TOP TEN TEAMS ADVANCE TO THE MEDAL RACE OF THE 53RD SOF!
29 Apr 2022The 5th day of the "53rd French Olympic Week" (Semaine Olympique Française = SOF) held in Hyères, France on April 29th was held in the weakest wind conditions.
It was another glorious day of unending blue skies in Hyères, but the shift right from 6-8-knot offshore northeasterlies to a bigger south-southwesterly breeze did not materialise and many teams struggled for consistency as they watched their podium places disappear.
With only one race possible as the wind dropped off, Sweden’s Anton Dahlberg (silver in the Tokyo Olympics last year) and Lovisa Karlsson held onto their lead but saw it cut to just three points ahead of France’s Hippolyte Machetti and Aloise Retornaz going into the Medal Race. The Swedes were fifth in the race, the French third and Austria’s Lara Vadlau and Lukas Mahr won it to move into third place, seven points behind the Swedes.
The big losers of the day were Germany’s Luise Wanser & Philipp Autenrieth who after finishing 13th in the last race on Thursday night were also 13th on Friday. Very unlucky for some. They are now 14 points behind the Swedes.
Everyone in the Medal Races tomorrow will be eyeing the weather nervously with strong westerlies forecast for the afternoon after very light conditions in the morning, will they arrive in time for the racing?
