Maxim Fastovsky 124 Posted July 17, 2023 #21 Share Posted July 17, 2023 What is the competition format in the 2 new classes? i was looking at the full schedule and see something called windsurfing marathon, and only 3 days for the kite, but cannot find any good explanation anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted July 17, 2023 #22 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: What is the competition format in the 2 new classes? i was looking at the full schedule and see something called windsurfing marathon, and only 3 days for the kite, but cannot find any good explanation anywhere it's quite a mess in windsurfing, now the preliminary races are of 3 types: the classic fleet, the slalom course and 1 longer fleet race (called Marathon) at the end of the prelims, the best sailor advances directly to the final, the 2nd and 3rd ranked advance to the semifinal and the remaining 7 of the top 10 (the actual medal contenders) go through to the quarterfinal race the top 2 of the quarterfinal advance to the semifinal, then the top 2 of the semifinal advance to the final, where the 3 finalists decide which medal color they get in kitesurfing, after the prelims, the top 2 advance to the final, meanwhile the remaining 8 among the top 10 are divided into 2 semis of 4 sailors each (serpentine system is normally used) here the best of the 4 starts with 2 "ghost wins", the 2nd best with 1 "ghost win" and the other two with no bonus points the 1st to get to 3 wins (ghost wins included, of course) wins the semifinal round and advance to the final, where we have the same scheme: the 1st of the prelims starts with 2 "ghost wins", the 2nd with 1 "ghost win" and the 2 kitesurfers coming from the semis with 0 bonus points once again, the 1st to 3 total wins is the champion, then for the remaining places it's up to the number of wins in the final round and in case of a tie, the actual placing in the last regatta is the decider I think we'll see a lot of occasional viewers (and also occasional broadcasters/reporters) with some strong headache come the Olympic thanks to these crazy formats Edited July 17, 2023 by phelps Maxim Fastovsky, Josh and Nickyc707 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted December 16, 2023 #23 Share Posted December 16, 2023 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships ( Buzios) men's Windsurfer (iQFOiL) Gold: Stanislaw Trepczynski Silver: Leonardo Tomasini Bronze: Noè Garandeau women's Windsurfer (iQFOiL) Gold: Kristyna Pinosova Silver: Lina Erzen Bronze: Darcey Shaw men's Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) Gold: Maximilian Maeder Silver: Huang Qibin Bronze: Riccardo Pianosi women's Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) Gold: Derin Atakan Silver: Catalina Turienzo Bronze: Mika Kafri men's One-Person Dinghy (ILCA 6) Gold: Mattia Cesana Silver: Luka Zabukovec Bronze: Joao Pontes women's One-Person Dinghy (ILCA 6) Gold: Roos Wind Silver: Emma Mattivi Bronze: Sienna Wright men's/mixed Two-Person Dinghy (420) Gold: Quan Cardi & Mattia Tognocchi Silver: Zou Schemmel & Jean-Philippe Boudard Bronze: Miguel Angel Morales Hernandez & Alejandro Martin women's Two-Person Dinghy (420) Gold: Joana Faulhaber Tostes Antunes Gonçalves & Gabriela Vassel Silver: Maayan Shemesh & Emilie Louviot Bronze: Kerkezou Iakovina & Giannouli Danai men's/mixed Skiff (29er) Gold: Hugo Revil & Karl Devaux Silver: Alex Demurtas & Giovanni Santi Bronze: Ben O'Shaughnessy & Ethan Spain women's Skiff (29er) Gold: Ewa Lewandowska & Julia Maria Zmudzinska Silver: Sarah Jannin & Fleur Babin Bronze: Boroka Feher & Szonja Feher mixed Two-Person Multihull (Nacra 15) Gold: Daniel Garcia De La Casas & Nora Garcia De La Casas Silver: Cody Roe & Brooke Mertz Bronze: Clement Guignard & Marie Mazuay Full Results https://worldsailingywc.org/notice-board/ Josh and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,893 Posted December 16, 2023 #24 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Medal Table 2 / 3 / 1 2 / 0 / 0 1 / 2 / 1 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 1 / 0 / 0 0 / 2 / 0 0 / 1 / 1 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 1 / 0 0 / 0 / 2 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 1 maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,483 Posted December 22, 2023 #25 Share Posted December 22, 2023 NBC posted a write-up about Daniela Moroz, which our Czech/Slovak users might find interesting: https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/daniela-moroz-sailing-kite-olympics hckošice 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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