Wednesday, 9 June 2021
France’s Tokyo 2020 49er class sailors Lucas Rual and Emile Amoros made a strong start as the second half of World Sailing’s World Cup event at Medemblik got underway today
The French pair, picked for Tokyo 2020, finished second, first and second in today’s three opening races in The Netherlands to total five points and stand 11 clear of Germany’s Jakob Meggendorfer and Andreas Spranger, who were third, eighth and then fifth to total 16 points.
Poland’s Adam Glogowski and Maciej Krusiec moved up to third place with a steady sequence of improvement - seventh, sixth, then fourth.