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Top-ten Placings at French Olympic Week Hyères Wrap Up Successful Start to Paris 2024 Campaign

There were no medals, but plenty of learnings and promising performances with the Australia Sailing Team wrapping up the 2022 French Olympic week Hyères with two top five and two top ten placings.

Sun 01 May 2022

Tokyo Olympians and Paris 2024 Hopefuls Qualify for Medal Races at French Olympic Week Hyeres

Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad athletes have secured four spots in the French Olympic Week Hyères medal races after qualifying in the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and Nacra 17 as well as in the Formular Kite Women events.

Sat 30 Apr 2022

Racing Intensifies on First Day of Final Series at Hyeres

The intensity of the competition went up a notch on the first day of finals series at the French Olympic Week regatta

Fri 29 Apr 2022

Majority of Australians Make Golden Cut on Day 3 of French Olympic Week

Day 3 at the 53rd edition of the French Olympic Week regatta saw the end of the qualifying series in the ILCA 7, 470 Mixed, 49er and 49er FX classes

Thu 28 Apr 2022

Olympic Champion Matt Wearn Continues Winning Streak at Hyères

Olympic champion Matt Wearn (WA) continued his winning streak at the French Olympic Week Hyères, finishing first in both his fleet races on the second day of the regatta. Once again, the Côte d’Azur put on great sailing conditions with 7-12 knots of winds for the morning fleets and 8-15 knots for most afternoon courses and with a full day of racing completed across all classes.

Wed 27 Apr 2022

Olympic Champion Matt Wearn leads after Day 1 at Hyères

Mistral Welcomes the World’s Best Sailors at French Olympic Week

Tue 26 Apr 2022

Olympic Champions to Spearhead Australian Sailing Team in Hyères

Olympic Champions Matt Wearn and Tom Burton will spearhead the Australian Sailing Team at the French Olympic Week regatta at Hyères, France

Fri 22 Apr 2022

Wearn wins Medal Race to take Silver at Princess Sofia Trophy

Matt Wearn has won the Medal Race to snatch Silver in his international comeback event in Palma

Sun 10 Apr 2022

Wearn and Ainsworth make Medal Races at Princess Sofia Trophy

Matt Wearn and Elyse Ainsworth had big days in Palma, qualifying for their respective Medal Races at the Princess Sofia Trophy

Sat 09 Apr 2022

Wearn moves up to third place on Day 4 of Princess Sofia Trophy

Aussies dominate the Top 10 in the ILCA classes after Day 4 at Palma

Fri 08 Apr 2022

Mixed fortunes for Australia on Day 3 of Princess Sofia Trophy

Shifty winds on Day 3 of the Princess Sofia Trophy produced a mixed bag of results for the Aussies

Thu 07 Apr 2022

Australians in good form at Princess Sofia Trophy

Australia enjoyed excellent results on Day 2 of the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma, Mallorca

Wed 06 Apr 2022

Jerwood and Nicholas master harsh conditions at Princess Sofia Trophy

Nia Jerwood and Conor Nicholas mastered the tough conditions best of the Australians in Palma overnight

Tue 05 Apr 2022

New look Australian Sailing Team prepares for Princess Sofia

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist, Matt Wearn OAM, heads the Australian Sailing Team line-up for the Princess Sofia Trophy

Fri 01 Apr 2022

Fresh Faces in Revitalised Australian Sailing Team Coaching Line-up

The Australian Sailing Team have settled their coaching appointments for the Paris 2024 campaign, and the world is on notice.

Thu 03 Feb 2022

Kovalenko Returns as Australia's First Master Coach

Victor “The Medal Maker” Kovalenko will continue to help guide Australia’s Olympic sailing champions after signing on to become Australian Sailing’s first ever Master Coach.

Fri 28 Jan 2022

OLYMPIC TREAT FOR YOUNG GEELONG SAILORS AT FESTIVAL OF SAILS!

Geelong’s youngest sailors were treated to a rare opportunity to sit down with one of Australia’s finest sailors today when they were joined for breakfast by Olympic sailing silver-medallist Lisa Darmanin.

Tue 25 Jan 2022

Strong Winds and Strong Wins to Wrap up Sail Melbourne

Sail Melbourne 2022 wrapped up on Port Phillip today, with a number of classes relying on the final race of the day to decide a winner.

Mon 17 Jan 2022