Pawel Tarnowski [POL] is leaving nothing to chance. He will not
release the relentless pressure. His scoreline since the aberration he
suffered on day one includes 4 seconds and 5 bullets. No one can live
with him when he is in this form. That won't stop Martin Olmeta [FRA] putting up a spirited
challenge. Two firsts and a second today following up on his bullet in
race 8 have boosted him to the silver medal position with a 10 point
lead over Mattia Camboni [ITA] U17 who did not have his usual good day. If
all goes to plan when the second discard kicks in tomorrow, Martin will
close up on Pawel. It won't be significant, but every little bit helps
when you are positioning yourself for the double points medal race (MR)
on Saturday.
Back in 4th Kieran Martin [GBR] has to pull
something special out of the bag tomorrow to take advantage of the
potential 7 point gain (his 2nd discard is a 15th place) he will make on
Mattia. Can he take another 5 points out of him in the next 3 races to
snatch back the bronze medal position? That's his goal...
Before
we take a look at the action in the youth women's fleet, a glance down
the order shows 5 points covering 4 guys fighting for the two last
places at the MR cut off point. Oleksander Tugaryev [UKR] dropped from
his overnight 10th spot to finish 12th this evening letting in Ignacio
Berenguer [MEX] and Bautista Saubidet Birkner [ARG].
All
things being equal the RS:X Youth Men's medal race could include 10 guys
from 7 countries and 3 continents... The South Americans are coming !
OK,
now for the Youth Women's fleet and Saskia Sills [GBR] took her foot
off the pedal in races 10 and 11 and in the process sliced 10 points off
her lead over 2nd spot. When I asked her what had happened she calmly
suggested that she just wanted to keep it interesting for one more
day...
This Rolex ISAF World Sailor of the Year Nominee is certainly cool under pressure !
Back
in third 15 year old Israeli wonder kid, Shahr Tibi is sticking to her
guns. Anastasiya Valkevich [BLR] may have dropped two points to let
Jeanne Dantes [FRA] take over the silver medal position but she is not giving a millimetre.
4
points now cover the top 4 places so it, as they say, is anyone's
game... If the second discard were to be taken tonight that margin would
sliced to two. So it certainly is going to be an exciting conclusion
with the offshore breeze likely to be no more that the 15 knots of this
morning making for a super shifty finale.
It is almost
impossible to predict the shifts as the wind drops into the bay through
buildings and low trees. If it were stronger the movement would be more
consistent, so the roulette wheel is spinning... This could be a
cliff-hanger
1. Saskia Sills [GBR] - 35 (U17)
2. Jeanne Dantes [FRA] - 37
3. Shahar Tibi [ISR] - 37 (U17)
4. Anastasiya Valkevich [BLR] - 39
5. Neomi Cohen [ISR] - 47
1. Pawel Tarnowski [POL] - 21
2. Martin Olmeta [FRA] - 39
3. Mattia Camboni [ITA] - 49 (U17)
4. Kieran Martin [GBR] - 60
5. Yann Dupont [FRA] - 67
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