Nacra 17 Last Chance Regatta for Paris 2024


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Nacra 17 Last Tickets to Paris Olympics 2024

The Nacra 17 fleet saw past weekend the literal ‘Last Chance Regatta’ to secure a ticket for Paris 2024. Four countries got that precious reward racing at Hyeres Semaine Olympique.

The Teams obtaining a slot to represent their countries and race for the 2024 Olympic Gold were:

Denmark: Natacha Saouma-Pedersen & Mathias Brun-Boreskov
Turkey: Alican Kaynar & Bete Kaynacki
Japan:Shibuki Itsuka & Oura Nishida Capiglia
Belguim: Lucas Claeyssens & Eline Verstraelen

Canada couldn’t qualify as they finished 1pt behind Team Japan, and the Greek crew was a bit behnd inspite of Danny’s chrge in the last races.

The four teams above will join the already qualified nations:

  1. Italy (ITA): Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti
  2. Great Britain (GBR): Anna Burnet & John Gimson
  3. Sweden (SWE): (pending trials)
  4. Netherlands (NED): Bjarne Bouwer & Laila Van Der Meer 
  5. Argentina (ARG): Mateo Majdalani & Eugenia Bosco
  6. New Zealand (NZL): Micah Wilkinson & Erica Dawson
  7. Germany (GER): (pending trials)
  8. Finland (FIN): Sinem Kurtbay & Akseli Keskinen
  9. Spain (ESP): Tara Pacheco & Andres Barrio
  10. United States (USA): (pending trials)
  11. Brazil (BRA): (pending trials)
  12. Austria (AUT): (pending trials)
  13. Australia (AUS): (pending trials)
  14. France (FRA): (pending trials)
  15. China (CHN): Huicong Mai & Linlin Chen

Next big Nacra 17 event will be 2024 Worlds at La Gran Motte, May 4-12.

More info &updates at Nacra 17 Sailing web & Nacra 17 Sailing Fb

Hyeres Final Results below, source here: