One point lead for Aussie team

As teams head for the medal race at the 470 World Championship in Rizhao, China

Two races were completed today to finalize the qualification for the men’s and women’s Medal Race that will take place tomorrow at the 470 World Championship.

In the Men’s Fleet Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page and Nic Asher and Elliot Willis will feature in the 'Grand Final' as sailors with best chances for Gold. However, Croatia and Israel are still in the race for the Championship Title.

470 women, Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout will have to face double competition from Japan, Ai Kondo and Naoko Kamata, and Yuka Yoshisako and Noriko Okuma.

Racing started today, Tuesday, at noon in light winds of five to eight knots coming from sea. The breeze was steady, however, complex conditions were created by the combination of a choppy sea, breeze occasionally gusting erratically and currents changing direction and strength.

Australia’s Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page and Nic Asher and Elliot Willis from Great Britain have both increased their number of points by thirteen as a sum of gained scores during today’s racing. This leaves yesterday’s situation of only one point difference unchanged.

Sven and Kalle Coster from the Netherlands, in third overall, overnight had a terrible day and drop hard to seventh courtesy of an eighteenth and twenty-fifth position in race eleven and twelve.

Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic from Croatia scored a more secure set of results, and so did Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal from Israel. With Australia and Great Britain they will decide on the Gold Medal.

French 470 men, the Bonnaud brothers, and Nicholas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset did well on the last day of Medal Race qualifying races and find themselves a position in tommorow's race, although it looks like it’s too late for medals.

Races were exciting today. Although the results are similar to yesterday’s as leaders chose for secure defensive sailing today, the truth is there was a battle on the course where sailors had to give and take.

Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout got back into their stride and take back the number one position on the leaderboard with a third and fifth place. Overnight leaders Ai Kondo and Naoko Kamata from Japan created a very good chance for themselves yesterday to go into the Medal race in a very strong position. However, a twenty-fifth position in race eleven today did hurt their chances a lot. Directly following this they managed to secure their chances for a medal by crossing the finish line in third in today’s last race.

No country has bigger chances for a medal as Japan. Yuka Yoshisako and Noriko Okuma were the opening leaders of the event and they have managed to stay within the top three in the overall results during this event every day. With fourteen points between them and the Dutch leaders, they can still bring Gold to Japan.

Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark From Great Britain and Therese Torgersson and Vendela Zachrisson score under average and weaken their chances for a medal. German Ladies Stefanie Rothweiler and Vivien Kussatz surprised the Women’s Fleet today, right at the moment it’s least expected they attack with an eighth position and a bullet, which brings them into the Medal race finals after all.
 
Results:

Men

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Tot	Net
1	Nathan Wilmot/Malcom Page	AUS311	3	10	1	1	16	1	5	11	8	2	10	3	71	55
2	Nic Asher/Elliot Willis	GBR828	7	5	4	3	4	2	1	15	5	12	7	6	71	56
3	Gideon Kliger/Udi Gal	ISR7	2	6	5	6	6	8	13	7	4	7	11	5	80	67
4	Sime Fantela/Igor Marenic	CRO83	8	16	4	2	8	9	2	4	12	3	9	10	87	71
5	Gabrio Zandona/Andrea Trani	ITA2	2	18	6	5	6	2	11	5	6	18	6	8	93	75
6	Benjamin Bonnaud/Romain Bonnaud	FRA11	6	16	3	5	6	1	22	8	10	5	20	2	104	82
7	Sven Coster/Kalle Coster	NED1	10	6	2	10	5	5	8	2	3	14	18	25	108	83
8	Mikee Anderson/David Hughes	USA1734	3	18	6	7	4	4	4	26	2	4	17	19	114	88
9	Nicolas Charbonnier/Olivier Bausset	FRA7	18	2	6	9	4	11	OCS	13	1	15	1	12	122	92
10	Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield	GBR817	5	7	2	2	8	10	9	16	23	23	2	9	116	93
11	Alex.Pallu de la Barriere/Aymeric Chappellier	FRA17	1	12	1	19	3	15	3	25	9	DSQ	8	1	127	97
12	Gustavo Martinez/Dimas Wood	ESP769	3	11	10	1	2	6	10	19	16	1	28	23	130	102
13	Gildas Philippe/Nicolas Le Berre	FRA2588	12	7	12	6	1	7	24	12	7	13	14	13	128	104
14	Ronan Dreano/Ronan Floch	FRA24	1	7	9	9	13	6	21	6	13	22	4	BFD	141	111
15	Mathew Belcher/Nick Behreins	AUS361	4	10	5	10	12	5	6	1	22	16	23	27	141	114
16	Panagiotis Mantis/Theo Polichronidis	GRE136	5	12	8	13	7	3	20	18	15	19	12	11	143	123
17	Pierre Leboucher/Vincent Garos	FRA44	12	1	7	4	10	9	26	20	11	8	24	24	156	130
18	Christopher Lorenz/Friedrich Gebert	GER4964	8	13	7	20	1	5	7	9	20	27	25	15	157	130
19	Stu McNay/Graham Biehl	USA1713	9	4	20	1	15	8	16	29	25	6	5	22	160	131
20	Karlo Hmeljak/Luka Verzel	SLO16	17	5	1	11	9	13	19	3	24	21	21	14	158	134
21	Panagiotis Kambouridis/Orologas Gerosimos	GRE165	9	2	12	7	20	10	17	17	18	26	16	7	161	135
22	Enrico Fonda/Marco Guerra	ITA7	10	1	11	21	7	19	15	22	DSQ	11	3	16	166	136
23	Geoffrey Wooley/Mark Overington	NZL198	9	1	7	14	10	7	25	24	26	9	13	18	163	137
24	Onan Barreiros/Aaron Sarmiento	ESP9	BFD	11	16	3	5	7	OCS	10	17	17	22	4	172	142
25	Ante Cesic/Ante Kjundzic	CRO69	2	10	9	15	11	18	14	14	19	10	27	28	177	149
26	Marc Patino/Joaquin Benjumeda	ESP9293	11	9	11	11	21	3	18	23	21	20	15	26	189	163
27	Cheul Yoon/Hyeongtae Kim	KOR83	6	2	15	6	9	10	12	27	OCS	28	29	21	195	165
28	Dimitry Berezkin/Alexander Zybin	RUS4	6	3	4	14	10	20	27	28	14	24	26	17	193	165
29	Kan Yamada/Kenichi Nakamura	JPN4257	16	3	2	10	22	16	23	21	27	25	19	20	204	177

