The windy Friday conditions persisted also yesterday at the Ligurian Coast. After the Qualifier Series sailed in light winds only, the fresh breeze in all Final Series races so far mixed up the rankings considerably.
The leaders in the Open/Men rankings changed again on the last day of the competition and the new World Champions are - thanks to a solid performance yesterday (5/3/7) - Diogo Costa/Pedro Costa POR. The team of the day (1/2/2) were Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA progressing on rank 2. Vasilios Gourgiotis/Orestis Batsis GRE earned Bronze.
With the ranks 4/4/3, Francesca Russo/Alice Linussi ITA replaced the leading Maria Bover/Clara Llabres ESP on top in the Women rankings. The Bronze Medal went to Maria-Vittoria Marchesini/Cecilia Fedel ITA. Emma Kaneti/Catherine B Lindsay USA remained 22nd.
No changes however in the U17 classification: Telis Anathasopoulos/Dimitrios Tassios GRE were the strongest team also on the last day of the event taking the title wit a 15 points lead on Eduard Ferrer/Carlos De Maqua ESP. On rank 3 followed Enzo Balanger/ Gaultier Tallieu FRA. Violette Dorange/Camille Orion FRA, best Girls' team, finished 4th. Timothy Danilek/Pierce Ornstein USA are 14th.
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After 4 days with light winds, a fresher breeze of over 15 kn filled in yesterday, allowing to complete three races per fleet what substantially changed the rankings.
New on top of the Open classification are now Theo Carayon/Erwan Lucas FRA, as the former leaders Jim Vincent/Victor Mas FRA dropped on rank 9 with high two-digit results. Diego Costa/Pedro Costa POR follow 10 points behind on rank 2, and another 8 points back share Marc Lladó/ Antoni Massanet ESP and Fausto Cruz/Martin Arroyo ARG the 3rd place. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA are 6th.
New leaders in the Women are María Bover/Clara Llabrés ESP 11 points ahead of Francesca Russo/Alice Linussi ITA. Maria Vittoria Marchesini/Cecilia Fedel ITA new on the 3rd position are another 8 points behind. Emma Kaneti/Catherine B Lindsay USA are 22nd.
No change however on top of the U17 rankings with Telis Athanasopoulos/Dimitris Tassios GRE extending their lead on 15 points. Eduard Ferrer/Carlos De Maqua ESP are new on rank 2 and 3 points behind follow Enzo Balanger/Gaultier Tallieu FRA. The former leaders Violette Dorange/Camille Orion FRA dropped on rank 4 with a 32 points' backlog on rank 3, all chances for the podium have gone.
Today, the Open and Women fleet will sail the last two races, again in fresh wind. The U17 Youth will even sail three heats. All results, the daily news and the videos.

After a start postponement, the Final Series went underway at the 420 Worlds in San Remo ITA in a moderate breeze, and the Open fleet sailed two, the Girls and U17 fleet one race each.
With a 2nd race rank, Maria Caba/Pilar Caba ESP took the overall lead in the Girls rankings, but the positions 1 to 4 are separated by 3 points only with Francesca Russo/Alice Linussi ITA on 2nd only one point back. The winners of the race Maria Bover/Clara Llabes ESP advanced on rank 3, and also Julia Szmit/Hanna Dzik POL on 4th will have a say in the battle for the title. Emma Kaneti/Catherine B Lindsay USA are 22nd, Carmen and Emma Cowles 24th.
Jim Vincent/Victor Mas FRA extended their lead in the Open rankings. Theo Carayon/Erwan Lucas FRA on rank 2 are now 7 points behind. Fausto Cruz/Martin Arroyo ARG as 3rd have a backlog of already 24 points. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA are 11th.
Leader change in the U17-classification where Violette Dorange/Camille Orion FRA replaced the leading Telis Athanasopoulos/Dimitis Tassios GRE on rank 1. Separated by 2 points only, the title will go to either one, as the 3rd-ranked Eduard Ferrer/Carlos De Maqua ESP are already 13 points behind. Timothy Danilek/Pierce Ornstein are 20th.
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The first races at the 420 Worlds were sailed yesterday afternoon in a light 6 to 8 kn breeze after a start postponement. All three fleets completed 3 races each.
With two race wins in their group, Julia Szmit/Hanna Dzik POL took the overall lead in the Women ahead of Sofia Giondi/Giulia Gatta ITA and Francesca Lusso/Alice Linussi ITA on the ranks 2 and 3.
Leaders in the Men are Theo Carayon/Erwan Lucas FRA ahead of Riccardo Sepe/Filippo Iacchia ITA and Fausto Cruz/Martin Arroyo ARG. . In the U17-classifications, Violette Dorange/Camille Orion FRA are on top followed by Telis Athanasopoulos/Dimitris Tassios GRE and Enzo Balanger/Gaultier Tallieu FRA at equal points on the ranks 2 and 3.
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Yesterday, the 420 World Championship should have started in San Remo ITA, but the wind was missing. The record 262 teams in total on the entry list are split in three categories: Open (men and mixed), women and U17. North America is represented by a Mexican Girls boat and a big USA delegation in all fleets. Three races are on the program today, but the wind forecast does not look very favorably during the whole week.
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