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It was not the success expected but despite the extreme light conditions, Grand Finals were experienced on the last day of racing in the Finn and Yngling classes. The priority was given to the scheduled final race in each class before moving on to the Grand Finals. With the light breeze rotating all day, it was a real headache for the racing committees to achieve the day's programme. As a result, one race was sailed today in six classes.

Racing was cancelled in the Tornados, Mistrals, and 470's. Winners include Antonia FREY (GRE) in the Mistral Women and Ivan PASTOR (ESP) in the Men's fleet. Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadege DOUROUX (FRA) and Gideon KLIGER and Ehud GAL (ISR) took the titles in the 470 fleets. Xavier REVIL and Christophe ESPAGNON (FRA) provided France with another gold in the Tornados.

After one race today, overall standings remains unchanged in the 2.4 Metre and 49ers.

German crews had a great final final in the 49er fleet © Gilles Martin-Raget/FFV

Helena LUCAS finished clear at the top of the British pack who claimed the top five places in the overall 2.4 Metre rankings. She sailed a faultless regatta securing the title with bullets in the first seven of the eight races. German crews dominated the last race in the 49er claiming the first three places. After finishing second in the day's race, Jan-Peter PECKOLT and brother, Hannes took gold in front of teammates and winners of race ten, Marcus BAUR and Max GROY (GER). Third place overall went to the Spanish team of Alberto PADRON and Javier DE LA PLAZA.

In the new Olympic equipment for the single-handed dinghy women, the Laser Radial, Sophie DE TURCKHEIM (FRA) demonstrated her versatility by winning races in all range of weather. With another victory yesterday, she is the winner with the best results across all the Olympic classes. She climbed to the top step of the podium with fellow French sailor Solenne BRAIN in second. Croatia's Mateja PETRONIJEVIC took third.

The Laser is the only boat to see a change of leadership today after the overnight leaders suffered a terrible final race. Australian Tom SLINGSBY climbed from third to first after finishing fourth in the last race. Thursday's leader Milan VUJASINOVIC (CRO) finished 15 in the final race dropping him to third sandwiched between fellow teammates Mate ARAPOV (CRO) in second Luka RADELIC (CRO) in fourth. Paul GOODISON (GBR), second overnight, also took a tumble down the leaderboard with a 30 in race nine meaning his finished ninth overall.

One race in the Yngling saw the USA team secure their only victory of the regatta. Sally BARKOW, Carrie HOWE and Debbie CAPOZZI took sixth place in race nine whilst their nearest rivals, the British team helmed by Sarah AYTON, had a DSQ, but remained second overall. Fifth in the final race was enough for Ekaterina SKUDINA, Tatiana LARTSEVA and Diana KRUTSKIKH (RUS) to secure third spot on the leaderboard. Scheduled to race in the Grand Finals, the trio had not yet finished their day's racing.

Emilios PAPATHANASIOU (GRE) has been in the lead from the start of the Finn regatta. Michael MAIER (CZE) finished second, 26 points ahead of Ed WRIGHT (GBR). They were the first boats to experience the Grand Finals format that has been tried here for the first time in view of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Despite the disagreement of the Greek and the Czech sailors who were contesting the fairness of such format, racing got underway with light winds. PAPATHANASIOU won both races, proving his ability in the fleet and 'three boat matches'. The three boat formant saw some fierce battles with on the water judging frequently experienced. Results at completion of the Grand Finals did not upset positions in the fleet.

The closely fought Grand Final in the Yngling was cut short by the conditions © Gilles Martin-Raget/FFV

The scenario in the Grand Finals was totally different in the Yngling with a race won by each team in a tight competition. Unfortunately the weather intervened again and the deadline in the Sailing Instructions did not leave enough time for a fourth race to be sailed and define a winner. The results from the fleet racing were therefore validated.

Grand Finals were also scheduled for the 49ers. However, the wind strength was below the class limit and the sailors sailed back to shore.

A few of the sailors, officials and trainers gave their first impressions on the Grand Finals format.

Philippe GOUARD - French Technical Director
'It is a good idea. Our sport needs to be more media friendly. We should also investigate real times results and positioning. However, we have to be careful not to compromise the performance of our sport.'

