49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 - Olympic Qualifier Europe - Lanzarote ESP - Final results

With a final race and the Medal Races, the European and African Qualifiers for the last Olympic berths came to an end yesterday with Ireland in the 49ers, Belgium in the 49ersFX and Finland in the Nacras 17 qualified. Tunisia will represent Africa in the Nacra 17. ----- Already before the Medal Race, Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP were the superior winners in the 49ers. Jonas Warrer/Jakob Precht DEN are 39 points behind in 2nd place. With a win in the Medal Race, Robert Dickson/Sean Waddilove IRL secured the bronze medal and the Olympic starting place for Ireland. ----- In the 49ersFX, Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA won clearly 23 points ahead of Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED in second place. Thanks to the victory in the Medal Race, Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo ESP captured the bronze medal. Isaura Maenhaut/Anouk Goerts BEL took the Olympic berth in 7th. ----- The Nacra 17 series was completed without a Medal Race. Tara Pacheco/Florian Trittel ESP defended the 1st place. Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER and Quentin Delapierre/Manon Audinet FRA completed the podium. Sinem Kurtbay/Janne Jahonen FIN finished 5th and are thus among the contenders in Tokyo. ----- All rankings, the report and the video of the final day.