Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson of Sweden will go into the Medal Race with a six point cushion at the 470 Mixed European Championship.
Dahlberg and Karlsson wrapped-up the fleet racing with an 8 and 2 for a 37 pts total.
Although Spain’s Jordi Xammer and Nora Brugman won the second race on Saturday to remain in second, the gap to snatch gold has widened.
Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Caruso of Italy were the big movers with a 4 and 9, now in third place with 58 pts, but under pressure from the chasing pack.
Silvia Mas Depares and Nicolás Roddriguez of Spain drop to fourth after a 10 and 17, but with 62 pts will be looking to break-back into the podium places.
Also looking to challenge for a podium place will be fifth placed Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth of Germany on 63 pts.
Martin Wrigley and Eilidh McIntyre (11, 8) were the only British Sailing Team competitors to make the Medal Race, they remain in ninth overall with 75 pts.
The other gold fleet winners Saturday were Hugo Le Clech and Julia Colombe of France, they are 29th overall.
Saturday was the conclusion of all gold and silver fleet racing.
Finishing strongly in silver fleet were Diogo Costa & Carolina Joäo (POR) who won by 15 points from China’s Wenju Dong & Yani Xu.
To watch the Medal Race live on Sunday at 13:00 hours local time in Çeşme, Turkey, the link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc9KXswo9ZM
470 Mixed European Championship – Top Ten Medal Race Competitors (42 entries)
1st SWE 349 Anton DAHLBERG and Lovisa KARLSSON – – 2 1 5 1 4 11 -18 2 1 8 2 – – 37 pts
2nd ESP 44 Jordi XAMMAR and Nora BRUGMAN – – 1 2 1 6 3 10 3 3 -14 13 1 – – 43 pts
3rd ITA 3 Giacomo FERRARI and Bianca CARUSO – – 7 7 4 10 2 3 5 7 -20 4 9 – – 58 pts
4th ESP 18 Silvia MAS DEPARES and Nicolás RODRÍGUEZ – – 4 2 1 5 8 9 1 -18 5 10 17 – – 62 pts
5th GER 10 Luise WANSER and Philipp AUTENRIETH – – 5 1 6 4 1 6 8 -22 8 5 19 – – 63 pts
6th FRA 3 Hippolyte MACHETTI and Aloïse RETORNAZ – – 3 10 2 2 6 16 -22 1 6 16 6 – – 68 pts
7th GER 13 Malte WINKEL and Anastasiya WINKEL – – 8 4 10 3 5 4 4 -17 2 15 13 – – 68 pts
8th ISR 15 Nitai HASSON and Noa LASRY – – 9 3 3 5 6 -17 14 6 11 7 5 – – 69 pts
9th GBR 1 Martin WRIGLEY and Eilidh MCINTYRE – – 1 4 10 3 13 7 7 STP -17 11 8 – – 75 pts
10th SLO 64 Tina MRAK and Jakob BOZIC – – 11 16 7 4 5 18 6 4 7 6 -22 – – 84 pts
Other GBR:
16th GBR 11 Vita HEATHCOTE and William HEATHCOTE – – 2 13 5 11 8 -23 11 15 16 3 21 – – 105 pts
Silver Fleet 11th GBR 4 Charlotte Leigh and Alex Hughes – – 123 pts
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