Nacra 17 @Tokyo Olympics, Day 1: Tita & Banti Lead

by Editor · Published July 28, 2021 · Updated November 1, 2021

All images © Sailing Energy / World Sailing .

What a great debut for the Nacra 17 Foiling version, it might not be the most refined foiler but can surely handle any breeze and sea state. Harsh & tricky conditions with plenty of waves and wind. Favorites Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti confirmed their past years performance on the first Olympic Day on the N17.

Germans Kohlhof & Stuhlemmer also writing in the Olympic official diary the progressive top performance they’ve showing in the breeze.
Jason & Lisa 3rd overall withing a tight top 5 behind the Italian leaders.

2016 Gold Medalist, Argies Lange & Carranza had a good day among the Young Guns, and even gave away 2 key places in the last race.

Try to watch the Live Stream replay of the last two races we published in previous post , delivered by Marca Claro Mexican News web for all to see : https://olimpicos.marcaclaro.com/tokyo-2020/eventos/sal/vela-949af860/ (don’t know if restrictions apply elsewhere, check previous post for more links)

Top ten, complete results https://tokyo2020.sailing.org/results-centre/

Pos	Flag	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Tot	Net
1st	Italy	Ruggero TitaCaterina Banti	1	-3	1	5	2
2nd	Germany	Paul KohlhoffAlica Stuhlemmer	5	1	-7	13	6
3rd	Australia	Jason WaterhouseLisa Darmanin	2	-11	4	17	6
4th	Great Britain	John GimsonAnna Burnet	-7	5	2	14	7
5th	Argentina	Santiago Raul LangeCecilia Carranza Saroli	-6	2	5	13	7
6th	France	Quentin DelapierreManon Audinet	-18	4	3	25	7
7th	Spain	Tara Pacheco Van RijnsoeverFlorian Trittel Paul	4	-6	6	16	10
8th	Austria	Thomas ZajacBarbara Matz	3	-10	8	21	11
9th	USA	Riley GibbsAnna Weis	9	7	-12	28	16
10th	Denmark	Lin CenholtChristian Lubeck	8	8	-10	26	16