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2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - Medal Race places decided

by ISAF on 30 Nov 2014
Byron Kokkalanis (GRE) Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy http://www.sailingenergy.com/
2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - Abu Dhabi - The Medal Race places in the ten Olympic and open kiteboarding events were decided at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates after a tense day of competition.

The top ten in each fleet will advance to the Medal Race in a do or die battle for ISAF Sailing World Cup Final glory and a share of the $200,000 prize fund.

It was another beautiful day in Abu Dhabi with clear blue skies, a north westerly breeze at 10-13 knots with the Emirati waters filled with the sails of 270 sailors from 38 nations.

Men's RS:X

ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao gold medallist Byron Kokkalanis (GRE) pulled within one point of overnight leader Louis Giard (FRA) after a hard day of graft in the 19-boat Men's RS:X fleet.

Like all of the fleet, Kokkalanis (GRE) has had to work hard for good positions and has been the most consistent racer in the pack. A string of top five results put him in a strong place going into Sunday's Medal Races as he sits one point behind Giard.

Immediately after racing an exhausted Kokkalanis said, 'It was a really tough day. The wind was shifting and one time it was ten knots and then the next it was 15. It was really hard. We've had some ups and downs, all of us.

'I managed to finish fourth in the first race, fourth in the second race and third in the third but again, it was really tough. I don’t know the point’s situation now but I'm close to the guy in first, Louis Giard.'

Giard could not find the frightening form he had from the day prior where he won all of the races. Instead he notched up two eighth place finishes and discarded a 14th. Kokkalanis has the big race experience having won gold at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami earlier on in the year and most recently Qingdao and knows what he has to do to take the title, 'I will plan for tomorrow's Medal Race tonight but I will try to do my best. And my best is to win the Medal Race. Anything that comes after that I want to believe will be the best, so we will see.'

The windsurfers will be sailing inside on the Corniche racing area where the winds are lighter and the water is flatter and Kokkalanis realises there’s a challenge ahead, 'I heard from the guys that the Corniche area is really shifty so it's going to be a really tricky day. I hope the scoreboard won’t be up and down and I hope the top three stay like this and we don't have any bad situations.'

Giard and Kokkalanis have a healthy advantage on 26 and 27 points apiece. A top seven finish in the final race will guarantee them a medal. Nick Dempsey (GBR) follows them up on 36 points with Aichen Wang (CHN) fourth on 41 points and Pawel Tarnowski (POL) fifth on 42 points.



Women's RS:X:

Bryony Shaw (GBR) continued doing what she does best in Abu Dhabi, winning Women's RS:X races. The British racer, who picked up bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, has amassed six of nine race victories. Her outstanding performance gives her a 16 point lead over Charline Picon (FRA) going into the Medal Race.

The way Shaw's been sailing has been a delight to behold but she played it safe on the penultimate day to consolidate her lead, 'I feel like I've sailed a good series and people today were just going for it. I was trying to play it conservatively and just wrap the week up. We’ll see how I go tomorrow. We’re inside tomorrow so it’s something completely different from the whole week but it’s the same group of good girls so I’ll try and see it with fresh eyes.'

Shaw has a medal wrapped up with gold likely whilst the same can be said for Picon who has an unassailable advantage over the third placed Blanca Manchon (ESP). Manchon herself has an excellent advantage over the fourth placed Hei Man Chan going into the Medal Race.

The Women's RS:X will kick start the final day at 09:45 local time.

Nacra 17:

Moana Vaireaux and Manon Audinet (FRA) drew within six points of Nacra 17 leaders Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA).

The teams battled it out on the race track, fighting tooth and nail for places in a highly talented fleet. The final race of the saw close quarter combat between the French teams, as they fought for supremacy. 'In the last race you never knew what would happen between us,' said Besson, 'the upwind mark is very close to the shore and it was very shifty but we arrived first for the last rounding and we didn't know what was going to happen.

'We arrived first and there was no wind and we were waiting and they just tacked in front of us and we were like, come on let's go. You never know what's going to happen but that's racing.'



Besson and Riou went on hot pursuit of their compatriots but Vaireaux and Audinet had the edge with a head start. They took the final race victory by nine seconds and nonetheless Besson and Riou had no sour grapes, 'The French team is a big family and we are happy to be here. We do the best we can every day. It's a good spirit inside the French team.

