49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 - Olympic Qualifier Europe - Lanzarote ESP - Final results

Stephanie Roble/Margaret Shea (KR/LBYC/CYC) finished the Lanzarote International on rank 8, having kept the pace of the top 49erFX teams in most races, a promise for the Olympics. However, they could not be happy about the last day with rank 23 in race 16, and in spite of a good 5th place in the Medal Race, their hopes for the podium were gone. ----- No other North American teams participated in the Medal Races. ----- The final rankings of the 49ers did not really change after the last race yesterday with Andrew Mollerus/Ian MacDiarmid (LYC) in 13th, Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson (SDYC/MBYC), 19th, Ian Barrows/Hans Henken (EYC/SFYC), 21st, and Harry Melges/Finn Rowe (US Sailing), 23rd. William Jones/Evan Depaul CAN (Royal Hamilton YC), who left the competition after the Qualification phase, are in 39th. ----- The two Canadian teams in the 49ersFX finished the event on the ranks 24 (Georgia and Antonia Lewin-Lafrance (RNSYS/CYC)) and 32 (Ali TenHove/Mariah Millen (RCYC/KYC)). ----- To be noted that the best-ranked US teams Roble/Shea and Mollerus/MacDiamid have been training with the best on the Canaries since January ..... ----- The Results of all eight North American Teams -------------------- Here the summary of the final results in all three classes: ----- With a final race and the Medal Races, the European and African Qualifiers for the last Olympic berths came to an end yesterday with Ireland in the 49ers, Belgium in the 49ersFX and Finland in the Nacras 17 qualified. Tunisia will represent Africa in the Nacra 17. ----- Already before the Medal Race, Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP were the superior winners in the 49ers. Jonas Warrer/Jakob Precht DEN are 39 points behind in 2nd place. With a win in the Medal Race, Robert Dickson/Sean Waddilove IRL secured the bronze medal and the Olympic starting place for Ireland. ----- In the 49ersFX, Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA won clearly 23 points ahead of Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED in second place. Thanks to the victory in the Medal Race, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo ESP earned the bronze medal. Isaura Maenhaut/Anouk Goerts BEL took the Olympic berth in 7th. ----- The Nacra 17 series was completed without a Medal Race. Tara Pacheco/Florian Trittel ESP defended the 1st place. Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER and Quentin Delapierre/Manon Audinet FRA completed the podium. Sinem Kurtbay/Janne Jahonen FIN finished 5th and are thus among the contenders in Tokyo. ----- All rankings, the report and the video of the final day.