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Another difficult day ended in Hyères. A light sea breeze appeared late allowing minimum racing for all classes before the medal race. The conditions suited sailors who have started their preparation for Qingdao.
Most of the leaders are keeping their position but no one is safe before the decisive and non discardable medal race tomorrow.
The top three remains unchanged in the 470 women. The Japanese Ai Kondo and Naoko Kamata will start the Medal race with a 12 points lead over Julia Conti and Giovanna Micol (ITA). Twenty points between the Germans Stefanie Rothweiler / Vivien Kussatz and fourth placed Torgersson / Santen (SWE) means that the podium will be reserved to the top three teams!
Three races and a second discard in the Yngling class change the overall placings. Double World Champion and Athens Gold medallist in the Europe class Siren Sundby and crew Lise Fredriksen and Alexandra Koefoed (NOR) have taken the lead. Russian team of Ekaterina Skudina, Diana Krutskikh and Natalia Ivanova have revealed their potential in the light and tricky conditions. They climbed to second overall and increase their lead on their rival for Olympic selection.
Sarah Blank (AUS) is keeping a safe lead in the Laser radial class and has already secured one of the top two places overall in the championship.
Zofia Klepacka (POL) conserves the lead in the RS:X women class despite a 19 th place in the 7 th race. Athens Silver medallist Jian Li (CHN) will miss the medal race in 12 th position.Ten countries will be represented in the Finn Medal race, with mostly sailors who will be on the starting line in Qingdao
The forecast for the Medal race is for light wind shifting all day around the bay