'I really don't know what will happen tomorrow but with the Medal Race on the inside course (by the Corniche) it could be a big surprise.'

Besson and Riou top the leaderboard on 24 points whilst their compatriots follow on 30. Matias Buhler and Nathalie Brugger (SUI) complete the podium on 38 points, one point ahead of Thomas Zajac and Tanja Frank (AUT).



49er and 49erFX:

New Zealand's Alex Maloney and Molly Meech will take a 15 point lead into the 49erFX Medal Race after another fantastic racing day. The Kiwis have guaranteed themselves a medal with the colour to be decided on the final day. But with such a strong lead, Sweden's Lisa Ericson and Hanna Klinga, who are second, will be hard pressed to reduce the deficit with the Kiwis in such imperious form.

Italy's Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich are 18 points off Ericson and Klinga in third. They will be relying on the Swedish to finish dead last and take the race victory themselves to move up to silver. Nina Keijzer and Claire Blom (NED) are three points off the Italians in fourth.

Polish superheroes Tomasz Januszewski and Jacek Nowak have been doing everything right in the 49er to maintain their lead going into the final day. Whilst their day was somewhat of a mixed bag with scores of four – thirteen - eight, they can feel pleased to hold a five point lead over Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski (NZL).

Spain’s Carlos Paz and Anton Paz, Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medallist, are tied on 50 points with Julien d'Ortoli and Noé Delpech of France in third.

Men's and Women's 470:

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) hold firm in the Men's 470 on 10 points following a pair of second place finishes. Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE) picked up the opening race win of the day and trail the Australians in second on 16 points. Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) secured the final victory of the day and as a result, climb up to third overall.

Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar (AUT) hit the Race Committee boat in the opening Women's 470 race and subsequently retired as Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) took the gun. The second victory went the way of Japan's Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka who move up to third.

The Austrians maintain their lead on nine points with China's Shasha Chen and Haiyan Gao holding on to second with 15 points. The Japanese team are two points off their Chinese rivals.



Finn:

Slovenia's Vasilij Zbogar has maintained his high level of sailing throughout the week and notched up a second and a third to take a 15 point lead into the Medal Race.

Zbogar, an Athens 2004 Olympic bronze medallist and Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist in the Laser, has been outstanding throughout the six race series. The Abu Dhabi breeze has suited his sailing style, height and weight and he has revelled in his surroundings.

It was a hard day for Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) following a collision with Ed Wright (GBR). Gaspic failed to complete the race and was unable to sail the second. As of 18:30 the Croatian sits fifth overall after he filed a protest against Wright.

As it stands, Caleb Paine (USA) occupies second overall after a solid performance whilst young Jake Lilley (AUS) sits in third.

Open Kiteboarding:

Young Oliver Bridge (GBR) dominated the kiteboarding heats winning every single one of his races. Bridge, Asian and European Champion has been a class above his competitors and will head into the semi-final as one of the favourites.



2014 World Champion Maxime Nocher (FRA) and 2013 World Champion Florian Gruber (GER) also picked up victories in their flights and will be aiming to advance to the final.

Two semi-finals will be held with five racers in each. Places one and two will carry forward ten points, three and four seven points, five and six five points, seven and eight four points and nine and ten three points. Two races in each semi-final will follow with the top two placed sailors in each heading to the final.

From there, it's a four way single race shoot out for the podium spots.

It's going to be a Super Sunday in Abu Dhabi with all the Medal Races scheduled to take place across one racing area.

The schedule is as follows:

• 09:45 – Women's RS:X
• 10:20 – Laser
• 11:00 – 49erFX
• 11:35 – Women's 470
• 12:15 – Finn
• 12:55 – Men's RS:X
• 13:30 – Nacra 17
• 14:05 – 49er
• 14:40 – Men's 470
• 15:20 – Laser Radial
• 16:00 Open Kiteboarding

 Complete Results:

RS:X - Men - Overall Results:

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 FRA FRA 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 8 (14) 8 40.00 26.00
2 GRE GRE 8 4 3 (7) 2 2 5 4 4 3 34.00 27.00
3 GBR GBR 1 6 6 6 8 (14) 2 1 6 1 50.00 36.00
4 CHN CHN 1 9 (16) 2 4 3 7 6 8 2 57.00 41.00
5 POL POL 182 3 1 1 6 (11) 6 10 10 5 53.00 42.00
6 POL POL-82 1 5 8 (10) 8 10 5 2 6 55.00 45.00
7 FRA FRA 77 12 10 (13) 3 4 11 3 3 10 69.00 56.00
8 FRA FRA-6 10 9 11 9 (12) 3 9 5 11 79.00 67.00
9 GER GER 3 5 4 4 (15) 15 13 11 11 4 82.00 67.00
10 POL POL 126 (14) 8 9 13 9 12 13 1 9 88.00 74.00
11 CYP CYP 1 11 11 10 11 5 16 (17) 9 13 103.00 86.00
12 HKG HKG 16 8 7 5 12 13 (17) 14 15 14 105.00 88.00
13 FRA FRA 3 13 14 (18) 7 6 15 12 12 12 109.00 91.00
14 LTU LTU 14 16 13 16 17 (19) 4 2 18 15 120.00 101.00
15 RUS RUS 1 (19) 18 17 14 7 8 15 7 17 122.00 103.00
16 ITA ITA 88 18 15 12 5 10 14 (19) 13 19 125.00 106.00
17 GBR GBR 931 7 12 14 (19) 16 9 18 17 16 128.00 109.00
18 ITA ITA 2 15 17 15 18 17 18 16 (19) 7 142.00 123.00
19 NOR NOR 7 17 19 19 16 18 (20)
BFD
7 16 18 150.00 130.00

RS:X - Women - Overall Results: 
 
Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 GBR GBR 94 1 1 1 (12) 1 1 4 1 9 31.00 19.00
2 FRA FRA 4 2 (14) 4 6 7 2 2 4 8 49.00 35.00
3 ESP ESP 1 (15) 5 3 3 8 10 5 6 2 57.00 42.00
4 HKG HKG 5 11 15 5 2 2 11 (16) 5 6 73.00 57.00
5 POL POL 8 10 (13) 13 1 5 3 7 7 13 72.00 59.00
6 CHN CHN 21 (18) 4 10 10 15 9 8 3 1 78.00 60.00
7 CHN CHN 3 3 2 14 (18) 17 6 9 10 5 84.00 66.00
8 ITA ITA 11 8 8 7 4 4 5 (17) 15 17 85.00 68.00
9 CHN CHN 5 14 11 2 15 11 (17) 6 8 4 88.00 71.00
10 ITA ITA 46 9 6 (18) 5 16 14 3 11 7 89.00 71.00
11 FRA FRA 22 (17) 10 11 11 3 8 12 16 3 91.00 74.00
12 POL POL 104 7 3 15 7 14 7 13 (17) 10 93.00 76.00
13 ESP ESP 5 5 9 9 16 6 4 14 (18) 15 96.00 78.00
14 GBR GBR 30 16 (17) 12 13 12 12 1 2 12 97.00 80.00
15 CHN CHN 9 6 (16) 6 14 10 13 11 12 16 104.00 88.00
16 FIN FIN 1 4 7 8 17 13 (18) 15 13 14 109.00 91.00
17 RUS RUS-1 13 (18) 17 9 9 16 10 9 11 112.00 94.00
18 POL POL 21 12 12 16 8 (18) 15 18 14 18 131.00 113.00

Nacra 17 - Mixed - Overall Results:

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 FRA FRA 1 2 2 1 5 (10) 3 1 8 2 34.00 24.00
2 FRA FRA 65 7 3 4 2 6 6 (8) 1 1 38.00 30.00
3 SUI SUI 41 1 8 12 1 8 2 3 (18)
DNF
3 56.00 38.00
4 AUT AUT 205 3 6 7 9 2 1 4 7 (10) 49.00 39.00
5 FRA FRA 85 4 1 6 7 5 4 7 6 (9) 49.00 40.00
6 GBR GBR 257 5 10 5 6 3 11 2 (13) 4 59.00 46.00
7 ITA ITA 262 6 7 3 3 9 7 (15) 4 8 62.00 47.00
8 GBR GBR 60 10 4 8 8 (14) 9 5 3 7 68.00 54.00
9 ITA ITA 219 9 5 9 (14) 7 12 6 2 6 70.00 56.00
10 FRA FRA 077 13 13 (18)
UFD
4 1 5 12 5 13 84.00 66.00
11 GRE GRE 210 (15) 12 2 10 15 10 13 9 5 91.00 76.00
12 CAN CAN 100 11 9 11 (12) 11 8 10 11 11 94.00 82.00
13 RUS RUS 247 8 11 (18)
DSQ
15 4 13 9 14 12 104.00 86.00
14 ITA ITA 126 12 (14) 10 13 12 14 11 12 14 112.00 98.00
15 USA USA 38 (18)
DNF
18
DNC
18
DNC
11 13 18
DNS
14 10 18
DNF
138.00 120.00
16 BUL BUL 47 14 15 13 (16) 16 16 16 15 15 136.00 120.00
17 ITA ITA-52 (18)
DNF
16 14 17 17 15 17 16 16 146.00 128.00

