Day three brought all the Australians into racing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, France. The breeze may have gone back a little more East, and even offered an extra little bit of pace, but it retained all its challenges for the Aussies on the racecourse.
After two days of dinghy and kite racing, the rest of the New Zealand sailing team announced their arrival at the Olympic test event in Marseille with a string of stellar performances in the skiff, multihull and windfoil classes.
We headed out with 20 year old Kiwi ILCA 6 sailor Greta Pilkington as she prepares for the 2023 World Sailing Championships in The Hague
As the 49ers and 49erFXs gear up for their opening races at the Olympic Test Event in Marseille, France, we look back, to the 2013 49er Worlds raced on the same waters. Check it out!
Hard work was the name of the game on day two of the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille, France.
The introduction of 3D scanning technology by World Sailing has been hailed as crucial to ensuring races are “decided on the water rather than the boat park”.
Axel Mazella continued his fine start to the Paris 2024 Test Event on home water while Jordi Xammar Hernandez and Nora Brugman Cabot overcame testing circumstances in the Mixed 470 on day two in Marseille.
Sailing conditions improved for day two of the Olympic test event in Marseille and with it, the New Zealand team’s fortunes.
“It was a challenging day for everyone, so I am happy with a solid day,” Bouwmeester said.
A gentle yet challenging Sou’east breeze greeted the first of the Australian athletes taking to the Marseille racecourse at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event.
New Zealand’s sailors battled changeable conditions and pre-regatta jitters on a curtailed first day of the Olympic test event in Marseille.
Representing the United States from East to West Coast, 14 athletes across ten Olympic sailing disciplines will begin competition in the Paris 2024 Test Event on Sunday, July 9 in Marseille, France.
For a dozen of New Zealand’s leading sailors, the Olympic test event in Marseille will be as much a reconnaissance mission as it is a chance to battle the best in the world.
When it comes to the Olympics, Australian sailors have always punched above their weight. Starting with the first medal at Melbourne 1956, the inaugural Gold in Tokyo the decade after, then of course the glut of medals over the past four Games.
Australia has announced its final selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event, with Lisa Darmanin and Darren Bundock set to represent the country in the Nacra 17 class.
We bid farewell to Australia’s favourite Nacra 17 duo as they part ways to focus on new sailing adventures.
Twelve sailors will represent New Zealand in nine of the 10 Olympic classes at July’s Olympic test event in Marseille, just over a year out from the Paris Games.
Check out the full version interview of how this pitchpole unfolded!
Day 4, the first two days of Final’s racing at the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, was a test of light and shifty breeze skills and make or break time in a lot of respects, as Australian athletes worked hard to avoid big scores and move up the board, which the likes of Matt Wearn, Casey Imeneo and Mara Stransky did.
The fight is on to get back in podium contention after New Zealand’s leading sailors lost valuable ground on their competitors on their most challenging day so far at the French Olympic Week regatta.
All ten Olympic classes were on the water in building easterly winds as the top of the 900 competitors in 670 boats from 66 nations from the first three days split into gold fleets at he 54th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM.
More wins and other top placings for Australian athletes competing on Day 3 of the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, this time in light and shifty airs that did not faze the athletes in the Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) and Australian Sailing Futures (ASF) in the Nacra 17, 49erFX, 49er and ILCA 6 classes.
New Zealand claimed four race wins on a challenging final day of qualifying to remain in the medal hunt in three different classes at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyères.
Australian Sailing Team (AST), Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) and Australian Sailing Futures (ASF) athletes again took advantage of a Mistral wind on Day 2 of the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, with wins and top three places aplenty in the ILCA 7 and 49erFX classes.
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