Olympic Classes - Semaine Internationale Française - Hyères FRA - Day 5

Yesterday, at the end of the qualifications for today's Medal Races, the winds were light in Hyéres. In three classes the winners have already been decided: ----- Odile Van Aanholt/Annette Duetz NED are 48 points ahead in the 49erFX! ----- Laerke Buhl-Hansen DEN leads the women's iQ-Foil with 21 points and John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR, after winning the World Cup in Palma, also take the victory in Hyères with 32 points ahead. ----- In the 470, the duel between Jordi Xammar/Nora Brugmann ESP and Lara Vadlau/Lukas Möhr AUT with equal points will take place today in the Medal Race. The Swiss teams missed the qualifying for the Medal Race: Linda Fahrni/Cyril Schüpbach SUI are 14th, Yves Mermod/Maja Siegenthaler SUI dropped back to 26th. ----- In the 49er, Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP are unlikely to be displaced from first place, as they are 16 points ahead. The ranks 2-5, on the other hand, are only 3 points apart. Sébastien Schneiter/Arno De Planta SUI finish the series in 19th place, Joshua Richner/Nilo Schärer SUI follow in 38th. ----- In ILCA 6, Sarah Douglas CAN and Olympic Champion Anne-Marie Rindom DEN, 3 points behind, will decide the victory among themselves today. Maud Jayet SUI, the only Swiss in a Medal Race, is in 5th place, 15 points behind the podium. ----- In ILCA 7, Michael Beckett GBR goes into the Medal Race with a 5-point lead over Elliot Hanson GBR, and another 5 points behind is Pavlos Kontides CYP in 3rd. Matteo Paulon SUI and Gauthier Verhulst SUI follow in the Silverfleet in 62nd and 64th place of the 155 competitors. ----- In the Nacra 17, John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR won the race clearly. Surprisingly, the Olympic winners and dominators of the past years Ruggeri Tita/Caterina Banti ITA missed the qualification for the Medal Race as 11th. Andrea Aschieri/Anja Camusso SUI finished in an excellent 15th place, just ahead of the multiple Olympic medalists Santiago Lange ARG and Iordanis Paschalidis GRE. Axel Grandjean/Noëmi Fehlmann SUI dropped back to 32nd place due to a false start. ----- In the men's kitefoil, Axel Mazella FRA ousted 16-year-old Max Maeder SGP from the top spot. ----- In the women's event, Lauriane Nolot FRA held on to the first position ahead of Jessie Kampman FRA. ----- In the windsurfing men's race, Mateus Isaac BRA goes into the Medal Race with a 10-point lead. ----- All rankings and the daily report. The Medal Races can be followed live today by GPS tracking.