470 - European Championship 2016 - Palma de Mallorca ESP - Final results

The 470 European Championship 2016 was concluded yesterday with the Medal Races.
Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar AUT, premature Champions before the last race, confirmed their role as favorite for the Olympic regatta winning also the Europeans after the World Championship victory. However, probably the strongest opponents Jo Aleh/Polly Powrie NZL did not compete in Palma. Silver and Bronze went to Afrodite Kyranakou/Anneloes Van Veen NED and Fernanda Oliveira/Ana Barbachan BRA. Annie Haeger/Briana Provancha USA on 4th remained 10 points behind the podium. In the European rankings, the Bronze went to Tina Mrak/Veronica Macarol SLO.
Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS started to the Medal Race with a 12 points lead, and this was good enough to add another Championship victory to their impressive palmares. Winning the Medal Race, Sofian Bouvet/Jérémy Mion FRA moved up on rank 2 and are herewith the European Champions. McNay/Hughes USA confirmed their excellent results during the past months and finished 3rd. Fantela/Marenic CRO on 4th win the European Championship Silver, Sivitz/Farnienti ITA on 6th the Bronze Medal.
All results, the final report and the videos.