Marianne ORVIN MIDDLETON (NOR) - International Jury
'Today was an experiment. We need more wind to make it more interesting and closer to the shore. '

Rene APPEL - Hong Kong coach
'I don't really like the idea. It is very difficult to organize in all classes, and I think it is hard to understand for the media. The winner should be the one that is the best in all range of wind, not decided in one day.'

Carolijn BROUWER (BEL) - Tornado sailor
'Why not! We have to try different formats and see which one is the best. One thing is sure: we have to promote our sport better and make it easier to understand.'

Emilios PAPATHANASIOU (GRE) - Finn sailor
'It is not fair for the sailor who wins the regatta. The third placed has everything to win and the first everything to lose. It is hard work during five days and then everything is decided in Match Racing, this is different. I think this is not fair for the sailors. Also this regatta is important for me and my Federation, it is wrong to have experiment here. It would be better to give an advantage of the fleet winner.'

Sally BARKOW (USA) - Yngling sailor
'We think it will be lots of fun. We can't wait to do that. We have big experience in Match racing and it might give us an advantage.'

Sergey KUZOVOV - Russian coach
'We have to make sure that the finals are giving an advantage to the leader, also our Federation thinks that it would be better with more sailors so we don't have a match racing. We have to try different formats.'

Top Ten Results

470 Men

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	ISR	Gidéon KLIGER	Ehud GAL	2	6	1	2	2	(23)	15	3	31
2	FRA	Benjamin BONNAUD	Romain BONNAUD	2	3	2	4	1	4	17	(OCS)	33
3	UKR	Evgeniy BRASLAVETS	Igor MATVIENKO	1	8	4	1	1	22	(DNF)	4	41
4	POR	Alvaro MARINHO	Miguel NUNES	10	6	1	1	5	(13)	8	11	42
5	AUS	Mathew BELCHER	Nick BEHRENS	6	2	(17)	3	8	9	5	9	42
6	CRO	Sime FANTELA	Igor MARENIC	7	(21)	5	5	4	2	14	6	43
7	GRE	Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS	Andreas PAPADOPOULOS	(12)	10	10	7	7	5	1	5	45
8	FRA	Pierre LEBOUCHER	Vincent GAROS	8	1	3	2	4	11	(25)	17	46
9	NED	Sven COSTER	Kalle COSTER	3	13	8	14	3	(20)	3	2	46
10	SWE	Johan MOLUND	Patrik JOHANSSON	4	10	2	3	3	(29)	12	18	52

470 Women

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	FRA	Ingrid PETITJEAN	Nadege DOUROUX	2	2	1	3	1	8	(15)	4	2	23
2	ISR	Vered BUSKILA	Nike KORNECKI	1	3	8	2	6	5	(12)	1	6	32
3	ESP	Natalia VIA DUFRESNE	Laia TUTZO	11	(OCS)	5	4	4	1	7	2	1	35
4	AUT	Sylvia VOGL	Carolina FLATSCHER	6	5	3	5	2	3	8	5	(14)	37
5	GBR	Christina BASSADONE	Saskia CLARK	4	4	4	13	5	11	4	(DNF)	7	52
6	POL	Katarzyna TYLINSKA	Zuzanna GLADYSZ	5	(OCS)	6	8	11	6	9	3	5	53
7	NED	Marcelien DE KONING	Lobke BERKHOUT	(DNF)	1	2	1	3	16	10	9	12	54
8	FRA	Camille LECOINTRE	Gwendolyn LEMAITRE	(DNF)	6	9	10	8	2	6	11	4	56
9	GBR	Pippa WILSON	Sheena CRAIG	(DNF)	11	7	6	9	4	5	7	16	65
10	ITA	Elisabetta SACCHEGGIANI	Myriam CUTOLO	14	16	15	15	(18)	7	1	6	8	82

