Men’s RS:X
After five events, it was pretty clear that the race was going to come down to Dorian van Rijsselberghe (Netherlands) and Nick Dempsey (Great Britain) who had shared all the race wins. It was the run from the fifth which saw van Rijsselberghe win seven of nine races to elevate him to a comfortable lead. Nick Dempsey soon fell away but the pair were cemented in their places for the medal race. The battle for bronze actually became the intriguing one, led by Piotr Myszka (Poland) early. His results soon tailed off and Pierre Le Coq (France) closed on him heading into the medal race, with Byron Kokkalanis (Greece) also in with a chance. None of the three performed particularly well, with Le Coq finishing in the best position to seal bronze.
🥇Dorian van Rijsselberghe 🇳🇱
🥈Nick Dempsey 🇬🇧
🥉Pierre Le Coq 🇫🇷
Men’s Laser
After the first five races, it was clear that there was no dominant force. Julio Alsogaray (Argentina) managed to get three top fives but Tom Burton (Australia) and Tonci Stipanovic (Croatia) were more consistent with four top tens. In the second half of the competition, three race winners didn’t even manage to qualify for the medal race, showing the competitiveness. Once again, consistency ruled the day as Tonci Stipanovic led after four top tens, a feat also managed by Pavlos Kontides (Cyprus). Burton stayed in contention with three top tens but no result worse than 17. Robert Scheidt also got three top tens in the five races to put himself in with a shot for a medal. Going into the medal race, Burton was ten points down and Stipanovic attempted to force him wide but Burton got away and Stipanovic was forced into a penalty turn. The battle for bronze saw three sailors finish within five points as Sam Meech (New Zealand) disappointed the home support.
🥇Tom Burton 🇦🇺
🥈Tonci Stipanovic 🇭🇷
🥉Sam Meech 🇳🇿
Men’s Finn
Giles Scott (Great Britain) was the heavy favourite but struggled in the first race to seventeenth. Alican Kaynar (Turkey) started strongly in the opening three races but Scott rebounded to be top three in his next three races. He continued on a tear, winning three races, a second and two-thirds before the medal race. In second heading into the medal race was Vasilij Zbogar (Slovenia), who consistently finished in the top ten. Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (Croatia) was behind him after a consistent campaign of his own, followed by Max Salminen (Sweden). For Gaspic, the last two races cost him a medal as he added 33 points to his score, finishing last in the medal race. Salminen also struggled and Caleb Paine (United States) came through to win the medal race, enough to promote him to a bronze medal.
🥇Giles Scott 🇬🇧
🥈Vasilij Zbogar 🇸🇮
🥉Caleb Paine 🇺🇸
Men’s 470
It looked quite clear early who the two dominant teams were. Fantela/Marenic (Croatia) were in the top four of the first five races, including two wins. Similarly, Belcher/Ryan (Australia) made the podium on four of the first five. The Croatian pair would go on to finish in the top ten of every race, a feat managed by the Australians as well. Croatia entered the medal race with a big lead over Australia and Greece who had caught up with three seconds. In the medal race, the leaders all were towards the back of the field. They ended up in the same order that they would finish on the podium as the Croatian pair won gold over Australia and Greece.
🥇Sime Fantela/Igor Marenic 🇭🇷
🥈Matthew Belcher/William Ryan 🇦🇺
🥉Panagiotis Mantis/Pavlos Kagialis 🇬🇷
Men’s 49er
The New Zealand pair started fastest with two straight first places and over the first half consistently finished in the top seven. Just behind them were Heil/Plößel (Germany), only marred by a bad finish of 13th in the sixth race. Poland and Ireland also flashed potential. Three teams would go the whole second half by finishing every race in the top ten. They were Burling/Tuke (New Zealand), Outteridge/Jensen (Australia) and Fletcher/Sign (Great Britain). The New Zealand pair had sealed gold heading into the medal race, but three teams were in with a shout of finishing on the other podium spots. Once again, the finishing order of the trio in the medal race was reflected in the overall standings with Australia finishing fourth, the German pair in eighth, whilst the British finishing last dropped them to sixth in the overall standings.
