Day 4 of the 470 World Championships taking place at Vilamoura, Portugal and some signs of better things from the Team GB competitors.
With time running out to make Saturday’s Medal races, Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre pulled themselves into the top ten (9th) with a 4 and 1, while Luke Patience and Chris Grube managed a 2, 14, to place 17th but look out of the Medal race.
In the Mixed fleet, British competitors Seabright and Taylor (1, 14) slip to second behind Gil Cohen and Noam Homri (1, 9) of Israel. In third place are Maria Marchesini and Bruno Festo of Italy, with three other British teams also in the top ten.
In the women’s event, Silvia Mas Depares and Patricia Cantero (9, 8) of Spain keep their lead, now eight points ahead of Afrodite Zegers and Lobke Berhout (3, 3) of Holland.
Elena Berta and Bianca Caruso of Italy are in third place and Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz (13, 15) of France in fourth.
In the men’s 470, Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (3, 3) of Sweden go clear leaders, with Diogo and Pedro Costa (1, 6) of Portugal now second and Spain’s Jordi Xammer and Nicolas Rodriguez(8, 2) in third.
Two races Friday, then the Medal races for the top 10 on Saturday.
470 Women – Leaders after 9 races, 1 discard (27 entries)
1st ESP 18 Silvia MAS DEPARES and Patricia CANTERO – – 9 8 – – 43 pts
2nd NED 11 Afrodite ZEGERS and Lobke BERKHOUT – – 3 3 – – 51 pts
3rd ITA 6 Elena BERTA and Bianca CARUSO – – 1 12 – – 62 pts
4th FRA 9 Camille LECOINTRE and Aloïse RETORNAZ – – 13 15 – – 64 pts
5th GER 69 Luise WANSER and Anastasiya WINKEL – – 14 2 – – 71 pts
6th POL 11 Agnieszka SKRZYPULEC and Jolanta OGAR – – 6 5 – – 72 pts
7th SUI 5 Linda FAHRNI and Maja SIEGENTHALER – – 5 16 – – 72 pts
8th USA 1810 Nikole BARNES and Lara DALLMAN-WEISS – – -22 4 – – 76 pts
9th GBR 1 Hannah MILLS and Eilidh MCINTYRE – – 4 1 – – 78 pts
10th ITA 74 Benedetta DI SALLE and Alessandra DUBBINI – – 7 11 – – 79 pts
470 Men – Leaders after 9 races, 1 discard (29 entries)
1st SWE 349 Anton DAHLBERG and Fredrik BERGSTRÖM – – 3 3 – – 30 pts
2nd POR 21 Diogo COSTA and Pedro COSTA – – 1 6 – – 33 pts
3rd ESP 44 Jordi XAMMAR and Nicolas RODRIGUEZ – – 8 2 – – 43 pts
4th RYF 5 Pavel SOZYKIN and Denis GRIBANOV – – 9 -19 – – 49 pts
5th ITA 757 Giacomo FERRARI and Giulio CALABRÒ – – 7 5 – – 62 pts
6th USA 1 Stuart MCNAY and David HUGHES – – 14 7 – – 70 pts
7th GRE 1 Panagiotis MANTIS and Pavlos KAGIALIS – – 13 11 – – 73 pts
8th GRE 10 Vasilis PAPOUTSOGLOU and Ioannis ORFANOS – – 18 1 – – 79 pts
9th SUI 46 Kilian WAGEN and Gregoire SIEGWART – – -27 10 – – 84 pts
10th JPN 20 Keiju OKADA and Jumpei HOKAZONO – – 5 9 – – 86 pts
GBR:
17th GBR Luke Patience and Christian GRUBE – – 105 pts
19th GBR Martin WRIGLEY and Alexander HUGHES – – 119 pts
470 Mixed – Leaders after 7 races, 1 discard (20 entries)
1st ISR 311 Gil COHEN and Noam H0MRI – – 1 9 – – 36 pts
2nd GBR 7 Amy SEABRIGHT and James TAYLOR – – 14 -16 – – 50 pts
3rd ITA 54 Maria MARCHESINI and Bruno FESTO – – 11 3 – – 51 pts
4th ESP 28 Patricia REINO CACHO and Pablo GARCÍA – – 5 8 – – 52 pts
5th GBR 11 Vita HEATHCOTE and Ryan ORR – – 3 2 – – 54 pts
6th GBR 875 Freya BLACK and Marcus TRESSLER – – 7 4 – – 55 pts
7th GBR 889 Georgina POVALL and Arran HOLMAN – – 4 5 – – 61 pts
8th ISR 121 Tal SADE and Noa LASRY – – 2 13 – – 63 pts
9th ITA 75 Andrea TOTIS and Alice LINUSSI – – -17 6 – – 64 pts
10th FRA 91 Hugo LE CLECH and Colombe JULIA – – 13 17 – – 67 pts