Olympic Games 2021 - Tokyo/Enoshima JPN - Day 10 - Tagesbericht - 3 Medaillen für GBR, 3 Medaillen für GER

In light winds, the medal decisions were made in four classes today. --- --With Gold for Giles Scott GBR in the Finn, Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR in the 49er as well as the silver medal of John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR in the Nacra 17 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sailing Regatta, Great Britain once more underlined its role as the leading sailing nation. Germany won 3 medals as well, the best result for decades: Silver for Tina Lutz/Susann Beucke GER in the 49erFX, bronze for Erik Heil/Thomas Plössel GER in the 49er and for Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER in the Nacra 17. ----- Together with crew Kahena Kunze BRA, Martine Grael, .... in the footsteps of her father and 5-time Olympic medalist Torben Grael BRA ..... repeated her 2016 Rio success, earning another Gold medal in the 49ersFX. ----- Probably the biggest surprise so far was Joan Cardona ESP, age 23, qualifying with the last Finn berth available for Europe, is now going home with a Bronze medal. Zsombor Beresz HUN in 2nd wins the first sailing medal ever for Hungary! The last events to conclude the Games with their Medal Races will be the 470 men and women. After today's last qualification races, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AU have prematurely secured the Gold medal in the 470 Men with a 20-point lead. Behind them, it remains exciting: The ranks 2 (Dahlberg/Bergström SWE) to 5 (Patience/Grube) are only 13 points apart. ----- Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR go into the 470 Women Medal Race with a 14-point lead. Behind them, Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA in 2nd are now 4 points ahead of Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL. But also Tina Mrak/Veronica Macarol SLO (8 points behind on rank 3) as well as Fernanda Oliveira/Ana Barbachan BRA and Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler SUI with 16 points each can count on medal chances. ----- The Medal Races start tomorrow at 7.30h CET (men) and 8.30h CET (women). ----- All Rankings and the Official Reports.