49er - Men - Overall Results:

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 POL POL 52 (13) 1 1 2 13 1 4 13 8 56.00 43.00
2 NZL NZL 34 (15) 12 3 3 1 8 1 9 11 63.00 48.00
3 ESP ESP 32 (10) 10 6 8 4 6 7 8 1 60.00 50.00
4 FRA FRA 6 9 (11) 10 6 5 3 3 4 10 61.00 50.00
5 GBR GBR 10 2 8 8 (16) 6 4 10 2 14 70.00 54.00
6 GBR GBR-98 7 15 5 9
RDG
9
RDG
(19)
DNC
13 1 3 81.00 62.00
7 GBR GBR 33 1 2 (19)
RET
19
RET
10 11 6 10 5 83.00 64.00
8 AUT AUT 84 6 16 13 14 3 7 5 (17) 2 83.00 66.00
9 FRA FRA 14 (16) 13 9 7 9 2 12 5 12 85.00 69.00
10 POR POR 27 (19)
DNF
5 7 5 14 10 9 3 16 88.00 69.00
11 AUS AUS 7 5 6 11 4 12 5 14 (16) 13 86.00 70.00
12 CRO CRO 13 12 9 (19)
DSQ
11 2 12 15 6 4 90.00 71.00
13 SWE SWE 16 3 3 14 10 8 9 (16) 11 15 89.00 73.00
14 FRA FRA 9 4 4 4 12 15 14 2 (19)
RET
19
DNC
93.00 74.00
15 SWE SWE 500 11 14 12 13 7 (15) 8 7 7 94.00 79.00
16 USA USA 150 (17) 7 2 15 16 16 11 14 9 107.00 90.00
17 ITA ITA 26 8 (19)
RET
19
RET
1 11 19
DSQ
19
UFD
15 6 117.00 98.00
18 ITA ITA 444 14 17 (19)
DSQ
9 17 13 17 12 17 135.00 116.00

 49erFX - Women - Overall Results: 

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 NZL NZL 1 1 (10) 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 25.00 15.00
2 SWE SWE 381 7 6 3 3 3 2 (18)
UFD
2 4 48.00 30.00
3 ITA ITA 4 2 1 2 13 (14) 7 7 6 9 61.00 47.00
4 NED NED 15 4 8 11 5 7 (14) 1 10 5 65.00 51.00
5 ESP ESP 23 3 11 7 4 (15) 9 15 3 1 68.00 53.00
6 DEN DEN 136 8 5 6 1 (18)
UFD
8 9 5 13 73.00 55.00
7 FIN FIN 17 11 (12) 12 6 2 10 3 7 7 70.00 58.00
8 SWE SWE 25 5 (16) 10 7 10 4 4 8 12 76.00 60.00
9 FRA FRA 13 9 9 14 9 8 (16) 12 1 6 84.00 68.00
10 FIN FIN 101 10 (14) 9 10 13 3 10 12 2 83.00 69.00
11 ARG ARG 19 12 2 13 8 4 12 11 (14) 8 84.00 70.00
12 SIN SIN 33 14 4 5 (15) 9 5 5 15 14 86.00 71.00
13 AUS AUS 11 6 7 8 12 5 15 6 (18)
DNF
18
DSQ
95.00 77.00
14 AUT AUT 911 15 3 15 (16) 12 6 13 9 10 99.00 83.00
15 GBR GBR 99 13 13 (16) 11 11 11 8 11 11 105.00 89.00
16 GER GER 777 16 15 4 (17) 6 13 14 13 15 113.00 96.00
17 IND IND 171 17 17 17 14 16 17 (18)
DNF
18
DNS
18
DNC
152.00 134.00

