Sailing WS 49er, 49er FX & Nacra 17 Foiling World Championships 2019

[Vojthas 949]

26 minutes ago, monte88 said:

ARG relocation to PER

Nacra 17 relocation USA to PRC

PRC? Do you mean PUR ?

[monte88 17]

Yes, PUR

[monte88 17]

6 godzin temu, Benolympique napisał:

Why on Wikipedia I see France in 49er fx qualified?

 

 

FRA is also qualified = no Africa country

Edited December 8, 2019 by monte88

[Olympian1010 8,274]

2 minutes ago, monte88 said:

 

 

FRA is also qualified, because Africa don't used continental quota.

I would wait for confirmation on that. Hopefully @JoshMartini007 (the master and supreme overlord of Olympic qualification) may grant us a vision.

[dcro 10,210]

44 minutes ago, monte88 said:

 

 

FRA is also qualified = no Africa country

 

That's not confirmed. Essentially anyome can simply enter the event and get away with a free quota, even if that is unlikely with Africa.

[Gianlu33 5,374]

Bissari and Fraccari are the new world champion!

 

[phelps 8,404]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

Bissari and Fraccari are the new world champion!

 

 

and this makes the Italian internal qualification battle a mess...2 different pairs back-to-back world champions... I think this is an absolute premiere for our Olympic Sailing classes...it never happened before even in our very successful women's windsurfing history...

 

now...who do we have to choose to go at the Olympics?

[phelps 8,404]

Epic Battles determine three World Titles

 

Auckland witnessed the climax of three tensely fought World Championships, where none of the victors had it easy

 

Challenging Auckland wind and waves played their part in determining the outcome of the Hyundai 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 World Championships.

 

We have three winners, but anyone watching the groundbreaking live coverage will know that there were no runaway winners from this epic regatta.

 

Italians prevail in 3-way catfight

 

The Nacra 17 Medal Race was a three-way battle for gold, with only 3 points separating Bissaro/Frascari (ITA 5), Cenholt/Lubeck (DEN 71) and Waterhouse/Darmanin (AUS 2).

 

Each of these three teams took different paths up the first beat, none of which worked out tremendously.

 

However it was the Italians who were ahead of the Danish, with the Australians back in last place.

 

The Italians shifted over in the second upwind and forced the Danes backwards with a tight cover on DEN 71.

 

The Danes had one final chance to make the pass they needed on the final downwind, but the Italians were not to be denied and took Championship victory by just a few boat lengths.

 

For Bissaro and Frascari the victory couldn’t have come at a better time.

 

For most of this Olympic cycle since Rio 2016, Tita and Banti (ITA 26) have been the dominant force.

 

However, the outgoing World Champions struggled to find their form until late in the regatta.

 

A victory in the Medal Race helped lift them to 7th overall, but Bissaro and Frascari have been the class act throughout the week. 

 

Finishing last in the Medal Race meant Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin had to settle for bronze, six points in front of John Gimson & Anna Burnet (GBR) who led the early part of the week.

 

Earlier in the regatta Gimson and Burnet had put themselves in the box seat for Olympic selection but the fast-closing Ben Saxton and Nikki Boniface (GBR) closed the gap by the end of the regatta, finishing 2 points and 2 places behind their British selection rivals.

 

Sandwiched between the British crews in 5th place overall was Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel (ESP), who are one of many that have a serious shot at an Olympic medal in the Nacra 17 next summer.

 

49er: Heil & Ploessel make Burling & Tuke sweat for their 5th world title 

 

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won a fifth world title to add to the four consecutive victories they enjoyed between 2013 and 2016.

 

This will be one of the sweetest victories, however, not least because it’s on home waters, but also because of how hard the Kiwis were forced to work for this gold medal.

 

Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel had made a bit of a mess of the previous day’s racing but the Germans really turned it on at the end of the competition.

 

With Burling/ Tuke forced out of the first Gold Fleet race of the morning due to a broken tiller extension, the Germans had the opportunity to close the points gap.

 

Heil/ Ploessel came from deep in the pack to record a ninth place and then were fast out of the blocks in the next race, winning that one at a canter.

