Update on the Skiff Last Chance Regatta

Germany’s skiff sailors must be happy with the way their week is going so far. Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, there were Germans on the podium in both the men’s 49er and the women’s 49er FX but they have yet to qualify an Olympic place in either event for Paris 2024.

While they must still clear the conditions set by the German authorities to be picked for the Games, the athletes at least look like giving their selectors a decision to make.

 

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In the men’s competition, four Olympic places are on offer and there are two German pairs in the top three after six races. Max Stingele and Linov Scheel top the standings with Fabian Rieger and Tom Heinrich in third.

 

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Five qualifying berths are possible in the women’s skiff where the Poles are in dominant form, occupying the top two places after six races thanks to Aleksandra Melzacka and Sandra Jankowiak in first, and Gabriela Czapska and Hanna Rajchert in second.

But a couple of bullets today for German pair Maria Bergmann and Hanna Wille has put them in contention in fifth place, just ahead of compatriots Maru Scheel and Freya Feilcke in sixth.

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