More craziness at Paris 2024

Marseille, France (August 5, 2024) – After nine days, the ten events at the Paris 2024 Olympics are either completed or approaching the finale, though today’s light winds limited some racing.

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Event details – Results – Notice Board

Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy
Both fleets completed their Opening Series with the top ten advancing to the final double-point Medal Race to finalize the cumulative results.

The standings for the men did not change as all racing was abandoned due to light wind. That meant Australia’s Matt Wearn is guaranteed either a silver or gold when he lines up in the Medal Race tomorrow.

Pavlos Kontides is the only sailor who can overtake him, but the Cypriot is not guaranteed a medal so will have to delicately maneuver the race tomorrow if he is to reach the podium. Meanwhile, Peru’s Stefano Peschiera remains third, ten points adrift of Kontides.

With a 21-point lead, Marit Bouwmeester (NED) is on course to win gold which means she will become the most successful female sailor at an Olympic Games.

Bouwmeester will become a four-time Olympic medalist tomorrow and looked the part throughout, finishing in the top five on seven different occasions. She did have her weakest finish in race nine, placing 20th, but that mattered very little as the final race of the Opening Series was abandoned due to a lack of wind, confirming that Bouwmeester could not be overtaken at the top of the rankings.

“What a tough day, we were so close to the island,” said Bouwmeester. “It was a crazy day. I think I had a really tough Worlds and I struggled to find balance with the home situation and sailing. I’ve been building since then.

Anne-Marie Rindom, the gold medalist in Tokyo 2020, was unable to defend her crown, but still put in a fine showing on the water. She has all but secured the silver medal after finishing fourth in the first and only race of the day. Rindom also won bronze in Rio, meaning tomorrow she will complete the Olympic medal set.

“It’s really difficult to perform at an Olympic Games and really hard to perform in these conditions,” said Rindom. “I had an injury for the last three months and that sent me off a little bit. I don’t think I lived up to my level until today, but that’s sport.

Bronze is still up for grabs heading into the Medal Race tomorrow, but at the moment Norway’s Line Flem Hoest is third, five points ahead of Switzerland’s Maud Jayet who struggled on the water today.

North America Results:
Men
16. Juan Maegli (GUA)
34. Pedro Luis Fernandez Gamboa (PUR)
38. Thad Lettsome (IVB)

Women
9. Erika Reineke (USA)
10. Sarah Douglas (CAN)
26. Elena Oetling Ramirez (MEX)
36. Adriana Penruddocke (BER)
41. Charlotte Webster (CAY)

Mixed Two Person Dinghy
The first race of the day was abandoned midway through and was not restarted, meaning the overall standings did not change. Austria’s Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr lead the Mixed Dinghy, Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman follow behind and Japan’s Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka remain third.

North America Results:
12. Stuart McNay Lara Dallman-Weiss (USA)

Mixed Multihull
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) held on to their healthy lead despite having their weakest day in Marseille so far. Completing three races, they opened with yet another race win, before clocking two consecutive sixth place finishes in the penultimate day of the Opening Series.

Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco moved up a spot to second overall after posting a 3-2-2 while New Zealand’s Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson came second in the opening race of the day, but a ninth in race nine saw them drop behind the Argentinian pair, though both crews sit on the same amount of points (28).

“It was tough conditions, but we managed to survive and we’re still at the top of the results so we’re happy about that,” said Tita. “We’ve done a great job improving our performance in the light wind which is really good.”

North America Results:
16. Sarah Newberry Moore/ David Liebenberg (USA)

Men’s and Women’s Kite
Light wind limited the amount of action on the water, but that did not prevent movement in the rankings.

Max Maeder (SNG) moved into the lead after placing third in the only race of the day. Slovenia’s Toni Vodisek came tenth in race five, which moved him down a spot to second overall, but he is on the same number of points as Maeder. Austria’s Valentin Bontus also moved down to fill the third spot, after he placed fourth in race five.

Switzerland’s Elena Lengwiler won the only race of the day which moved her up to third while Great Britain’s Ellie Aldridge retains the overall lead. With reigning World Champion Lauriane Nolot (FRA) dropping to fourth overall after posting a sixth today, a second place finish by USA’s Daniela Moroz moved her to second overall.

North America Results:
Men
12. Markus Edegran (USA)
17. Tiger Tyson (ANT)

Women
2. Daniela Moroz (USA)
19. Emily Bugeja (CAN)

Tomorrow:
The Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy fleets will hold their final double-point Medal Race to finalize their cumulative results. The Mixed Two Person Dinghy and Mixed Multihull have three races planned while the Men’s and Women’s Kite each have five races scheduled.

Event details – Results – Notice Board

Medal Count (G-S-B) – Four of 10 events completed
Israel: 1-1-0
Netherlands: 1-0-1
Italy: 1-0-0
Spain: 1-0-0
Australia: 0-1-0
New Zealand: 0-1-0
Sweden: 0-1-0
Great Britain: 0-0-1
France: 0-0-1
USA: 0-0-1

Source: World Sailing