Breeze In, Game On

The breeze is in for the penultimate day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao with 18-20 knots of south westerly breeze on the agenda.

Thursday was a light wind, strong current day for the racers but whilst the strong current remains a stronger breeze will pass through and with gusts of 22 knots it will be an intriguing day on the water.

Three races are scheduled across the six fleets with the first start scheduled for 12:00 local time.

As it stands, Olga Maslivets (RUS) and Byron Kokkalanis (GRE) hold a steady lead in the RS:X fleets.

Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) will look to increase his lead in the Laser. The Croatian has amassed four out of five victories and is firmly in control. A tight battle at the top of the Laser Radial has developed with four points separating the top four. Dongshuang Zhang (CHN) leads on nine points whilst Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR), Tine Mihelic (CRO) and Sara Winther (NZL) are tied on 13 points.

In the Men’s 470 Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp (ESP) have the lead on nine points after a solid single race on Thursday. Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE) are second on 13 points with Pavel Sozykin and Denis Gribanov (RUS) third on 15 points. Mengxi Wei and Yani Xu (CHN) are putting on a show in the Women’s 470 with excellent consistent racing. The pair have five top three finishes and lead by seven points.

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Results

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