OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 - Rio de Janeiro BRA - Day 4

The US Sailing Team Olympic Report and a short summary on the top ranks below:

A fresh breeze prevailed on the fourth day of the Olympic Regatta, especially on the offshore courses, where big 3 meter wave added some flavor as well. The 470s had the pleasure to sail their two races on the open Atlantic with the experienced teams clearly dominating.
New on top of the 470 women are the Olympic Champions 2012 Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie NZL, best of the day with the ranks 1 and 4. Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN follow 2 points behind on rank 2. Three teams follow ranked 3 to 5 at equal points: Hannah Mills/Sakia Clarke GBR, Camille Lecointre/Héléne Defrance FRA and Tina Mrak/Nicole Makarol SLO.
In the 470 men, Sime Fantela/Igor Marenic CRO extended their lead with the day ranks 1 and 4. Belcher/Ryan AUS on the 2nd place are now 3 points back. Mantis/Kagialis GRE defended their 3rd place.
Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED moved up on rank 1 with two bullets yesterday in the RS:X men windsurfers. He has now an 8 points' lead on Nick Dempsey GBR. Piotr Myszka POL defended the 3rd position. In the RS:X wome windsurfers, the first three are separated by one point only. Flavia Tartaglini ITA defended her lead one point ahead of Charline Picon FRA and the surprising youth surfer Stefanyia Elfutina RUS. As best of the day, the defending Olympic champion Marina Alabau ESP advanced on rank 4.
Four races sailed the Nacra 17 catamarans. With two bullets, Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS took the overall lead ahead of Ben Saxton/Nicola Grove GBR at equal points. Vittorio Bissaro/Silvia Sicouri ITA moved up on rank 3.
Giles Scott GBR extended his lead in the Finns on 11 points with another race win. Vasilij Zbogar SLO remains his first challenger. Surprisingly strong remains Berecz Zsombor HUN, winning a race yesterday and progressing on rank 3 overall.
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