Olympic Worldcup - Trofeo Princesa Sofia - Palma ESP - Day 5

The qualifications for today's Medal Races (from 10am CET, via Live-Tracker) were completed yesterday in moderate winds. Two overall winners have already been decided: Michael Beckett GBR has an unassailable lead of 36 points over Philipp Buhl GER in the ILCA 7. He is followed by Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA, who is 8 points behind and 17 points ahead of Olympic champion Matthew Wearn AUS. Gauthier Verhulst SUI is 47th, Martin Verhulst SUI follows in 120th place of the 196 participants. In the Nacra 17, Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA demonstrated their superiority once again: after a slow start to the series (29/17 on the first day), they turned up the heat and made everything clear early yesterday with two race wins, their lead over Gian-Luigi Ugolini/Maria Giubilai ITA is 24 points. Andrea Aschieri/Anja Camusso SUI are 36th, Axel Grandjean/Noëmi Fehlmann SUI follow in 40th place. There are several duels in the 470 today: Camille Lecointre/Jérémy Mion FRA and Jordi Xammar/Nora Brugman ESP, who are just one point behind, are fighting for victory. Ranks 3-5 are only 2 points apart and are held by 3 German teams who are contesting their internal Olympic selection.Yves Mermod/Maja Siegenthaler SUI finish the World Cup in 18th place. Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP have taken the lead in the 49er, with Lukasz Przybytek/Jacek Piasecki POL lurking 3 points behind. In the Silverfleet, Joshua Richner/Nilo Schärer SUI improved to 30th place, Sébastien Schneiter/Arno De Planta SUI finished 34th. In the 49erFX, Jana Germani/Giorgia Bertoluzzi ITA and Helene Naess/Marie Ronningen NOR, who are just one point behind, will duel for victory. Maria Erdi HUN has taken the lead in ILCA 6, followed by Elyse Ainsworth AUS and Zoë Thompson AUS in 2nd and 3rd place. Maud Jayet SUI just managed to make it into the medal race in 10th place thanks to a 6th place finish, which Olympic champion Anne-Marie Rindom DEN was unable to do in 13th place. Anja Von Allmen SUI finished the World Cup in an excellent 26th place, Rosine Baudet SUI was 53rd of the 116 participants. The Formula kiters are again organising their Medal Races according to their own system, the points from the qualification do not play a role. Max Maeder SGP was clearly ahead of Riccardo Pianosi ITA, who are both seeded for the final. Karl Maeder SUI came 37th, while Daniela Moroz USA won the women's kite foil qualification ahead of Briana Whitehead AUS and Leonie Meyer GER. Mina Mobekk NOR and Maya Gisler NOR are tied for the lead in the iQ Foil Windsurfer. Pawel Tarnowski POL clearly leads the men's classification, followed by a French trio led by Nicolas Goyard FRA. Elia Colombo SUI is 26th, Sebastian Schärer SUI follows in 39th place of the 106 participants. All rankings and the daily report.