Marit Bouwmeester NED trailed behind the fleet after a start collision. Evi Van Acker BEL however terminated the last race on 2nd and climbed on top of the overall ranking passing Bouwmeester NED. Sarah Gunni DEN earned the Bronze Medal. Paige Railey USA won the Medal Race and climbed on rank 7 overall.
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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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The Sailing World Cup Miami acted as a Rio Olympic qualifier for additional berths in all ten of the Olympic events reserved for the 22 North and South America sailing nations. After the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and the 2015 Class World Championships, Sailing World Cup Miami was the last chance for these sailors to qualify.

The following nations have qualified in the following classes:
470 Men: North - Canada, South - Chile
470 Women: North - Canada, South - Chile
49er: North - USA, South - Chile
49erFX: North - USA, South - Chile
Nacra 17: North - Canada, South - Uruguay
Laser: North - Mexico, South - Venezuela
Laser Radial: North - Bermuda, South - Peru
Finn: North - Canada, South - Argentina
RS:X Men: North - Canada and USA, South - Venezuela and Colombia
RS:X Women: North - Canada, South - Argentina

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The outcome of the Laser Standard Medal Race is fully open. Yesterday, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA took for the first time the overall lead in difficult unconstant lightwind races, and the multiple World Champion Robert Scheidt BRA one point behind has also been sneaking to the top. The third contender for the overall win is still Rutger Van Schaardenburg NED 7 points behind Bernaz. Not qualified for the Medal Race is the World Nbr 1 Tom Burton AUS who distroyed his opportunity with bad results yesterday, dropping on rank 13.
Two old rivals, Marit Boumeester NED and Evi Van Acker BEL, separated by 6 points, will duel for Gold in the Lasers Radial. Sarah Gunni DEN on third is already 28 points behind. Tuula Tenkanen FIN 8 points behind Bronze can still grasp this Medal with a good performance in the very last race. Paige Railey USA on 10th just made the Medal Race with the option to move up one or two ranks with a good finish.

The final results of the best Laser Sailors per NorAm nation are:
Laser Standard: Buckingham USA 16th, Thompson ISV 20th, Davies CAN 29th, Gentry MEX 43th , Gonzales PUR 53th
Laser Radial: Railey USA 10th, Bowskill CAN 15th, Montemayor MEX 41st

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The Paralympic Classes 2.4 m and Sonar concluded the Miami Worldcup Event yesterdeay. Superior winner in the one-person-keelboat 2.4m was once more Helena Lucas GBR, winning 7 of the 10 races. Bruce Millar CAN and Charles Rosenfield USA completed the podium.
In the Sonars, Paul Tingley/Logan Campbell/Scott Lutes CAN were first 2 points ahead of Paul Harrison AUS and his team. Bruno Jourdren FRA won the Bronze Medal.
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During rain delayed racing yesterday until late in the afternoon, when some more races could be started in a breeze filling in to 17 kn during the competition.
No change on top of the 470 men with Barreiros/Curbelo ESP, leading 3 points ahead of McNay/Hughes USA. Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar AUT won a race and moved on top at equal points with Fernanda Oliveira/Ana-Luiza Barbachan BRA in the 470 women.
Botin/Lopez ESP remain on rank 1 in the 49ers with Lima/Costa POR and Pink/Bithell GBR on the ranks 2 and 3. The interests in the last Qualification Series heats today will be at the cut for tomorrow's Medal Race, as Outteridge/Jensen AUS on rank 8 are only 3 points ahead of Delle-Karth/Resch AUT on 13th. No change on top of the 49ersFX: Maloney/Meech NZL are first ahead of Jansen/Salskov DEN and Agerup/Agerup NOR.
Olympic medalists have taken the initiative in the Finns with Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN leading ahead of Zach Railey USA. Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS regained the lead in the Nacras 17 with Mandy Mulder/Coen de Koning NED on rank 2 now 7 points back.
Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED extended his lead in the RS:X men windsurfers, contrary to his compatriot Lilian de Geus NED in the RS:X women windsurfers who had to let Byrony Shaw GBR join her on rank 1.
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At the end of a mostly rainy day, Laser racing resumed around 16 h EST in a rain front accompanied by a fresher 12-17 kn breeze.
Rutger Van Schaardenburg NED remained on top of the Lasers Standard inspite of a premature start. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA on 2nd is now 10 points behind. Robert Scheidt BRA, with a 2nd place yesterday bringing him on 3rd overall, has been approaching the top ranks more and more. Only minor position changes with the best North Americans by nation: Buckingham USA 11th, Parkhill CAN 17th, Thompson ISV 21st, Gentry MEX 42nd, Perdomo PUR 57th
With her 5th race rank in a row, the first one in the Goldfleet, Marit Bouwmeester NED is the superior leader in the Lasers Radial. Evi Van Acker BEL and Lijia Xu CHN remain the first persuers. The best-by-nation NorAm ladies are Bowskill CAN 12th, Railey USA 15th and Montemayor MEX 38th.
Today, the Qualification Series for the Gold and Silver Fleets will be concluded. All ranking lists and the daily report.

