Anton DAHLBERG / Fredrik BERGSTRÖM © Richard Langdon / Sailing Energy / World Sailing
MEN'S 470 GOLD MEDAL ALREADY SEALED. WOMEN'S 470 PODIUM POSITIONS STILL TO BE DECIDED BY MEDAL RACE
28 Apr 2018It was another day of light breeze in Hyères with 5-7 knots really testing the sailors' patience and nerves but a full schedule of Medal Races were completed.
Sweden's Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström sealed gold with a day to go in the Men's 470 after another two excellent results. A fourth and a second compared to the second placed Australians, Mat Belcher and Will Ryan, 15th and first gives them an unassailable 27-point lead.
Three teams including the Australians, Paul Snow Hansen and Dan Wilcox (NZL) and Tetsuya Isozaki and Akira Takayanagi (JPN), will be in contention for the remaining podium positions.
In the Women's 470, things are a bit tighter. Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz (FRA) retained their overnight lead following a pair of fifths. Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre (FRA) are nine points off in second. Ai Kondi and Miho Yoshioka (JPN) go into the Medal Race in the final podium position but have five teams who could mathematically overhaul them.