49er & 49erFX - European Championship 2016 - Barcelona ESP - Final results, Schneiter/Cujean SUI 32nd

The 49er (and America's Cup Team New Zealand members) Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL are the absolute dominators in Olympic sailing ! Winners in the Open Rankings before the Medal Race already, they did not relax in the last heat and finished the Championship again with a first race rank. With a 60 points (!) advantage, they are for the fourth time on top of the European Championship and remained undefeated since 4 years and 25 regattas ! Silver went to Nathan Outteridge/Iain Jensen AUS. Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP earned Bronze (and are herewith the official European Champions), as Delle-Karth/Resch AUT finished last in the Medal Race descending on 4th. With Bildstein/Hussl AUT on 8th, a second Austrian team is in the top-ten. Sébastien Schneiter/Lucien Cujean SUI won the last race in the Silverfleet and finished the Championship on the 32nd position.
In the 49ersFX, it was the day of Jena-Mai Hansen/Katja Salskov DEN yesterday with the ranks 4/2/1 in the last fleetraces and a 2nd place in the Medal Race, allowing them to jump from rank 4 to the top position and taking the European Champion's title. With a 2 points' backlog, the defending champions Giulia Conti/Francesca Clapcich ITA finished 2nd. Tamara Echegoyen/Berta Betanzos ESP earned Bronze thanks to more race wins compared with the tied Francesca Travascio/Marie-Sol Brandt ARG.
The event website with the ranking lists, the final report and the videos.