Waiting for Vadlau/Mähr

Medal Race in sailing from 15:43 LIVE

Lara Vadlau and Lukas Mähr are going for gold today.(Bild: AP)

The medal race of the 470 sailors with very good medal chances for the leading ÖOC duo Lara Vadlau/Lukas Mähr has been postponed to Thursday. At the time originally scheduled for the medal decision, only the medal race in the women's class ILCA 6 was held off Marseille on Wednesday. The wind was too weak or unstable to allow any other race to take place and the medal race in the men's ILCA 7 class had to be abandoned.

Before the 470 Medal Race, a new ICLA 7 start attempt and the Medal Race in the Nacra 17 would still be on the program. A postponement to Thursday came closer, the last possible Wednesday start time was given as 17:37.

Vadlau/Mähr go into the Medal Race with 24 points. The Spanish world and European champions Jordi Xammar/Nora Brugman are seven points behind, the fourth-placed team 15 points behind. Therefore, eighth place in the medal race of the top ten would be enough for Vadlau/Mähr for at least bronze.

None of the five races planned for Wednesday before the Thursday medal races have been put on the books, at least for the time being, including the kitesurfers, who will of course be competing on another of the four courses. Valentin Bontus from Lower Austria is in fourth place in the men's medal race, while his compatriot Alina Kornelli is eleventh in the women's race.