SPECIAL EVENT, Last Chance Regatta & Qualified Nations Regatta at French Olympic Week
[Day 6 of 7] HYÈRES, FRANCE (26 April 2024) – The penultimate day of racing greeted competitors with dark, rainy skies and 10-15 knots of breeze. US Sailing Team’s Ford McCann took the water for the ILCA 7 Last Chance medal race but entered with too many points between himself and third to make Olympic country qualification possible.
McCann set up on the starting line below regatta leader Jeemin Ha (South Korea) and was faced with a challenging wave set right at go. Halfway up the first leg, he broke free and made progress up the middle-left of the course and moved into 7th, then had a brief stint in 5th on the first downwind run in good breeze. McCann rounded the leeward gate in 8th and remained as such for the rest of the race. The top three country rankings for Olympic tickets were given to South Korea, Estonia, and Malaysia, and El Salvador claimed the Emerging Nations berth... Read More
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