{"id":2428,"date":"2016-05-16T07:25:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T07:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2016-05-25T07:11:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:11:36","slug":"world-champ-laser-standard-day-4-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=2428","title":{"rendered":"World Champ &#8211; Laser Standard Day 4 &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=Every_sailrace\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_piuDB52yA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\n\nThompson holds lead, Scheidt moves into medal position at Laser Worlds\n\n(Riviera Nayarit, Mexico) Nick Thompson of Great Britain had another good day at the races to close out the qualifying series in first place overall in the Laser Standard Men\u2019s World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. Thompson\u2019s 2nd and 4th place allowed him to increase his advantage over Jean-Baptiste Bernaz of France to five points, a margin by which Laser Championships can be won or lost. Tomorrow the sailors will be split into gold and silver fleets to begin three days of finals series racing.\n\nCelebrated Laser World Champion and Olympic medalist, Robert Scheidt, moved into third place with two more top-ten results while the previous third place holder, Croatia\u2019s Tonci Stipanovic, scored an 8th and 25th. Stipanovic now has to count a 14th (his previous discard race) but holds on to fourth place overall.\n\nThe top-3 sailors at the end of qualification have all, so far, maintained single figure results excluding their discard races. However, a close look at the score cards reveals that several sailors are starting to find the consistency that was missing at the beginning of the championship. These include the best sailor of the day, Wannes Van Laar of Belgium, who posted two second place finishes today to jump five places into fifth overall.\n\nToday\u2019s slightly lighter winds from a more southerly direction provided another mix in the results on this final qualification day. Changes in the wind strength and direction were minimal, between 215 and 230 degrees and 9 to 12 knots during the three hours of racing. However, these variations were enough to keep things interesting for the sailors and proved sufficient to provide significant changes in positions from one race to the next.\n\nWith three days of Finals Series racing to come, the sailors are certainly aware that the coming days of will be long and twice as hard, as the world\u2019s top sailors now go head-to-head. Sailing skills need to be at a sailor\u2019s best. Places will be won and lost by a meter or a second. A cool head under the hot sun and maximum concentration will be needed to stay consistent over the upcoming six scheduled races \u2013 even more so if the weather changes.\n\nOverall Results after 8 races with 1 discard\n1. Nick Thompson GBR 16pts \n2. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA 21pts \n3. Robert Scheidt BRA 33pts  \n4. Tonci Stipanovic CRO 37pts \n5. Wannes van Laer BEL 39pts \n6. Matthew Wearn AUS 41pts. \n7. Tom Burton 42pts \n8. Marco Gallo ITA 46pts  \n9. Philipp Buhl GER 46pts \n10. Sam Meech NZL 50pts \n\n\n<strong>St\u00e5hlheim till final p\u00e5 VM i Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n Jesper Stalheim g\u00e5r in som 15 :e b\u00e5t och 32 po\u00e4ng efter t\u00e4ten inf\u00f6r de avg\u00f6rande finalracen de kommande tre dagarna, skriver KSSS.<br \/>\n Det h\u00e4nder ganska mycket tryck och skift m\u00e4ssigt, och jag har v\u00e4l inte direkt &#8220;f\u00e5tt s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga med mig&#8221; hitintills. Bra comebacks generellt s\u00e5 h\u00e4r l\u00e5ngt. Jag siktar p\u00e5 att vara med bra runt f\u00f6rsta m\u00e4rket idag. Det \u00e4r riktigt varmt och ganska mycket vind, s\u00e5 det \u00e4r riktigt slitigt, s\u00e4ger Jesper.<br \/>\n Sex finalseglingar d\u00e4r de 50 b\u00e4sta m\u00f6te i alla race kommer att g\u00f6ra listan lite tightare. Det v\u00e4ntas inga f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar i v\u00e4der och vind s\u00e5 jag tror p\u00e5 att Jesper kommer att kl\u00e4ttra i listan, skriver KSSS p\u00e5 sin hemsida.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserworlds2016.org\/index.php\/mstand-results\" target=\"_blank\">Result <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jldigitalmedia.zenfolio.com\/p743945920\" target=\"_blank\">Photo Day 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=Every_sailrace\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< Thompson holds lead, Scheidt moves into medal position at Laser Worlds (Riviera Nayarit, Mexico) Nick Thompson of Great Britain had another good day at the races to close out the qualifying series in first place overall in the Laser Standard Men\u2019s World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. 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