Sailing Olympics, day 4: Maggetti yes, Renna “ni”. Germani-Bertuzzi, mission impossible?

The fourth day of the Sailing Olympics in Marseille goes into the safe: it could have been better (but also worse).

Sailing Olympics, what happened today

Here’s how our athletes did today.

Jana, Giorgia and that very difficult but not impossible bronze

We start with the women’s skiff, the 49er FX acrobatic dinghy.
With the three races held today, the series of regular races came to an end.
Our girls, Jana Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi, went on a crescendo.
After an unexceptional 13th place they put on the turbo by racking up two third places in a row (final partials: 12-9-9-1-3-6-17-16-13-3-3).
Discarding the worst result (17th) they ended the series in sixth place with 92 total points.

Marta Maggetti, a guarantee

We move to windsurfing, men’s and women’s iQFOiL.
Today the “long distance” race, the “Marathon” along the Marseille coast and islands, was scheduled.
The women’s one, which saw Marta Maggetti among the protagonists (she was between second and third position) was cancelled after buoy 6 due to lack of wind.

Renna doesn’t bite today, seventh among male iQFOiLs

After yesterday’s damage-and-repair “case,” Nicolò Renna today got a very unpleasant BFD (disqualification for early start) in the long trial, while he recorded two twelfth and a seventh place in the remaining trials.
He slipped to provisional seventh place with partials 2-RDG-DNF-4-2-5-BFD-12-12-7.
But-see what I just said about iQFOil rules-anything can still happen; in playoffs and semifinals the scores reset.

Olympics, what happens tomorrow

Tomorrow, August 1, the men’s and women’s iQFOiL will be on the water again, with Nicolò Renna and Marta Maggetti defending the Italian colors.
As for the 49er FX (women’s skiff), all eyes will be on the Medal Race that will award the first Olympic medal.
A masterful performance by our Germani-Bertuzzi will be needed to win a place on the podium.
Tomorrow will also see the debut of the men’s single dinghy (ILCA 7, former Laser Standard) and women’s (ILCA 6, former Laser Radial): the Italian hopes are represented by Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini and Chiara Benini Floriani, respectively.

How to follow the sailing Olympics live

You can follow the Sailing Olympics “live” if you have a subscription to Discovery Plus: RAI and other pay channels will broadcast any medal races if there are real medal chances.
Tofind out everything about the schedule, we recommend you check the official World Sailing schedule while to be updated on the results in real time at this link all the rankings. There is also a dedicated page on the Sport Sailing website, Where to follow live race tracking.

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Olympics, how regattas work

Depending on the classes competing(everything you need to know about the classes here), athletes competing in the Marseille Olympics must race for 4, 5 or 6 days.
Each regatta lasts between 15 and 50 minutes depending on the type of boat. In the case of dinghies, skiffs and catamarans (470, ILCA, Nacra 17, 49er and 49er FX) athletes are awarded points equal to their placing in their respective races.
The first is awarded one point, the second two points, and so on.
At the end of the first 4-5 days of racing, the games are “almost done.”
The top 10 ranked crews participate in the very final, called the Medal Race.
Here the rules change, because the points won are worth double: the first gets 2 points, the second 4, and so on.
If you get to the Medal Race with the “short” ranking, this last round is decisive.
In the end, the podium is composed of the athletes/crew with the lowest total number of points. The racing format is different for iQFOil boards and Formula Kite.
In the boards, there are four days of competition and the spots will be different from day to day.
Athletes must alternate between conventional courses, slalom and endurance trials.
In the latter, the points won count double.
The final day is decisive and very intense.
The quarterfinals are reserved for athletes so far ranked from fourth to tenth.
The top two from this “playoff” are selected for the semifinals, which are played in a four-way tie, along with the second and third overall.
The very final is between the top two finishers of the semifinal and the leader of the overall ranking.
The podium is already known before going into the water, only the color of each athlete’s medal to be determined. On the Kites, on the other hand, after four days of racing, the top 10 qualify for the Medal Race.
From then on, only the third through 10th place finishers race in the first phase of the Medal.
The top two from this phase then join the first and second overall for the final four.
In the final, each individual race win is worth one point.
The first to reach 3 points wins the gold medal. edited by Eugenio Ruocco