 

Fortunately for home fans Burling/ Tuke had recovered their composure to finish third behind the Germans.

 

This gave New Zealand an 8-point gap going into the double-points, 10-boat Medal Race, effectively a four-boat buffer on their German rivals.

 

As good as in the bag for the talented New Zealanders, surely.

 

But no! While racing up the first beat the Germans forced the Kiwis to tack off and Burling slipped from his trapeze handle during the tack to almost capsize.

 

Rounding the windward mark in ninth and out of gold medal position, Burling and Tuke turned on their downwind jets – moving up the fleet and with a few more passes were up into fourth.

 

With the Germans in second there was nothing left that could be done by Heil and Ploessel.

 

Burling and Tuke rose to the occasion despite showing some rare unforced errors, and were pushed hard all the way by Heil and Ploessel.

 

After a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Games, the Germans have displayed sufficient class to be able to dream of beating the New Zealanders to the top step at Tokyo 2020 next summer. 

 

After looking like they might not even make the 25-boat cut for Gold Fleet earlier in the week, Diego Botin & Iago Marra (ESP) made the comeback of the regatta.

 

The Spanish had a shot at the bronze medal if things went their way, and winning the Medal Race was the best way for them to conclude their time in Auckland.

 

The 2017 World Champions Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell (GBR) looked to be in trouble but the Brits finished 8th in the Medal Race which was sufficient to hang on to the last medal by a single point from the Spanish.

 

At least the Spanish have done enough to secure a spot for the Olympic Games after failing to make the Gold Fleet at the previous Worlds in Denmark.

 

49erFX: Brazilian capsize confirms 49er FX title for the Netherlands

 

The 49erFX Championship was a prize fight between the Olympic Gold medallists Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze and the reigning World Champions Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz.

 

The Brazilians used some downwind magic in the first race of the morning to pull in front, but the Dutch sailed perfect beats in race two.

 

The overall lead changed in both races with the Dutch ultimately taking a 2-point advantage into the Medal Race.

 

In other words, no advantage at all, under the double-points format of the Medal Race.

 

With a who-beats-who medal race the Dutch and Brazilians were in lock step up the beat with wind and wave conditions getting even more challenging than the 49er race seen earlier.

 

The action started when race leaders and potential bronze medallists Tina Lutz and Susan Beuke (GER 29) went for their gybe and hit a wave midway through – forcing an expensive capsize.

 

With the rest of the fleet hurtling toward the leeward gate the Dutch played it fairly safe and rounded but the Brazilians, hot on their tail, couldn’t release the spinnaker halyard and ended up in a spectacular capsize with Grael jumping clear of the boat as they flipped over the leeward mark.

 

Essentially the race for gold was over at that point, with the Dutch guiding their boat safely around the course to claim their gold.

 

The Danish team of Ida Nielsen and Marie Olsen took a second place in the race to pass the Norwegians and Germans to claim the bronze medal. 

 

Bekkering and Duetz are now the only two-time 49erFX World Champions in the history of the skiff class, and they won the European Championship earlier this year as well.

 

While Grael and Kunze are never to be ignored, the Dutch may have taken over their status as favourites for Tokyo 2020 next summer.

[phelps 8,404]

Mixed Nacra 17

Gold: Maelle Frascari & Vittorio Bissaro

Silver: Lin Cenholt & Christian Peter Lübeck

Bronze: Lisa Darmanin & Jason Waterhouse

 

Full Results:

https://nacra17.org/events/2019-world-championship/#results

 

Women's 49er FX

Gold: Annemiek Bekkering & Annette Duetz

Silver: Martine Soffiatti-Grael & Kahena Kunze

Bronze: Ida Marie Baad Nielsen & Marie Thusgaard Olsen

 

Full Results:

https://49er.org/event/2019-world-championship/#49erfxresults

 

Men's 49er

Gold: Peter Burling & Blair Tuke

Silver: Erik Heil & Thomas Ploessel

Bronze: Dylan Fletcher-Scott & Stuart Bithell

 

Full Results:

https://49er.org/event/2019-world-championship/#49erresults

[Agger 1,710]

So happy for Ida and Marie. Great showing putting them pretty close to the Olympic spot