- Helene Noesmoen of France was title winner in the women
- Nicolas Goyard of France was title winner in the men
Three medal races were completed to decide the winners of the iQFOiL European Championships in Marseille.
Helene Noesmoen of France was a clear winner in the women’s championship. Entering the medal series as leader with two points and then winning all three medal races to finish with five points.
Second place went to Britain’s Islay Watson who started in second place with four points, a 4, 7, 2, scoreline giving her 17 points
In third was Shachar Reshef of Israel with 18 points and also winner of the women’s U21 event.
In the men’s championship, Nicolas Goyard of France started the medal series in second with four points, then added two wins and a 4th to take the title with ten points.
Huig Jan Tak of Holland started as medal series leader with two points, but after scoring a 3, 7, 1, finished second with 13 points.
Brazil’s Mateus Isaac started in sixth place and after adding a 2, 2, 5, moved into the third podium place with 21 points.
Other British finalists were, Saskia Sills eighth place in the women and Sam Sills sixth in the men.
Overall Finn Hawkins finished second behind Nicola Rennain of Italy in the men’s U21 event.
The Medal Race final after Series position + 3 races:
Women:
Gold Open FRA Helene Noesmoen 2 1 1 1 – – 5 pts
Silver Open GBR Islay Watson 4 4 7 2 – – 17 pts
Bronze U21 ISR Shachar Reshef 6 2 5 5 – – 18 pts
4th Open FRA Lucie Belbeoch 8 9.0 BFD 2 3 – – 22 pts
5th Open ESP Pilar La Madrid 12 3 4 4 – – 23 pts
6th Open CRO Palma Cargo 14 6 3 6 – – 29 pts
7th Open ESP Nicole van der Velden 16 5 6 7 – – 34 pts
8th Open GBR Saskia Sills 10 7 9.0 DNS 8 – – 34 pts
Men:
Gold Open FRA Nicolas Goyard 4 1 1 4 – – 10 pts
Silver Open NED Huig Jan Tak 2 3 7 1 – – 13 pts
Bronzed Open BRA Mateus Isaac 12 2 2 5 – – 21 pts
4th Open NED Luuc van Opzeeland 6 5 8 3 – – 22 pts
5th Open FRA Louis Giard 8 7 3 6 – – 24 pts
6th Open GBR Samuel Sills 16 4 5 2 – – 27 pts
7th Open ISR Tom Reuveny 10 8 4 7 – – 29 pts
8th Open FRA Titouan Le Bosq 14 6 6 8 – – 34 pts