The two Paralympic classes sailing at the Miami Worldcup Event completed 7 races so far each. Leaders before the last races today are Helena Lucas GBR in the 2.4m with three bullets in a row leaving Bruce Miller CAN 3 points behind. Peter Eager CAN is already 15 points back. Three race wins in a row also for Paul Tingley/Logan Campbell/Scott Lutes CAN, leading in the Sonars 6 points ahead of John Robertson GBR and his team and will hardly be replaced on rank 1.
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A steady 8-10 kn breeze prevailed yesterday, a relief after the two difficult light-wind days, and the lost races could be caught up in most classes.
New leaders in the 470 men are Barreiros/Curbelo ESP, winning two races, 2 points ahead of McNay Hughes USA. Panagiotis/Mantis GRE and Schmid/Reichstädter AUT at equal points are on 3rd. Fernanda Oliveira/Ana-Luiza Barbachan BRA defended the first place in the 470 women, but Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar AUT reduced the backlog on 3 points.
Botin/Lopez ESP are the new leaders in the 49ers, as the previous first Delle-Karth/Resch AUT produced two premature starts yesterday and descended on rank 9. As best of the day, Sylvan/Anjemark SWE are new on rank 2. Change on top of the 49ersFX as well, where Alexandra Maloney/Molly Meech NZL are now on rank 1 with a 10 points' lead on Jena-Mai Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN. Ragna and Maia Agerup NOR are 3rd.
Caleb Paine USA took the lead in the Finns, but Lei Gong CHN and Jack Lilley AUS follow closely on the ranks 2 and 3, 1 and 2 points back. In the Nacras 17, Mandy Mulder/Coen de Koning NED came back on rank 1, relegating Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS on 2nd. New on rank 3 is the double Moth World Champion Bora Gulari USA with Louisa Chafee as crew.
The Olympic Champion Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED took the lead in the RS:X men windsurfers ahead of Pawel Tarnowski POL and Nick Dempsey GBR. Lilian De Geus NED defended her lead in the RS:X women windsurfers.

The best-ranked North Americans by class are:
470 men: McNay/Hughes USA 2nd, Chaplin-Saunders/Chaplin-Saunders CAN 7th, Belausteguigoiti/Belausteguigoiti MEX 18th
470 women: Bolger/Shevitz USA 5th, Surrette/TenHofe CAN 13th
49er: Barrows/Morris USA 11th, Mori/Barnes CAN 27th
49erFX: Rafuse/Boyd CAN 19th, Henken/Scutt USA 20th, Roller/Barbuto ISV 24th
Nacra-17: Gulari/Chafee USA 3rd, Ramsay/Girke CAN 26th, Figueroa/Valdes Ortega PUR 36th
Finn: Paine USA 1st , Martin CAN 19th
RS:X men: Mier y Teran MEX 14th, Pascual USA 23th, Plavsic CAN 25th
RS:X women: Farrah Hall USA 8th, Vega de Lille MEX 16th, Mew CAN 34th
Laser Standard: Buckingham USA 11th, Thompson ISV 22nd, Parkhill CAN 24th, Gentry MEX 44th, Perdomo PUR 56th
Laser Radial: Bowskill CAN 8th, Railey USA 15th, Montemayor MEX 37th
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A slightly fresher breeze - 8-10 kn - prevailed yesterday and both Laser fleets concluded the qualifications for the Gold and Silver Fleets.
Three races were sailed by the Lasers Radial. Winning all three of her Group, Marit Bouwmeester NED moved up on rank 1 overall, clearly ahead of Evi Van Acker BEL on 2nd and Lijia XU CHN on 3rd .... the complete 2012 Olympic podium in the lead in Miami. The best North Americans by nation are on the following places: Bowskill CAN 8th, Railey USA 15th, Montemayor MEX 37th.
Another race win also for Rutger Van Schaardenburg NED in the Lasers Standard, extending his lead on Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA on 16 points. New on rank 3 is Jesper Stalheim SWE. The best North Americans by nation are: Buckingham USA 11th, Thompson ISV 22nd, Parkhill CAN 24th, Gentry MEX 44th, Perdomo PUR 56th
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Light winds on day 2 of the Miami Worldcup as well, and only the Lasers and 49ers completed the full program.
Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA have taken the lead in the 470 men with two bullets. Barreiros/Curbelo ESP and Schmid/Reichstädter AUT follow on 2nd and 3rd. In the 470 women, the first-ranked Fernanda Oliveira/Ana-Luisa Barbachan BRA extended their lead with the ranks 1 and 2. New on the 2nd place are Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar AUT.
Austrian is the lead also in the 49ers with Nico Delle-Karth/Nikolaus Resch AUT. Peters/Sterritt GBR and Lima/Costa POR are the first persuers. Ragna and Maia Ragerup NOR defended their lead in the 49ersFX, ahead of Maloney/Meech NZL and Grael/Kunze BRA.
The Finns remained without valid result. Winner of the only heat sailed so far was Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN. With a solid row of top results and considering the discard result, Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS have taken the top place in the Nacra 17. Mandy Mulder/Coen de Koning NED and Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza ARG follow on the ranks 2 and 3.
While the RS:X women windsurfers stayed without valid race yesterday - the only race so far was won by Lillian de Geus NED -, the RS:X men windsurfers finished at least one heat, and again, it was Chunzhuang Liu CHN on first. Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED and Aichen Wang CHN remained on the ranks 2 and 3.