470 - Men - Overall Results:

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 11 2 (4) 3 1 2 2 14.00 10.00
2 GRE GRE 1 3 (5) 5 4 1 3 21.00 16.00
3 CRO CRO 83 7 (16) 1 2 9 1 36.00 20.00
4 JPN JPN 12 (12) 2 2 3 3 12 34.00 22.00
5 USA USA 1713 1 (11) 7 6 5 4 34.00 23.00
6 AUT AUT 3 11 1 6 (13) 4 5 40.00 27.00
7 ESP ESP 9 8 3 4 7 10 (13) 45.00 32.00
8 AUT AUT 437 4 6 (11) 5 8 11 45.00 34.00
9 SUI SUI 16 5 10 9 11 (12) 7 54.00 42.00
10 ESP ESP 44 9 12 (17)
UFD
12 7 6 63.00 46.00
11 GER GER 15 13 8 10 (14) 6 10 61.00 47.00
12 CHN CHN 1267 10 (13) 13 8 11 9 64.00 51.00
13 RSA RSA 1 (14) 7 8 9 14 14 66.00 52.00
14 ITA ITA 29 6 14 (17)
UFD
10 15 8 70.00 53.00
15 SWE SWE 350 15 9 12 16 13 (17)
BFD
82.00 65.00
16 ITA ITA 27 16 15 (17)
UFD
15 16 15 94.00 77.00

 470 - Women - Overall Results:
 
Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 AUT AUT 431 1 2 3 1 (12)
RET
2 21.00 9.00
2 CHN CHN 619 2 1 1 (8) 4 7 23.00 15.00
3 JPN JPN 1 4 (9) 2 7 3 1 26.00 17.00
4 USA USA 1712 (6) 4 5 3 2 3 23.00 17.00
5 GBR GBR 321 (9) 3 7 2 1 5 27.00 18.00
6 SLO SLO 64 7 (8) 6 4 5 6 36.00 28.00
7 ESP ESP 133 5 5 8 (10) 9 4 41.00 31.00
8 ITA ITA 52 (10) 6 4 5 10 9 44.00 34.00
9 ITA ITA 06 8 7 (10) 6 6 10 47.00 37.00
10 SUI SUI 5 3 10 9 9 8 (11) 50.00 39.00
11 ITA ITA 16 (11) 11 11 11 7 8 59.00 48.00

 Finn - Men - Overall Results: 

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 SLO SLO 573 1 1 (7) 2 2 3 16.00 9.00
2 CRO CRO 524 (5) 3 1 4 3.3
RDG
3.3
RDG
19.60 14.60
3 USA USA 6 3 (14) 6 1 5 9 38.00 24.00
4 AUS AUS 41 2 5 (13) 11 3 8 42.00 29.00
5 EST EST 2 15 (18) 3 7 1 4 48.00 30.00
6 NED NED 842 9 2 4 (20)
UFD
6 14 55.00 35.00
7 NZL NZL 24 4 13 (16) 8 7 7 55.00 39.00
8 ITA ITA 146 12 8 2 (14) 9 11 56.00 42.00
9 ITA ITA 123 6 (15) 15 5 11 6 58.00 43.00
10 GBR GBR 11 8 12 12 10 (20)
DNF
2 64.00 44.00
11 GRE GRE 77 7 4 14 6 (16) 13 60.00 44.00
12 POL POL 17 11 7 9 (17) 14 5 63.00 46.00
13 NOR NOR 1 (19) 6 18 9 13 1 66.00 47.00
14 SWE SWE 6 (13) 11 8 12 4 12 60.00 47.00
15 AUS AUS 261 16 10 (17) 3 10 10 66.00 49.00
16 ITA ITA 117 10 9 11 (20)
UFD
15 16 81.00 61.00
17 EST EST 11 (18) 16 5 13 12 17 81.00 63.00
18 RUS RUS 1 14 17 10 15 8 (18) 82.00 64.00
19 ITA ITA 66 17 (20)
DNF
20
DNE
16 17 15 105.00 85.00


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