The final three windy races at the Laser Standard Worlds in Sandringham AUS this Sunday morning UTC made the difference in the US Trials in favor of Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach YC) over his team mate Chris Barnard (Newport Beach YC), ranks 33/38/18, who finished on the 30th place. Robert Davis CAN remained on rank 40.--------------- With three top-10 results on the final day, extending his overall lead on 12 points, Philipp Buhl GER is the superior 2020 Laser World Champion, the first Laser Worlds title for Germany in a class, dominated so far by AUS and GBR sailors. Matthew Wearn AUS follows on 2nd, Tonci Stipanovic CRO on 3rd. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA, in the top-2 ranks during the whole series, missed Bronze by 2 points. ----- The ranking list, the news and the event facebook page.

Three races were completed this morning UTC after the unplanned layday yesterday with the fleet split in Gold, Silver and Bronze groups. ----- Philipp Buhl GER defended his first place, but Jean Baptiste Bernaz FRA reduced his backlog on 4 points. The Australian Olympic participant Matthew Wearn AUS follows on 3rd. ----- Chris Barnard USA on rank 24 has now a solid 23 point lead over Charlie Buckingham USA on 31st. Robert Davis CAN is on the 42nd place. ----- The ranking list, the news and the event facebook page.

Passing thunderstorms impeded racing at the Laser Worlds in Sandringham AUS this Friday morning UTC and the first Final Series races of the Gold-, Silver- and Bronzefleets were postponed to tomorrow Saturday. After the Qualification phase, Philipp Buhl GER is leading 2 points ahead of Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA. The North Americans qualified for the Goldfleet are Chris Barnard USA 25th, Charlie Buckingham USA 30th and Robert Davis CAN 39th. ----- The ranking list and the event facebook page.

With the seabreeze filling in late in Melbourne today Wednesday, two races have been held in all three groups. ----- Winning both heats, Philipp Buhl GER and Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA have jointly taken the overall lead ahead of Tonci Stipanovic CRO and Finn Alexander AUS 2 points behind on the ranks 3 and 4. Only minor improvements with the North Americans: Charlie Buckingham USA is 18th, Chris Barnard USA 27th. Robert Davis CAN follows as 32nd. ----- Tomorrow, two more qualification races are on the program to select the 42 best for the Goldfleet. Hugh Macrae CAN just on the cut will have to fight tomorrow to qualify for the premium fleet. ----- The ranking list, the news and the event facebook page.

Finishing on the ranks 1 and 2 in their groups, Finn Alexander AUS and Tonci Stipanovic CRO have taken the lead after two races sailed at the Laser World Championship in Sandringham AUS this morning UTC. On rank 3 follows Philipp Buhl GER. Pavlos Kontides CYP and Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA occupy the ranks 4 and 5. Charlie Buckingham USA is 20th, Chris Barnard USA 27th. Robert Davis CAN follows as 31st. ----- The ranking list and the event facebook page. ----- The 137 participants from 45 nations, split in three groups, completed the first two championship races in a moderate 10kn seabreeze that filled in late in the day. Among the participants are five Olympic medalists with the Laser legend Robert Scheidt BRA or the defending World Champion, World Ranking nbr 1 and Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS, who lost the Australian selection for Tokyo 2020 against Matthew Wearn AUS. A blog.