Day 6 of racing at the 2023 World Championships at The Hague, Holland, with the first four Medal Race qualifiers decided.
The day was also the final Nacra17 race for Santiago Lange (ARG) who is to retire following the 2023 Sailing World Championship after a 43 year career including three Olympic medals.
The sailing hero won medals in three events, including a Gold at Rio 2016 at 54 years old. More incredibly, his Rio gold came after winning a fight against cancer that claimed one of his lungs just months before beginning the Olympic regatta.
Santiago Raul Lange has been sailing with Victoria Travascio at the 2023 Worlds.
The first Medal races are now scheduled for Thursday for the Nacra 17 and the 470 dinghy.
No one is going to catch Italy’s Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti in the Nacra 17 Medal race, unless they fail to finish, but John Gimson and Anna Burnet look safe in second, while third place will be where the action is.
The second Medal race will be for the 470 dinghy wher Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Japan have only to complete the race to pick-up Gold.
The battle will be for the other podium places with Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman of Spain and Germany’s Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort leading the pack.
Britain failed to make the Medal race. Best placed were Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris 14th, and Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube 16th.
Friday will see the second tranch of Medal Races.
In the men’s 49er, Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken of Holland have the Gold to loose (with difficulty).
Leaving Spain’s Diego Botin and Florian Trittel Paul, and the Swiss pair Sebastien Schneiter and Arno de Planta to decide the other podium places.
Britain’s James Peters and Fynn Sterritt are are in fourth place after a game-saving final race win Wednesday, but the podium will be a stretch.
In the women’s 49erFX, Sweden’s Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler are another team with the Gold all but theirs.
The Dutch pair Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetzwill tussle with Australia’s Olivia Price Evie Haseldine for the othe podium places.
Britain’s Freya Black and Saskia Tidey made the Medal race in fifth place.
Note: All competitors qualifying to the Medal Race are required to sail the race. It’s a double-point-scoring race that you have to count in your overall series.
Day 5 – 2023 World Championships – Medal Race Leaders and GBR:
Nacra17 Mixed – Leaders after 15 races, 1 discard (49 entries)
1st ITA Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti – – 29 pts
2nd GBR John Gimson and Anna Burnet – – 44.5 pts
3rd SWE Emil Jarudd and Hanna Jonsson – – 62 pts
470 Mixed- Leaders after 11 races, 1 discard (64 entries)
1st JPN Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka – – 39 pts
2nd ESP Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman – – 77 pts
3rd GER Malte Winkel and Anastasiya Winkel – – 80 pts
49er Men- Leaders after 15 races, 1 discard (83 entries)
1st NED Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken – – 45 pts
2nd ESP Diego Botin and Florian Trittel Paul – – 71 pts
3rd SUI Sebastien Schneiter and Arno de Planta – – 76 pts
4th GBR James Peters and Fynn Sterritt – – 88 pts
49erFX Women- Leaders after 15 races, 1 discard (59 entries)
1st SWE Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler – – 48 pts
2nd NED Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz – – 84 pts
3rd AUS Olivia Price Evie Haseldine – – 88 pts
4th BEL Isaura Maenhaut and Anouk Geurts – – 99 pts
5th GBR Freya Black and Saskia Tidey – – 101 pts
ILCA7 Men- Leaders after 6 races (138 entries)
1st GBR Michael Beckett 3 1 3 2 BFD 2 – – 11 pts
2nd AUS Matt Wearn -11 11 6 5 1 3 – – 26 pts
3rd CYP Pavlos Kontides 4 2 19 1 5 -35 – – 31 pts
ILCA6 Women- Leaders after 6 races (109 entries)
1st HUN Maria Erdi 5 1 3 7 -17 4 – – 20 pts
2nd BEL Emma Plasschaert 7 11 -30 2 2 3 – – 25 pts
3rd AUS Casey Imeneo 16 5 8 -35 3 1 – – 33 pts
Best GBR
10th GBR Hannah Snellgrove -28 3 22 2 7 15 – – 49 pts
iQFOiL Women- Leaders after 9 races, 2 Discard (88 entries)
1st GBR Emma Wilson 4 3 2 1 2 -7 -7 1 3 – – 16 pts
2nd ISR Shahar Tibi 3 -10 1 8 5 3 -11 1 1 – – 22 pts
3rd FRA Helene Noesmoen 5 -7 3 1 1 7 1 -13 7 – – 25 pts
iQFOiL Men- Leaders after 9 races, 2 Discard (93 entries)
1st ITA Nicolo Renna -15 3 3 5 -9 5 1 1 1 – – 19 pts
2nd GER Sebastian Kordel 10.7 3 1 1 4 -31 -27 1 1 – – 21.7 pts
3rd ISR Yoav Omer 5 -11 1 -13 2 9 5 7 5 – – 34 pts
Best GBR:
8th GBR Andy Brown -33 5 7 5 -19 7 11 15 3 – – 53 pts
Kite Men- Leaders after 11 races, 2 Discard (84 entries)
1st SLO Toni Vodisek 1 1 1 -3 -4 1 1 -2 1 2 1 – – 9 pts
2nd SGP Maximilian Maeder 1 1 1 -2 2 1 1 1 2 -4 -8 – – 10 pts
3rd ITA Riccardo Pianosi 1 -4 2 1 -5 4 4 3 -5 3 3 – – 21 pts
Best GBR
8th GBR Connor Bainbridge -14 3 4 2 5 -7 -11 3 1 5 5 – – 28 pts
Kite Women- Leaders after 12 races, 2 Discard (53 entries)
1st FRA Lauriane Nolot -7 1 1 -2 -28 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – 10 pts
2nd GBR Eleanor Aldridge -13 -28 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 -3 – – – – – – – – – – 14 pts
3rd GBR Lily Young -28 2 2 1 2 -28 2 3 -28 6 2 4 – – – – – – – – – – 24 pts
