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2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men's World Championship at Miho Bay, Japan - Day 3

by Eric Faust 6 Jul 2019 03:17 PDT 4-9 July 2019

After six qualifying races, the championship fleets are now set for the ILCA Laser Standard Men's Worlds. Three fleets completed two races in 15-18 knot winds and sunny skies - ideal sailing conditions to determine which sailors would make the gold fleet and race for the world title.

New Zealand's Sam Meech had a perfect day in in the Red Fleet with two first place finishes, moving him from ninth place yesterday to now lead the regatta by one point over Australia's Matt Wearn. Wearn also had a stellar day with his first and second place finishes moving him into second overall from eighth place yesterday. Elliot Hanson from Great Britain also posted a perfect scoreline on the day, taking two first place finishes in the Yellow Fleet and moving up from 12th to fourth place overall.

Rounding out the top-five is Jean-Baptiste Bernaz from France in third and Robert Scheidt from Brazil in fifth after another day of consistent sailing. The leader board is incredibly tight with still only 10 points separating the top-10 sailors, a remarkable statistic after six races in one of the worlds most competitive fleets.

With the conclusion of the qualifying series, sailors will now be grouped into Gold, Silver and Bronze Fleets of 52 boats each for the six-race final series to determine the world champion.

In addition to the quest to become world champion, five sailors will qualify their country for an entry in the Men's One-Person Dinghy Event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With 16 countries already qualified, the battle for Olympic berths will take place further down in the standing. Currently, Jesper Stalheim, in tenth place, looks to be in a good position to qualify Sweden.

Rounding out the current top-five, not previously qualified countries is Russia in 15th place, Spain in 19th, Hungary in 20th and Guatemala in 21st place overall. But with five more non-qualified countries in the Gold Fleet, there will certainly be a battle to hold onto these Olympic berths over the next three days.

With the qualifying series now concluded racing continues tomorrow with two races scheduled to begin the six-race final series for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Fleets.

Event Website: 2019worlds.laserjapan.org/standard

Top ten results after six races:

1. Sam Meech NZL 13 pts
2. Matthew Wearn AUS 14 pts
3. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA 15 pts
4. Elliot Hanson GBR 16 pts
5. Robert Scheidt BRA 17 pts
6. Tom Burton AUS 17 pts
7. George Gautrey NZL 18 pts
8. Hermann Tomasgaard NOR 19 pts
9. Ha Jeemin KOR 22 pts
10. Jesper Stalheim SWE 23 pts

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