49er

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	GER	Jan-Peter PECKOLT	Hannes PECKOLT	4	3	RDG	(7)	3	1	1	2	1	2	21.7
2	GER	Marcus BAUR	Max GROY	7	4	2	4	2	3	3	(10)	2	1	28
3	ESP	Alberto PADRON	Javier DE LA PLAZA	O+R	3	6	2	6	5	4	1	(OCS)	6	34
4	AUT	Nico DELLE KARTH	Nikolaus RESCH	6	4	5	3	5	(8)	7	3	3	4	40
5	GBR	John PINK	Alex HOPSON	5	8	9	5	1	7	2	(19)	4	7	48
6	ESP	Federico ALONSO	Arturo ALONSO	7	5	5	10	7	2	8	12	5	(13)	61
7	UKR	Rodion LUKA	George LEONCHUK	3	2	9	7	11	4	14	7	8	(OCS)	65
8	ITA	Gianfranco SIBELLO	Piero SIBELLO	1	1	1	1	9	(21)	19	14	6	15	67
9	FRA	Emmanuel DYEN	Yann ROCHERIEUX	4	6	3	3	12	9	10	17	(OCS)	5	69
10	FRA	Alexandre MONTEAU	Damien GUILLOU	5	5	4	6	15	6	(18)	11	14	11	77

Finn

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GRE	Emilios PAPATHANASIOU	1	3	2	1	2	(9)	1
2	CZE	Michael MAIER	6	9	6	4	3	(12)	2
3	GBR	Ed WRIGHT	3	5	11	(25)	14	8	3
4	DEN	Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN	13	1	21	2	6	(DNF)	43
5	POL	Waclaw SZUKIEL	7	16	18	(22)	1	5	47
6	SLO	Gasper VINCEC	5	8	15	3	(17)	16	47
7	SWE	Johan TILLANDER	9	2	(20)	12	11	14	48
8	NED	Sander WILLEMS	16	10	4	(21)	12	7	49
9	ESP	Rafael TRUJILLO	2	4	19	(27)	5	20	50
10	IRL	Aaron O'GRADY	11	13	12	6	(26)	11	53

Laser

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	AUS	Tom SLINGSBY	3	2	1	2	4	8	14	(21)	4	38
2	CRO	Mate ARAPOV	1	1	3	3	6	9	(17)	13	6	42
3	CRO	Milan VUJASINOVIC	1	4	2	5	3	13	1	(17)	15	44
4	CRO	Luka RADELIC	9	3	7	3	3	14	(24)	1	8	48
5	GER	Alexander SCHLONSKI	6	8	3	5	2	(41)	3	20	3	50
6	SLO	Vasilij ZBOGAR	8	12	2	6	7	3	(27)	5	10	53
7	AUT	Andreas GERITZER	4	6	5	1	4	15	15	4	(28)	54
8	GRE	Evangelos CHIMONAS	2	4	10	7	3	4	(25)	6	23	59
9	GBR	Paul GOODISON	4	2	6	9	7	1	(30)	3	30	62
10	GBR	Mark HOWARD	2	11	2	14	16	7	2	8	(38)	62

Laser Radial

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	FRA	Sophie DE TURCKHEIM	1	2	3	1	1	(19)	1	2	1	12
2	FRA	Solenne BRAIN	5	3	2	4	3	(12)	5	9	2	33
3	CRO	Mateja PETRONIJEVIC	1	2	(OCS)	6	8	2	4	8	6	37
4	GBR	Lizzie VICKERS	6	1	1	3	2	11	17	(23)	3	44
5	BLR	Tatiana DROZDOVSKAYA	2	15	5	2	1	(18)	12	3	16	56
6	NED	Merel WITTEVEEN	3	6	2	1	2	29	7	(31)	9	59
7	SWE	Karin SODERSTROM	8	11	8	(OCS)	12	5	9	5	8	66
8	LTU	Volungeviciute GINTARE	2	12	5	3	7	10	23	(29)	5	67
9	CRO	Gea BARBIC	9	9	3	8	10	9	8	11	(28)	67
10	POL	Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA	(19)	4	8	7	3	13	16	7	13	71

