Australia’s reigning Olympic Laser champion Tom Burton won the Laser Worlds in Miho, Japan late this afternoon, while Matt Wearn’s sterling performance in the final two races has earned the West Australian second overall.
Another good day on the water for Australia’s Tom Burton and Matt Wearn, as Burton retained his overnight lead and Wearn moved up to third place at Laser Worlds in Miho, Japan, after each sailed a polished race and a second drop came into play on Day 5.
Australia’s Tom Burton, the Rio Olympic Laser gold medallist, has moved into the lead of the Laser Worlds in a timely fashion as the first day of Gold fleet racing got underway in Miho, Japan on Sunday local time.
Only 10 points separate the top 10 sailors after day one of the 2019 ILCA Laser Standard Men’s World Championship in Sakaiminato-City, Japan, where five AST and ASS athletes are vying for a world title and the chance to impress Tokyo 2020 selectors.
The shutters came down on Kiel Week in Germany on Sunday June 30 with Queenslander Jake Lilley moving to the next event on the Olympic qualification path with another Finn medal in his collection.
A breezy day two at Kiel Week in Germany, Thursday June 27, and it was a second Australian Sailing Squad member’s turn to make pole position in the progressive pointscore – this time in the men’s heavyweight Finn class.
On a warm and windy day at Kiel Week in Germany, Australia’s brother duo of Will and Sam Phillips tore up the track to be leading the world-class 49er fleet after day one, Wednesday June 26, of the Olympic classes competition.
Hempel World Cup Series champions were crowned over the weekend and the 470 Men’s pair of Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) were among the victors, securing their tenth World Cup gold medal and their third win at Marseille.
Australian Sailing has announced its 4-person sailing team to represent the country at this year’s Pacific Games to be held in Samoa between 7-20 July.
A full schedule of racing was completed on Thursday June 6 and the Hempel World Cup Series Final leaderboards are shaping up nicely ahead of Saturday and Sunday's Medal Races at Marseille, France.
In a variable 7-12 knot south easterly breeze, competitors from 41 nations competing across ten Olympic events and an Open Kiteboarding fleet completed all scheduled races on the opening day of the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille, France.
Australian Sailing has announced its 14-athlete strong team to represent the country at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Test Event, which will take place at the Olympic venue at Enoshima, 70 kilometres south of Tokyo, from 15-22 August.
Australian Matt Wearn saved his best until last to win the 2019 Laser Senior European Trophy in Portugal after the scoreboard was turned on its head on the final day, while fellow Aussie Mara Stransky finished strongly in seventh place overall, her best result in a major international competition.
One day of racing remains at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal, and a trio of Australians are inside the top ten, as Tom Burton continues leading the Laser, where Matt Wearn is third, while Mara Stransky is sixth in the Laser Radial.
It’s Day 4 at the 2019 Laser European Championship in Portugal and Australia is firing with Mara Stransky moving up to eighth place in the Laser Radial and Tom Burton streaking away in the Laser.