49er & 49erFX - European Championship 2016 - Barcelona ESP - Day 4, the Swiss

The Final Series at the 49er European Championships in Barcelona began yesterday in a well established 13 to 18 kn seabreeze.
With the ranks 1/6/1, Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL extended their lead in the 49ers once more on now 34 points. Nathan Outteridge/Ian Jensen AUS on 2nd are 19 points ahead of John Pink/Stuart Bithell GBR on their way to make the UK selection for Rio. Sébastien Schneiter/Lucien Cujean SUI slightly improved their rankings sailing in the Silverfleet and are now 29th.
Winning the last of the three races of the day, Tamara Echegoyen/Berta Betanzos ESP moved up on top of the 49erFX rankings, but Giulia Conti/Francesca Clapcich ITA are only one point behind. New on rank 3 are Jena Mai-Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN. In the race for the title remain also Annemiek Bekkering/Anette Duetz NED, who - Overall leading the fleet - did not sail in the strong winds two days ago. With the ranks 1/1/3, they were the best of the day and moved up on rank 5 again with a 16 points' backlog on rank 1.
Three Final Series and the Medal Race are still on the program.
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