Mistral Men

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	ESP	Ivan PASTOR	2	5	11	4	(18)	16	2	2	1	43
2	POL	Piotr MYSZKA	9	2	5	1	2	2	(39)	8	15	44
3	FRA	Quentin HENRY	4	3	9	10	4	6	(12)	6	5	47
4	FRA	Fabrice HASSEN	1	1	4	2	1	1	25	(DNF)	13	48
5	UKR	Max OBEREMKO	10	4	3	6	5	10	8	(29)	6	52
6	HKG	Ho Chi HO	12	14	13	5	11	12	(23)	3	3	73
7	FRA	Nicolas BEUDOU	20	11	1	3	6	17	5	12	(DNF)	75
8	FRA	Samuel LAUNAY	3	8	8	(DNF)	17	5	16	7	14	78
9	CYP	Andreas CARIOLOU	6	7	2	11	3	3	32	27	(OCS)	91
10	CHN	Yuanguo ZHOU	19	10	10	19	(29)	8	9	10	10	95

Mistral Women

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	GRE	Antonia FREY	3	3	5	6	3	2	-7	6	28
2	GER	Amelie LUX	7	5	-8	8	4	3	2	1	30
3	UKR	Olga MASLIVETS	1	1	1	1	1	12	13	-14	30
4	HKG	Wai Kei CHAN	11	6	-12	3	5	10	3	5	43
5	CHN	Jian YIN	10	4	-15	12	10	6	6	3	51
6	CHN	Mingli DUAN	13	10	-14	9	9	5	5	4	55
7	ITA	Flavia TARTAGLINI	9	16	9	7	2	4	9	-19	56
8	FRA	Marine BEHAGHEL	6	15	11	-16	15	7	4	2	60
9	ESP	Marina ALABAU	5	7	4	-17	16	8	11	9	60
10	FRA	Pauline PERRIN	8	13	3	4	12	11	10	-15	61

Tornado

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	FRA	Xavier REVIL	Christophe ESPAGNON	2	3	7	7	1	(16)	20
2	GBR	Rob WILSON	Mark BULKELEY	4	5	2	2	9	(25)	22
3	FRA	Matthieu SOUBEN	Gurwan BONTEMPS	5	10	(14)	6	5	6	32
4	RUS	Andrey KIRILYUK	Valery USHKOV	8	8	5	8	4	(20)	33
5	GER	Johannes POLGAR	Florian SPALTEHOLZ	1	2	4	10	17	(22)	34
6	GER	Roland GABLER	Gunnar STRUCKMANN	19	11	6	4	(24)	7	47
7	GBR	Hugh STYLES	Graham VIALS	12	(DNF)	13	12	3	8	48
8	BEL	Carolijn BROUWER	Sebastien GODEFROID	14	7	12	9	(26)	9	51
9	ESP	Fernando ECHAVARRI	Anton PAZ	(OCS)	1	1	1	12	DSQ	52
10	FRA	Billy BESSON	Romain MOTTEAU	3	(DNF)	10	17	20	3	53

Yngling

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	USA	Sally BARKOW	Carrie HOWE	Debbie CAPOZZI	1	3	2	3	3	3	(11)	1	6	22
2	GBR	Sarah AYTON	Annie LUSH	Lisa MACDONALD	3	2	1	2	1	7	8	2	(DSQ)	26
3	RUS	Ekaterina SKUDINA	Tatiana LARTSEVA	Diana KRUTSKIKH	2	8	3	1	7	(9)	4	3	5	33
4	NED	Janneke HIN	Brechtje VAN DER WERF	Petronell DE JONG	4	6	5	4	(14)	8	2	8	1	38
5	FRA	Anne LE HELLEY-SALOMON	Marion DEPLANQUE	Catherine LEPESANT	12	1	8	11	2	2	(14)	10	2	48
6	UKR	Ruslana TARAN	Ganna KALININA	Svitlana MATEVUSHEVA	6	7	7	7	(11)	1	5	5	10	48
7	RUS	Vlada ILIENKO	Natalia GAPONOVICH	Ekaterina KOVALENKO	10	4	12	(DNF)	9	4	1	4	9	53
8	DEN	Trine PALLUDAN	Christina OTZEN	Ida HARTVIG	5	12	6	6	8	(OCS)	3	12	7	59
9	GER	Kristin WAGNER	Anna HOELL	Angela STENGER	(11)	9	7	9	4	10	6	6	8	59
10	RUS	Anna BASALKINA	Vlada UKRAINTSEVA	Galina LUKASHOVA	9	10	9	5	5	5	7	(11)	11	61