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Highlights from the third day of ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres - Part 1

The Men's 470 lead went to and fro all week but Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) held their nerve to add a gold medal to their two silvers from the 2013-2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup series. Silver went to Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) whilst Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) took bronze.

Female ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) won the Women's 470 Medal Race and with it gold as they made it three consecutive 200-point regatta wins in a row.
France's Camille Lecointre and Hélène Defrance had held the lead in the Women's 470 for the large part of the week but came undone on the final day as a sixth knocked them off gold medal position. They were made to settle for silver whilst bronze went to Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark (GBR).

Billy Besson and Marie Riou went into the Nacra 17 Medal Race with an unassailable 22 point lead and the gold medal sewn up. ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami gold medallists Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (ITA) added a World Cup silver to their collection having finished in fifth. Bronze went to Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis (AUS).

Highlights from the Finn Medal Race at 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca, Spain.

Highlights from the Laser Radial Medal Race at 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca, Spain.

Highlights from the Men's RS:X Medal Race at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca

Highlights from the RS:X Women's Medal Race at 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca

Highlights from the fifth day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca

Highlights from the fourth day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca

Gold fleet racing got underway in six Olympic events at ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca. We caught up with three of the leaders and got race highlights from all of the day's proceedings. View results from Mallorca on the ISAF Sailing World Cup website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php

It was a crazy day on the Nacra 17 course with capsizes, close shaves and high octane speed as the sailors pushed their boats to the max.

Four boys and four girls Byte CII Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games places were taken at the North American Championship, held out of the US Sailing Center Martin County.

The 2011 World Champion Giles Scott (GBR) made a successful come from behind victory on Saturday to take home the gold medal. Scott finished nine seconds behind Luke Lawrence (USA) for second place. Overnight leader Oliver Tweddell (AUS) slipped up with an eighth place finish Saturday after leading by nine points.

World #3 Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) continued their triumphant ways on Saturday by coming from behind to win the medal race and seal the gold medal in the small but talented Women's 470.

Saturday belonged to the French team of Sofian Bouvet and Jeremie Mion who notched their first ISAF World Cup victory. A fourth place finish was good enough to secure the gold medal

World #2 Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) continued his winning ways and held on to his three point lead from Friday. He placed fifth Saturday, which was enough to win by four points over medal race winner and 2013 World Champion Robert Scheidt (BRA).

World #1 Bryony Shaw (GBR) once again proved her all-round credentials in the Women's RS:X by taking her first gold of 2014.

A Medal Race bullet ensured Byron Kokkalanis (GRE) took gold in style in the Men's RS:X.

Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (ITA) secured gold in emphatic fashion in the Nacra 17, winning the Medal Race by 16 seconds over compatriots Federica Salva and Francesco Bianchi.