Final day of fleet racing at the 470 World Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal and the ten boat fleets are set for the Medal racing on Saturday.
Britain’s Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre finished with a flourish, winning both their final races and placing fourth overall going into the women’s Medal race, with the chance of a podium finish.
Silvia Mas Depares and Patricia Cantero of Spain have a 3 point lead ahead of Afrodite Zegers and Lobke Berhout of Holland with Italy’s Elena Berta and Bianca Caruso 4 points back in third place.
Looking strong for podium place finish in the Mixed fleet are at least three British crews, with Freya Black and Marcus Tressler in third place, tied on 66 points with Maria Marchesini and Bruno Festo of Italy.
Hoping to move up are fourth placed Amy Seabright and James Taylor, and fifth placed Vita Heathcote and Ryan Orr. While sixth placed Georgina Povall and Arran Holman could also grab a podium place depending how the final race plays out.
Overall mixed fleet leaders, Gil Cohen and Noam Homri of Israel have a 15 point cushion, which should be enough to take the title.
In the men’s event, Sweden’s Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom have an 11 points lead, ahead of Diogo and Pedro Costa of Portugal , with Spain’s Jordi Xammer and Nicolas Rodriguez in third.
Britain’s Luke Patience and Chris Grube also managed a final day flourish with a 1, 5, but it left them short of the Medal race in 13th place.
470 Women – Leaders after 11 races, 1 discard (27 entries)
1st ESP 18 Silvia MAS DEPARES and Patricia CANTERO – – 9 -19 – – 67 pts
2nd NED 11 Afrodite ZEGERS and Lobke BERKHOUT – – 4 15 – – 70 pts
3rd ITA 6 Elena BERTA and Bianca CARUSO – – 7 5 – – 74 pts
4th GBR 1 Hannah MILLS and Eilidh MCINTYRE – – 1 1 – – 80 pts
5th FRA 9 Camille LECOINTRE and Aloïse RETORNAZ – – 16 11 – – 91 pts
6th ITA 74 Benedetta DI SALLE and Alessandra DUBBINI – – 2 13 – – 94 pts
7th USA 1810 Nikole BARNES and Lara DALLMAN-WEISS – – 18 3 – – 97 pts
8th GER 20 Theres DAHNKE and Birte WINKEL – – 8 4 – – 99 pts
9th GER 69 Luise WANSER and Anastasiya WINKEL – – -22 8 – – 100 pts
10th POL 11 Agnieszka SKRZYPULEC and Jolanta OGAR – – 14 16 – – 102 pts
470 Men – Leaders after 11 races, 1 discard (29 entries)
1st SWE 349 Anton DAHLBERG and Fredrik BERGSTRÖM – – 6 10 – – 46 pts
2nd POR 21 Diogo COSTA and Pedro COSTA – – 10 14 – – 57 pts
3rd ESP 44 Jordi XAMMAR and Nicolas RODRIGUEZ – – -23 1 – – 64 pts
4th RYF 5 Pavel SOZYKIN and Denis GRIBANOV – – 14 9 – – 72 pts
5th GRE 1 Panagiotis MANTIS and Pavlos KAGIALIS – – 5 3 – – 81 pts
6th USA 1 Stuart MCNAY and David HUGHES – – 11 7 – – 88 pts
7th ITA 757 Giacomo FERRARI and Giulio CALABRÒ – – -22 18 – – 92 pts
8th GRE 10 Vasilis PAPOUTSOGLOU and Ioannis ORFANOS – – 13 6 – – 98 pts
9th HUN 1 Balazs GYAPJAS and Zsombor GYAPJAS – – 4 15 – – 108 pts
10th FRA 27 Kévin PEPONNET and Jérémie MION – – 7 8 – – 108 pts
470 Mixed – Leaders after 11 races, 1 discard (20 entries)
1st ISR 311 Gil COHEN and Noam H0MRI – – 12 3 – – 51 pts
2nd ITA 54 Maria MARCHESINI and Bruno FESTO – – 13 2 – – 66 pts
3rd GBR 875 Freya BLACK and Marcus TRESSLER – – 4 6 – – 66 pts
4th GBR 7 Amy SEABRIGHT and James TAYLOR – – 7 11 – – 68 pts
5th GBR 11 Vita HEATHCOTE and Ryan ORR – – 8 10 – – 72 pts
6th ISR 121 Tal SADE and Noa LASRY – – 3 7 – – 73 pts
7th GBR 889 Georgina POVALL and Arran HOLMAN – – 9 5 – – 75 pts
8th ITA 75 Andrea TOTIS and Alice LINUSSI – – 10 4 – – 78 pts
9th FRA 91 Hugo LE CLECH and Colombe JULIA – – 2 17 – – 86 pts
10th ISR 15 Nitai HASSON and Saar TAMIR – – 14 1 – – 86 pts
