ILCA 6 & 7 - European Olympic Qualifier -Vilamoura POR - Day 1

In a light initial 6kn seabreeze increasing to 20kn, the qualifiers for the last European Olympic berths (2 per class) began yesterday in Vilamoura with the ILCA 6 women, sailing the first race in a light 6kn wind, freshening up to 12kn for the second heat. ----- With two race wins each in their groups, Vasileia Karachaliou GRE and Anne-Marie Rindom DEN took the lead. Marie Barrué FRA follows with two 4th places on rank 3. The open Olympic berth positions are held by Carolina João POR (rank 21) and Ebru Bolat ROU (rank 56). ----- In ILCA 7, Robert Scheidt BRA leads with two 2nd places ahead of Maxim Nikolaev RUS (2/3). Tonci Stipanovic CRO and Stefano Peschiera PER are tied for 3rd place. The fight for the two Olympic berths at stake is tight with Joao Rodriguez ESP (rank 8), William De Smet BEL (rank 10), and Eliot Merceron SUI (rank 14). ----- All rankings and the daily report.