Men’s RS:X; Dorian van Rijsselberghe the clear leader ahead of the final two Gold fleet races
Van Rijsselberghe said there was a lot happening on the water on Thursday, 15 December.
“It was all really close. Every time – right up until the finish, it was up for grabs. It was exciting racing and was good for me not to make any shockers,” he said.
Van Rijsselberghe was never far from the front of the pack in race 6, finishing with a 23 second lead over Joao Rodrigues (POR). Paul Tobin (NZL) finished in third place.
After a general recall, race 7 was abandoned due to wind shift. When it finally did start, the fleet split evenly, with van Rijsselberghe again taking the lead.
He was unable to hold this position as Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) powered through to take first, closely followed by world number one Piotr Myszka (POL), with third place going to Byron Kokkalaniis (GRE).
Race 8 was a catch-up because of an early end to racing on Wednesday, but Kokkalaniis (GRE) took a sizeable lead over his nearest competitors.
“I had a really good start (for Race 8), had really good winds, and was the first to cross mark one. And bam that was it,” Kokkalaniis said.
Second place recipient Tobin (NZL) followed him over the line 20 seconds later and third went to fleet overall number one, van Rijsselberghe.
World number one Myszka (POL), who finished 12th in race 8 and is second overall, said with two more races, anything is possible.
“I will try to beat Dorian. I can find a solution for that. I will fight for sure, I think everything will be okay,” he said.