Olympic & International Classes - Kieler Woche - Kiel GER - Day 5

After a Kiel week of light winds, yesterday's Medal Race saw fresh winds for the first time with up to 18kn. Alexandre Boite FRA held his lead in the ILCA 7, Alessio Spadoni ITA moved up to second thanks to victory in the Medal Race. In the ILCA 6 Nazli Donertas TUR won ahead of Lilly-May Nietzabitowska POL. Lukasz Prszybytek/Jacek Piasecki POL decided the Polish duel against Dominik Buksak/Szymon Wierzbicki POL in their favour in the 49er, Benjamin Bildstein/David Hussl AUT moved up to third place. In the 49erFX, Marla Bergmann/Hanna Wille GER won narrowly by one point over Maru Scheel/Freya Feilcke GER. With a 3rd place in the Medal Race, Simon Diesch/Anna Markfort GER moved to the top in the Mixed 470. Theres Dahnke/Matti Cipra GER follow 2 points behind. In the Nacra 17 Margherita Porro/Stefano Dezulian ITA won superiorly with 18 points ahead of the Olympic medallists Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER. Sebastian Kördel GER won the iQ-Foil men, Sebastian Schärer SUI, the only Swiss in action yesterday, remained on rank 4. All rankings and the daily report. From today until Sunday, the international classes will be in action, with the highlights being the 29er Euro Cup (177 teams, including 13 Swiss) and the German championship of the J/70 (53 teams including Stefan Seger SUI).