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European 470 champions decided
18 Apr 2016
Many of the race’s medal race contenders will face each other in the Olympics ©Jesus Renedo/Sailing Energy/CNA
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS: A top display of counter-attacking tactics was the order of the day as teams pushed each other around the track in a final bid for the 470 European Championships.
The overall win went to Australia’s Mat Belcher/Will Ryan who had stacked up a 12-point advantage going into the medal race.
Victories at the 470 Open European Championship were claimed by Sofian Bouvet/Jeremie Mion (FRA) in the 470 Men and Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar in the 470 Women (AUT).
Teams from six different nations won European Championship medals, with 16 nations featuring across the teams in each of the men and women medal race fleets.
Many of the race’s medal race contenders will go on to face each other on the waters of Rio de Janeiro in four months’ time, so these results could well be an early taste of Olympic success.
The 2016 470 Open European Championships was organised by Club Nàutic Arenal in co-operation with the Real Federacion Espanola de Vela and the International 470 Class Association.
Nations represented at the 2016 470 Open European Championships include Great Britain, Australia, Canada and France.
Results
470 Men European Championship Medallists
Gold – Sofian Bouvet/Jeremie Mion (FRA)
Silver – Sime Fantela/Igor Marenic (CRO)
Bronze – Simon Sivitz Kosuta/Jas Farneti (ITA)
470 Women European Championship Medallists
Gold – Lara Vadlau/Jolanta Ogar (AUT)
Silver – Afrodite Kyranakou/Anneloes Van Veen (NED)
Bronze – Tina Mrak/Veronika Macarol (SLO)