Optimist - Lake Garda Meeting - Riva ITA - Nations Trophy - Victory for Switzerland

The famous Optimist Lake Garda Meeting 2018 was opened yesterday with the Nations-Trophy with one boat for each of the 29 nations present. Two races were sailed. Finishing 4th and 1st, Maxime Thommen SUI secured the victory for Switzerland ahead of France (Sacha Barraz FRA 1/4) at equal points. Bronze went to Italy (Mattia Cesana ITA). USA is on rank 18, MEX on 20.
The ranking list.
Today, the fleetraces begin for the record-size 1400 participants from 33 nations and 4 continents, including CAN, MEX and the USA (with 60 boats). The official preview.