The best-ranked North Americans by class are:
470 men: McNay/Hughes USA 1st, Chaplin-Saunders/Chaplin-Saunders CAN 9th, Belausteguigoiti/Belausteguigoiti MEX 18th
470 women: Bolger/Shevitz USA 8th, Surrette/TenHofe CAN 12th
49er: Barrows/Morris £USA 7th, Mori/Barnes CAN 28th
49erFX: Roller/Barbuto ISV 20th, Rafuse/Boyd CAN 21st, Dellenbaugh/Barry USA 22nd
Nacra-17: Mendelblatt/Mendelblatt USA 4th, Ramsay/Girke CAN 20th, Figueroa/Valdes Ortega PUR 34th
Finn: Muller USA 7th, Finch CAN 18th
RS:X men: Mier y Teran MEX 13th, Pascual USA 18th, Plavsic CAN 21st
RS:X women: Farrah Hall USA 16th, Vega de Lille MEX 21st, Mew CAN 32nd
Laser Standard: Buckingham USA 14th, Thompson ISV 23rd, Gentry MEX 31st, Ryder CAN 34th, Gonzales PUR 69th
Laser Radial: Railey USA 16th, Montemayor/Elias Calles MEX 24th, Peters CAN 30th

Today, an announced thunderstorm front will most probably provoke quite different conditions. All ranking lists and the daily news. Racing can be followed again this afternoon over GPS-Tracking.

In a light breeze, the Lasers Standard sailed the planned two races, while the Radials had to content themselves with one heat.
Rutger Van Schaardenburg NED extended his lead in the Lasers Standard in front of Filip Jurisic CRO and Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA new on the ranks 2 and 3. The best North Americans by nation are Buckingham USA 14th, Thompson ISV 23rd, Gentry MEX 31st, Ryder CAN 34th, Gonzales PUR 69th.
In the Lasers Radial, the Olympic Champion Lijia Xu CHN is now alone on top with a 2nd race rank yesterday. Evi Van Acker BEL moved up on rank 2. Emma Plasschaert BEL is now on 3rd. Railey USA 16th, Montemayor/Elias Calles MEX 24th, Peters CAN 30th are the best by NorAm nations. Today, the Radials with only two races so far will have an extensive program to complete the qualifications for the Gold- and Silver-Fleets.
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Light winds and long waiting ashore and afloat yesterday on the first day of the Miami Worldcup event, but finally 1 to 2 races per class were completed in favorable conditions for the light-wind specialists.
The only race of the 470 men was won by the African Champions Jim Asenathi/Roger Hudson RSA ahead of Andres and Franciso Ducasse CHI. Winners in the 470 women were Fernanda Oliveira/Ana-Luisa Barbachan BRA in front of Tsuf Zamet/Stav Brokman ISR.
The 49ers completed two races and Jorge Lima/Jose Costa POR are first ahead of Nico Delle-Karth/Nikolaus Resch AUT. Leaders in the 49ersFX are Ragna and Maia Agerup NOR ahead of Jena-Mai Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN.
The only race of the Finns went in favor of Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN ahead of Lei Gong CHN. Two races were sailed by the Nacras 17 and Mandy Mulder/Coen de Koning NED are in command in front of Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza ARG.
The only race in the RS:X men windsurfers ended with a Chinese 1 and 2 with Chunzhuang Liu CHN and Aichen Wang CHN. Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED follows on 3rd. First in the only RS:X women windsurfers race was lilian De Geus NED followed by Patricia Freitas BRA and Bryony Shaw GBR.

The best-ranked of North American federations by class are:
470 men: McNay/Hughes USA 4th, Chaplin-Saunders/Chaplin-Saunders CAN 13th, Belausteguigoiti/Belausteguigoiti MEX 21st
470 women: Bolger/Shevitz USA 8th, Surrette/TenHofe CAN 10th
49er: Funk/Burd 7th, Flinn/Sawyer CAN and Mori/Barnes CAN 30th
49erFX: Dellenbaugh/Barry USA 11th, Rafuse/Boyd CAN 19th
Nacra-17: Mendelblatt/Mendelblatt USA 5th, Ramsay/Girke CAN 25th, Figueroa/Valdes Ortega PUR 28th
Finn: Muller USA 7th, Finch CAN 18th
RS:X men: Mier y Teran MEX 10th, Pascual USA 18th, Plavsic CAN 29th
RS:X women: Farrah Hall USA 16th, Vega de Lille MEX 21st, Mew CAN 32nd
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Tomorrow begins the second event of the 2016 Olympic Classes Worldcup in Miami with 780 participants from 64 nations. In addition to the Worldcup points, Olympic nations' berths for North- and Southamerican sailing federations will be allotted.
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