Women

Pos	Helm/Crew	Sail Number	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Tot	Net
1	Marcelien de Koning/Lobke Berkhout	NED11	4	1	2	8	4	1	10	2	RAF	23	3	5	94	63
2	Ai Kondo/Naoko Kamata	JPN4151	4	3	1	5	6	10	1	24	3	8	24	3	92	68
3	Yuka Yoshisako/Noriko Okuma	JPN4152	1	3	7	3	1	18	5	5	21	14	7	13	98	77
4	Fernanda Oliveira/Isabel Swan	BRA177	8	2	2	6	9	4	13	7	22	12	14	7	106	84
5	Christina Bassadone/Saskia Clark	GBR833	16	15	9	11	3	3	4	3	10	2	13	21	110	89
6	Therese Torgersson/Vendela Zahrisson	SWE323	3	DSQ	6	1	5	3	14	11	11	4	27	6	122	91
7	Lenka Smidova/Elizabeth Kratzig	CZE1	6	8	5	10	18	DPI	16	1	14	10	1	8	114	96
8	Giulia Conti/Giovanna Micol	ITA23	15	14	11	9	14	8	2	4	BFD	21	2	4	135	104
9	Stephanie Rottweiler/Vivien Kussatz	GER4978	11	12	15	4	19	10	7	12	15	11	8	1	125	106
10	Sylvia Vogl/Carolina Flatscher	AUT431	6	17	4	9	1	4	19	18	5	6	18	23	130	107
11	Amanda Clark/Sara Mergenthaler	USA1736	2	10	4	5	5	13	28	19	1	19	15	17	138	110
12	Marina Gallego/Laia Tutzo	ESP1833	25	9	10	13	3	5	6	15	9	9	10	26	140	114
13	Ingrid Petitjean/Nadege Douroux	FRA4	7	12	17	14	9	7	12	13	12	3	16	9	131	114
14	Elise Rechichi/Tessa Parkinson	AUS357	9	15	3	1	12	17	8	14	13	25	9	18	144	119
15	Camille Lecointre/Gwendolyn Lemaitre	FRA9	18	DPI	7	10	12	23	11	17	16	16	5	2	142	119
16	Wang Xiaoli/Huang Xufeng	CHN248	5	4	8	4	10	8	DSQ	10	19	29	11	14	153	122
17	Wen Yimei/Yu Chunyan	CHN25	9	13	16	14	2	9	21	8	4	13	21	15	145	124
18	Ruslana Taran/Olena Pakholchyk	UKR1	11	DPI	17	17	23	6	15	22	7	7	4	11	150	127
19	Nike Kornecki/Ravid Kanonich	ISR10	14	6	1	13	4	2	18	20	6	20	26	BFD	161	130
20	Henriette Koch/Lene Sommer	DEN143	2	20	6	DSQ	7	22	24	9	2	1	22	16	162	131
21	Jennifer Provan/Carol Luttmer	CAN630	13	9	13	19	7	5	17	6	20	DPI	6	BFD	167	136
22	Noa Botzer/Laia Trajtenberg	ISR6	3	7	14	7	8	9	9	28	26	17	29	10	167	138
23	Daria Blaschiewitz/Geeske Genrich	GER4924	28	11	21	8	6	16	3	26	23	26	17	12	197	169
24	Emmanuelle Rol/Anne¨CSophie Thilo	SUI1404	1	10	3	6	11	23	DNF	23	BFD	27	19	22	207	176
25	Lauren Jeffries/Rike Ziegemayer	AUS360	5	11	11	12	OCS	6	25	16	18	28	25	19	207	176
26	Pippa Wilson/Sheena Craig	GBR837	12	13	24	7	19	7	23	25	17	15	20	20	202	177
27	Wakako Tabata/Naomi Kurita	JPN4177	15	6	19	3	2	2	26	21	DSQ	22	DSQ	BFD	209	178
28	Maria Sampati/Chiona Mirto	GRE185	23	8	9	18	18	14	22	30	25	5	12	25	209	179
29	Isabel Ficker/Laura Zanni	BRA187	24	16	12	16	16	11	20	29	8	30	23	24	229	199
30	Liying Toh/Elizabeth Tan	SIN11	7	21	OCS	22	13	1	27	27	24	24	28	BFD	256	225