The news that comes to us from Hyères and the match of the last chance to qualify for the is pleasant Olympic Games of Marseille. Except from Cameron Maramenidis and the Spanaki brothers and the Byron Kokkalanis, Leonidas Tsortanidis they claim with great hopes the qualification of our country to the top sporting event of the planet.
In iQFOiL, therefore, and after 9 races o Kokkalanis is 4th overall of 50 boats with 39 points. The first 6 countries qualify and at this moment Greece is 4th. The positions of the Greek sailor are 9, 21, 9, 11, 7, 5, 3, 3, 3. He has removed the second race and the fourth.
THE Tsortanidis follows on 5th place with 53 points. He has finished 27, 13, 17, 5, 3, 5, 9, 5, 13. He has “thrown” the first race and the third. The athlete who finishes highest in Hier will participate in the Olympic Games.
For women also after 9 races h Danae Pontifex is 21st with 126 points and A. Divari 28th with 175 points out of a total of 33 boats.
In Formula Kite after the 11th sailing race o Maramenidis is 4th overall out of 40 boats with 35 points. The first 5 countries qualify and Greece is 3rd and by quite a distance from 6th place. Our athlete’s positions are 7, 6, 6, 1, 1, 18, 4, 2,11, 8, 8. He has removed the 6th, 9th and 10th races.
In the corresponding women’s category, Emilia Kostis she is 20th out of 22 boats with 142 points.
In the 470 mixed there have been 6 races and the Ariadni Paraskevi Spanaki – Odysseas Emmanuel Spanakis they are still 3rd with 24 points out of 28 boats. As a country we are 2nd and the first 4 countries qualify. Their positions are 17 (they removed her as the worst) 2, 5 and 8, 4,5. The Melina Pappa–Nikolaos Giotopoulos are 15th with 67 points and Lampis Giannoulis–Eleni Giannoulis 21st with 80 points.
In ILCA 6 the 33 boats did not compete yesterday and in total they have run just 4 races. THE Evangelia Karageorgos is 12th with 33 points (5, 17 that removed her, 13, 15), the Maria Christina Meni 15th with 36b. (8, 20, 8, 27 which he “threw away”) and h Varvara Portolou 17th with 38 points (16, 22 which he subtracted, 6, 16).
In ILCA 7 there have been 5 races and o George Papadakos moved up to 12th place with 50 points out of 61 boats. Its positions are 11, 9, black flag that removed it as the worst, 22, 8. The Anastasios Panagiotidis is 13th with 55 points (5, 15, 11, 32 that he “flew”, 24) and the Jason Kefallonitis he is 26th with 84 points (29, 39 deducted, 24, 12, 19).
In Nacra 17 the 15 boats have run 9 races and the Iordanis Paschalidis-Myrto Papadopoulou they climbed 8th with 64 points. The first 4 countries qualify and the Greek boat as a country is 6th and chasing those of Belgium and Canada. Their positions are 5, 7, 10, 9, 14, early start they “threw it” as the worst, 9,3,7.
In the 49er the 33 boats have run 9 races. The Pavlos Kayalis–Ioannis Orfanos are 18th with 128 points and Evangelos Dolianitis–Dimitris Benakis 29th with 204 points.
The Yers match ends on Saturday afternoon.
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