Olympic Classes - World Championship 2018 - Aarhus DEN - Day 10

The Olympic Classes World Championship continued yesterday with the Medal Races of the 49ers and 49ersFX.
No surprise in the 49ers sailing in moderate and stable winds, where Sime and Mihovil Fantela CRO celebrated the first 49er World Champions' title and this on 18 months since they migrated to the Skiff. Winning the Medal Race, Mathieu Frei/Noe Delpech FRA advanced on rank 2. Tim Fischer/Fabian Graf GER earned Bronze.
The Medal Race of the 49esrFX was shaken up by a passing rain front. Tanja Frank/Lorena Abicht AUT, starting the Medal Race with an 11 points lead, controlled the race till the arrival of the rain front, when they capsized loosing their points' advantage. Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED herited rank 1 and the title 2 points ahead of the Austrians. On rank 3 followed Sophie Weguelin/Sophie Ainsworth GBR.

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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