Laser Radial & Standard - European Championship 2016 - Las Palmas ESP - Day 5

The Final Series races at the Laser European Championship were sailed in an intial light wind yesterday, and only late in the afternoon, the fresh breeze of up to 20 kn was back. These new light conditions changed the overall rankings considerably.
The leader in the Lasers Standard Nick Thompson GBR dived on rank 15 with the day ranks 29/30/30 and a Medal is out of reach in today's last races. Herrmann Tomasgaard NOR is new on rank 1, but his advantage on Jesper Stalheim SWE is only 2 points. With a 6, respectively 9 points' backlog, Julio Alsogaray ARG and Francesco Marrai ITA protected their chances for the podium. Bad day also for Charlie Buckingham USA (22/50/35) descending on rank 18 overall.
The Medal contenders in the Laser Radial women are known before the last races today. Marit Bouwmeester NED and Josefin Olsson SWE 2 points behind will fight for the title. Lijia Xu CHN follows with a 9 points' deficit on a safe 3rd place, as the 4th Gintare Scheidt-Volungeviciute LTU has already a 17 points' gap on the Bonze Medal. Paige Railey USA had also a miserable day (37/31/39) and is now down on 27th overall.
The title in the Laser Radial men will go to Marcin Rudawski POL who added 2 more bullets on his result sheet yesterday and has now a 23 points lead on Ismael Iess ESP. Henry Marshall USA is good 8th (18/5/11).
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