3 classes have already finished their preliminary races and from tomorrow they will be divided into gold/silver/bronze fleet, with only those on the gold fleet competing for the medals and the Olympic Quota Places
the situation so far...
men's Skiff (49er), 10 OQP available, 9 races completed, 6 to go before the medal race
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everything still very open, even if and look to be the clear favourite for gold and silver and the top 7 have built quite some margin over the rest of the fleet for the medal race and the OQPs
women's Skiff (49er FX), 10 OQP available, 9 races completed, 6 to go before the medal race
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already with the gold medal in their hands, and look to have a slight advantage over the rest of the field for the "minor" medals and then we have a fleet divided into more small groups with a hole in between them (5th to 9th, 10th to 13th, 14th to 17th) but all of them still fighting for the last OQPs
those from the 20th place on, look to be already out of contention for all the targets
mixed Multihull (Nacra 17), 9 OQP available, 9 races completed, 6 to go before the medal race
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are back to their usual dominant form (they've won all the races but 1 -when they were 2nd- so far) and are likely to win another world title
look strong and have a small margin over in the fight for silver and bronze
and are also still in contention for the medals and all the top 5 look safe for the OQP
the remaining 4 OQPs should go to those currently placed up to the 10th place, with only still having a remote chance to make the medal race, but it's a big if, as they are already 11 points behind and have the 3rd Italian crew (2020 world champions Bissaro/Frascari) in between
the next eligible crew are already 31 points off the current 10th place