Olympic Week of Hyres 2022: Little wind for the last day of (…)

Due to a lack of wind in the bay of Hyres this morning, the ten heats competing for the finals had to wait on land before taking the start of the last races of the 53^e French Olympic Week of Hyres – TPM. It was a little after 12 noon that the 49er FX, the kitefoils and the ILCA7s reached their starting area for the finals. The starts then followed one another in light airs, between 5-7 knots from the southeast. As for the iQFOiL, due to lack of wind, no race could be started today.

iQFOiL (women & men – windsurfing
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The French Hlne Noesmoen, reigning world champion, climbs to the top step of the podium ahead of the Polish Maja Dziarnowska and the French Delphine Cousin.

iQFOiL podium women

• 1^re – FRA – Hlne Noesmoen – 12 points
• 2^e – POL – Maja Dziarnowska – 36 points
• 3^e – FRA – Delphine Cousin – 53 points

Hlne Noesmoen: “Almost faultless, it was a good week anyway I managed to win races in all the wind conditions so that’s great! We scored well with all the French women, it’s a good thing that there were a lot of people at the front in the final and it made the whole team happy. »

The Frenchman Nicolas Goyard, world champion dominated this week which he won ahead of the Frenchman Clment Bourgeois and the German Sebastien Koerdel.

iQFOiL men’s podium

• 1^is – FRA – Nicolas Goyard – 15 points
• 2^e – FRA – Clment Bourgeois – 44 points
• 3^e – GER – Sebastian Kurdel – 46 points

Nicolas Goyard: “I won 11 of the 16 races, that’s clean! It’s a great victory and a good warm-up for the upcoming European championship. I feel ready but I still have to refine my gear a bit. I’m confident for the future, it’s good valid points. It was the first time I raced here, it was discovery. »

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The American, world champion, Daniela Moroz wins the 53^e Hyres Olympic Week – TPM in front of the Frenchwoman Lauriane Nolot and Ellie Aldridge.

Podium Kitefoil femmes

• 1^re – USA – Daniela Moroz
• 2^e – FRA – Lauriane Nolot
• 3^e – GBR – Ellie Aldridge

Daniela Moroz: “It was a really fun week with a lot of different conditions, I think we used almost all the different wing sizes. It was super tight and we had some very good battles with Lauriane. It was really cool to be back in Hyres for French Olympic Week.”

The Singaporean Maximilian Maeder wins ahead of the French Axel Mazella and Maxime Nocher.

Men’s kitefoil podium

• 1^is – SGP – Maximilian Maeder
• 2^e – FRA – Axel Mazella
• 3^e – FRA – Maxime Nocher

Maximilian Maeder: “I’m extremely happy, it’s really great, you can’t get enough of it. it wasn’t easy at all. The competition is so tight. When a sport becomes Olympic, the competition becomes very tight. »

ILCA (women’s and men’s solo driver)

Poland’s Agata Barwinka wins the 53^e Hyres Olympic Week – TPM. Frenchwoman Marie Barrue takes second place ahead of her compatriot Louise Cervera wins the Medal Race.

Podium ILCA 6

• 1^re – POL – Agata Barwinka – 86 points
• 2^e – FRA – Marie Barrue – 111 points
• 3^e –FRA – Louise Cervera – 113 points

Agata Barwinka: “I’m super happy to be on the podium and also on the top step. “.

By finishing second in his Medal Race, the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides climbed to the top step of the podium ahead of the English Eliott Hanson and Mickael Becket.

Podium ILCA 7

• 1^is – CYP – Pavlos Kontides – 42 points
• 2^e – GBR – Elliot Hanson – 43 points
• 3^e – GBR – Michael Beckett – 50 points

Pavlos Kontides: “I’m really happy with this win. These last two years have been difficult for me, especially after Tokyo. There were a lot of tacks and gybes in this final, I managed to stay in a clearer wind. Then it was a battle for first place with Eliott. »

49er (men’s and women’s dual driver)

The Brazilians, double Olympic champions Rio and Tokyo, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the gold medal ahead of the Americans Stphanie Roble and Margaret Shea and the Norwegians Helen Noess and Marie Ronnigen.

Podium 49erFX

• 1^re – BRA – Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze – 68 points
• 2^e – USA – Stephanie Roble & Margaret Shea – 77 points
• 3^e – NOR – Helen Noess & Marie Ronningen – 79 points

Martine Grael: “We are relieved. We had a very stressful Medal Race with no breeze. We started with 5-6 knots and then almost nothing dropped. We are super happy because coming here was a bit difficult, we progressed all week and the weather was very pleasant Hyres! »

Leading the fleet since the first day of racing, the Polish duo Dominik Buksak and Szymo Wierzbicki took the top step of the podium ahead of the Americans Nevin Snow and Maximiliano Agnese and the French Erwan Fisher and Clément Pquin.

Podium 49er

• 1^is – POL – Dominik Buksak & Szymo Wierzbicki – 66 points
• 2^e – USA – Nevin Snow & Maximiliano Agnese – 93 points
• 3^e – FRA – Erwan Fisher & Clment Pquin – 94 points

Dominik Buksak: “It’s probably one of our biggest victories! It was a good race for us because about two minutes after the start we were sure we had won because the French team was disqualified, they were over the start line and that meant that he didn’t there were not enough boats on the course to create a sufficient gap between us and the Americans. »

470 (mixed double driver)

The Swedes Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson won ahead of the French Hippolyte Machetti and Alose Retornaz and the Germans Luise Wanser and Philipp Antenrieth.

Podium 470

• 1^is – SWE- Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson – 35 points
• 2^e – FRA – Hippolyte Machetti and Shad Retornaz – 42 points
• 3^e – GER – Luise Wanser and Philipp Antenrieth – 51 points

Anton Dahlberg: “We get on well, it’s our first event together and it’s great to finish like this. The races have been very tight all week and even the Medal Race was super tight so we are really happy to start the campaign with this victory”.

Nacra 17 (mixed double foil catamaran)

Leader since the first day of racing, the Italian Olympic champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti won the event ahead of the English John Gimson and Anna Burnet and the Finns Sinem Kurtey and Akseli keskinen.

Podium Nacra 17

• 1^is – ITA – Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti – 36 points
• 2^e – GBR – John Gimson & Anna Burnet – 54 points
• 3^e – FIN – Sinem Kurtey & Akseli Keskinen – 72 points

Ruggero Tita: “We had a really good windy week and unfortunately for the Medal Race the conditions weren’t that good. But we won the gold medal and we are very happy. »

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