Muscat: The race for medals will head into the final day of the 2021 Asian 49er and 49er FX Championships in Barcelo Mussanah Resort with several crews still in contention in both classes.
Day two of competition in the 49er FX class saw Molly Highfield and Sandi Choi of Hong Kong edge ahead of India’s Harshita Tomar and Sweta Shervegar. Both teams gained on the overall leaders to finish in third and ninth place respectively. In the overall standings, Odile Van Aanholt and Elise de Eujter of the Netherlands continue to lead, holding a narrow advantage over Lara Granier and Amelie Riou of France. Laura Schoefegger and Lina Forthofer from Austria and Mathilde Lounadina and Marne Riou of France are currently tied in fourth place.
In the 49er class, Akira Sakai and Russell Awylworth from Hong Kong lead from KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar of India and the Omani crews of Musab Al Hadi and Walid Al Kindi, and Ahmed Al Hasani and Abdulrahman Al Mashari. Danish pairing Fredrik Rask and Jacob Precht lead overall, ahead of Great Britain’s James Peters and Fynn Skerritt. The German team of Jakob Meggendorfer and Andreas Spranger ended the day in third, while Ireland’s Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove are tied in fourth with Herman Umpierre and Fernando Diz from Uruguay just one point off a podium position.
That set the stage for a busy penultimate day. Molly Highfield and Sandi Choi (HKG) slipped back to sixth as Finnish pair of Ronja Gronblom and Veera Hokka regained second place overall. Lara Granier and Amelie Riou (FRA) dropped a place to third, moving Mathilde Lounadina and Marine Riou (FRA) down to fourth and Laura Schoefegger and Lina Forthofer from Austria and Mathilde Lounadina and Marne Riou of France are still tied in fifth.
