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Day 4 of 7 Update: Last Chance Regatta & Qualified Nations Regatta at French Olympic Week

HYÈRES, FRANCE (24 April 2024)

The iQFOiL fleets hit the water early for day four in pursuit of the event's only marathon race. After a dynamic upwind rabbit start, both Last Chance and Qualified Nations fleets set out for the hour-long race in 13 knots of breeze.

Though fleet leader and US Sailing Team... Show more

Day 4 of 7 Update: Last Chance Regatta & Qualified Nations Regatta at French Olympic Week HYÈRES, FRANCE (24 April 2024)The iQFOiL fleets hit the water early for day four in pursuit of the event's only marathon race. After a dynamic upwind rabbit start, both Last Chance and Qualified Nations fleets set out for the hour-long race in 13 knots of breeze. Though fleet leader and US Sailing Team athlete Noah Lyons took 16th in the marathon race, his consistent racing all event – with wins in all but one race – meant that the marathon's double-counted 16th finish went straight to his three allotted drop scores. After a break, the fleet sailed two traditional upwind course races, with Noah finishing his penultimate day of competition with a race withdraw that counted as his third drop and a 2nd place to round out the day. Never leaving 1st overall this week, Lyons will advance straight to tomorrow's finals and is therefore guaranteed a medal at the Last Chance Regatta, officially securing his ticket to the Paris Olympics with one day of racing to spare. Markus Edegran, USST and Paris 2024 selected Men's Kite athlete, ended his qualifying series racing in fifth overall. He will sail in tomorrow's semifinals, where he will need two race wins to advance to finals. To lock in his spot in Marseille this summer, Edegran will need to finish as the 5th or higher country ranking overall. In the ILCA 7 fleet, USST's Ford McCann ended his day with a third-place finish, putting him in ninth overall with one more day of racing before the top ten advance to Friday's medal race. Ford's brother Marshall is following by two places in 11th, and USA's Leo Boucher sits in 19th. For Ford to secure a ticket to Paris, any American must finish as a top three country ranking at the end of Friday's racing. USA Standings in the Last Chance Regatta at French Olympic Week Men's iQFOiL – USA 1st country ranking overall (need 5th or higher) 1st - Noah Lyons, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Selected Athlete Men's Formula Kite – USA 5th country ranking overall (need 5th or higher) 5th - Markus Edegran, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Selected Athlete 27th - Adam Keaton ILCA 7 – USA 12th country ranking overall (need 3rd or higher) 9th – Ford McCann, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Selected Athlete 11th – Marshall McCann 19th – Leo Boucher USA Standings in the Qualified Nations Regatta at French Olympic Week ILCA 6 4th - Charlotte Rose, US Sailing Team 18th - Christina Sakellaris 27th - Lilly Myers 49er 5th – Andrew Mollerus & Ian MacDiarmid, US Sailing Team 15th - Ian Barrows & Hans Henken, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominated Athletes Mixed 470 9th - Stu McNay, OLY & Lara Dallman-Weiss, OLY, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominated Athletes, 4x Olympian & Tokyo Olympian Women's Formula Kite 15th - Daniela Moroz, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominated Athlete Women's iQFOiL 15th - Dominique Stater, US Sailing Team & Paris 2024 Nominated Athlete