{"id":2455,"date":"2016-05-20T21:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2016-07-06T06:58:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T06:58:56","slug":"world-champ-laser-nick-thompson-repeats-as-laser-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"World Champ Laser &#8211; Nick Thompson Repeats as Laser World Champion"},"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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v7AATzS-KQw?list=PLQj9rPN_fgFBw49XBZTLb4p56WPzOhx9m\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Everysailrace --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4487550053079833\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8435785152\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nNick Thompson Repeats as Laser World Champion on Epic Final Day<\/p>\n<p>(Riviera Nayarit, Mexico) Great Britain\u2019s Nick Thompson won his second Laser World Championship and has now joined an elite group of sailors who can claim back-to-back titles in what many consider one of the world\u2019s toughest sporting events.<\/p>\n<p>The wind on the final day was only a 15 degrees south of the typical direction but caused the biggest place changes seen during 14 race series in the waters of Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. Big gains and losses affected both the championship leader and those further down the leader board. As Thompson said, \u201cIt was definitely very stressful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the top sailors started near the pin, but the wind shifted right and never allowed them to tack and cross to the right side of the course. It was not clear what had happened until the fleet rounded the first mark and Giovanni Coccoluto ITA led his teammate Marco Gallo out of the chasing group.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson was back in 25th position but surprisingly his nearest rivals, Jean-Baptiste Bernaz of France and Croatia\u2019s Pavlos Kontides found themselves in 41st and 50th places respectively.<\/p>\n<p>But Thompson almost let his victory slip away when on the next upwind leg he dropped to 40th place while Bernaz amazingly clawed his way up to the top of the fleet. Robert Scheidt also dropped from the top-10 down to 30th on the leg.<\/p>\n<p>At the finish, Coccoluto held on to his position to the lead Wannes van Laer of Belgium and Dutchman, Rutger van Schaardenburg, across the line. Bernaz held on for fifth place and with Thompson\u2019s 41st place finish, it was all down to the last of the 14 races to decide the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to do some quick calculations\u201d said Thompson. \u201cI worked out that I had to watch Jean-Baptiste and Matthew Wearn in the last race. That was impossible so I decided to sail my own race. I started near the committee boat and crossed off Matthew at the start and then had a close cross with Jean-Baptiste just before the first mark. At that point I felt back in control although there was still a long way to go. Jean-Baptiste was ahead of me until the second upwind when we split tacks and I was able to pass him and stay ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Thompson pulled ahead of Bernaz on the second upwind leg, he had essentially sealed his victory as he successfully covered Bernaz to the finish.<\/p>\n<p>Rutger van Schaardenburg won the final race, and combined with his third in the first race of the day promoted him from an overnight position of tenth to third overall, showing how close the racing was in the gold fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Bernaz held on to his second place overall position and with the regatta win, Thompson became only the fifth person in 42 years to successfully defend a Laser World Championship title.<\/p>\n<p>Final overall results after 14 races and 2 discards.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Thompson GBR 61pts<br \/>\nJean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA 73pts<br \/>\nRutger van Schaardenburg NED 88pts<br \/>\nMatthew Wearn AUS 90pts<br \/>\nMarco Gallo ITA 93pts<br \/>\nTom Burton AUS 101pts<br \/>\nTonci Stipanovic CRO 118pts<br \/>\nPhilipp Buhl GER 123pts<br \/>\nJesper Stalheim SWE 123pts<br \/>\nRobert Scheidt BRA 127pts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everysailrace.com\/?page_id=2457\" target=\"_blank\">All result <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jesper St\u00e5lheim studsade upp sista dagen &#8211; Topp Tio!<\/p>\n<p>KSSS skriver:<\/p>\n<p><em>Str\u00e5lande comeback av St\u00e5hlheim sista dagen p\u00e5 VM.<br \/>\n Det har varit en brokig vecka, minst sagt, var Jeppe kommentar efter 14 tuffa race.<br \/>\n Idag hade jag fler beslut p\u00e5 min sida och d\u00e5 f\u00e5r man segla sin &#8220;egen&#8221; segling och livet blir lite l\u00e4ttare och framf\u00f6rallt roligare, s\u00e4ger Jesper.<br \/>\n Vinner g\u00f6r Nick Thomsson GBR som hade en relativt &#8220;komfortabel &#8221; ledning inf\u00f6r sista racen.<br \/>\n St\u00f6rsta lyftet st\u00e5r Holl\u00e4ndaren Rutger van Schaardenburg som k\u00e4ttrade fr\u00e5n en 20 plats de sista tre dagarna till medalj och avslutande VM med en trea och spik.<br \/>\n &#8220;Upp och ner ligan&#8221; vann cyprioten Pavlos Kontides. Han l\u00e5g ihop med Jesper under hela VM placeringsm\u00e4ssigt. Han l\u00e5g p\u00e5 medaljplats inf\u00f6r sista dagen och hans &#8220;kant\u00e5kning&#8221; betalade sig d\u00e5ligt sista tv\u00e5 racen. Surt sa r\u00e4ven och rasade till en16 plats totalt.<br \/>\n Jesper sl\u00e5r sig in topp tio (9:a) och skapade en bra &#8220;boost&#8221; inf\u00f6r den kommande tr\u00e4ningsperioden i Rio. Det k\u00e4ndes sk\u00f6nt att avsluta p\u00e5 det h\u00e4r viset. Nu b\u00f6rjar vi &#8220;toppningen&#8221; rent fysiskt och seglingstr\u00e4ning b\u00e5de p\u00e5 hemma och p\u00e5 min andra &#8220;hemmaarena&#8221; i Rio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-4487550053079833\",\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\n  });\n<\/script><\/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>Nick Thompson Repeats as Laser World Champion on Epic Final Day (Riviera Nayarit, Mexico) Great Britain\u2019s Nick Thompson won his second Laser World Championship and has now joined an elite group of sailors who can claim back-to-back titles in what many consider one of the world\u2019s toughest sporting events. 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