🥇Peter Burling/Blair Tuke 🇳🇿
🥈Nathan Outteridge/Iain Jensen 🇦🇺
🥉Erik Heil/Thomas Plößel 🇩🇪
Women’s RS:X
The first half of the competition saw Charline Picon (France) put herself in a good position with her consistency as she won two races and finished top ten in all six. The other big winner was Flavia Tartaglini (Italy) who won three races but a twelfth in race one hindered her position. Tuuli Petaja-Siren (Finland), Marina Alabau (Spain) and Stefania Elfutina (Russia) all finished in the top ten in every race of the first half. The second half was a lot more chaotic with Chen Peina (China) and Patricia Freitas (Brazil) the most consistent with finishes in the top ten in every race. Heading into the medal race, all the contenders were incredibly close with six sailors separated by six points and Lilian De Geus (Netherlands) just seven back. She managed to win the race but it wasn’t enough for a medal as she finished fourth overall. Instead, it was Picon who finished just behind her, winning gold. Peina came in third to seal bronze and Elfutina who had led into the last race hung onto bronze despite a seventh-place finish in the race as third and sixth overall were separated by two total points.
🥇Charline Picon 🇫🇷
🥈Chen Peina 🇨🇳
🥉Stefania Elfutina 🇷🇺
Women’s Laser Radial
The start of this race was marred by inconsistency and disqualifications as no sailor managed to finish in the top ten in all races in the top half. Notably, Xu Lijia (China) and Anne-Marie Rindom (Denmark) both would have managed this but for disqualifications in races. Once again in the second half of the event, no one would manage to finish in the top ten in all races. Entering the medal race there was a tie between Marit Bouwmeester (Netherlands) and Annalise Murphy (Ireland), just ahead of Rindom. The disqualification really cost her, as it meant her one other poor performance, 22nd in race nine had to be included. In the medal race, the contenders were once again down the field but Bouwmeester did enough to take gold.
🥇Marit Bouwmeester 🇳🇱
🥈Annalise Murphy 🇮🇪
🥉Anne-Marie Rindom 🇩🇰
Women’s 470
Mills/Clark (Great Britain) showed their ability from the start and by halfway led, having finished top ten in every race. It was a trend they continued in the second half, finishing every race in the top ten and sealing the gold before the medal race. The United States would similarly have a worst finish of tenth but the majority of the finishes were in the bottom half of the top ten. This had them in third heading into the medal race as second and fifth were split by four points. The US team would subsequently finish last in the medal race to knock them out of contention.
🥇Hannah Mills/Saskia Clarke 🇬🇧
🥈Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie 🇳🇿
🥉Camille Lecointre/Helene Defrance 🇫🇷
Women’s 49er FX
The home team of Grael/Kunze (Brazil) thrilled fans by winning two of the first three races and finishing in the top ten in all of the first six races. Maloney/Meech (New Zealand) also managed the same. Hansen/Salskov-Iversen (Denmark) had a poor first race with a disqualification but followed it by finishing second in four of the next five. In the second half of the regatta, Grael/Kunze finished second and third twice. They headed into the medal race on 46 points, the same as Hansen/Salskov-Iversen who had two seconds and a first in the second half. Also, there were Echegoyen/Betanzos (Spain) who on the same points total who won three races over that second half. A point behind the trio was Maloney/Meech who had continued their consistency but only has one race win. In the medal race, the Brazilians managed to get the race win, sealing the gold medal.
🥇Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze 🇧🇷
🥈Alex Mahoney/Molly Meech 🇳🇿
🥉Jena Mai Hansen/Katja Salskov-Iversen 🇩🇰
Mixed: Nacra 17
The first half of the competition saw two teams pull open a lead, as they finished top ten in every race. Saxton/Graves (Great Britain) and Waterhouse/Darmanin (Australia) were both on 25 points at the halfway mark. The second half was more of a mess as no one except Gulari/Chafee (United States) managed to finish top ten in every race. Lange/Saroli (Argentina) who had won two races, led going into the medal race. Just behind them were Bissario/Sicouri (Italy), Zajac/Frank (Austria), Waterhouse/Darmanin and Jones/Saunders (New Zealand). Jones/Saunders got the race win but other results conspired against them, stopping them from winning the gold, instead the Argentinians would hang on.
🥇Santiago Lange/Cecilia Carranza Saroli 🇦🇷
🥈Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin 🇦🇺
🥉Thomas Zajac/Tanja Frank 🇦🇹
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