The European RSX Surfing Championship continued today (Thursday) as Ofek Elimelech continued his positive momentum from yesterday and maintained a place at the top. He did get off the lead but screwed up in third place overall after finishing the cruises in places 2,4,10.
The cruise day was characterized by a moderate wind, which was to the advantage of the Israeli surfers, who managed to improve their positions from yesterday. Yoav Omar rose to 8th place, Yoav Cohen, European 2020 champion, rose to 11th place, Shahar Tzobari, who carries an ankle injury, advanced to 16th place and Tom Reuveni remained in 22nd place, where he was yesterday.
It is important to note that this competition does not affect the selection of the representative for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, since the World Championships in April will decide which of the two, Zubari or Yoav Cohen, will be the representative.
Among the women, European runner-up Katie Spichkov rose two places today and is in tenth place. Tomorrow will be the last day of the cruises and on Saturday the medal cruises, to which of course only the top ten will ascend.
At the same time, the 470 World Sailing Championship entered its fourth day. The mixed team, Gil Cohen and Noam Materiali rose to first place after finishing in three cruises today in sixth, first and ninth places, with 36 points to their credit. The good results jumped them to first place, ahead of the British team, his 50 points.
The other two teams involved also had a good day of cruising, with Tal Sadeh and Noa Lasri advancing to eighth place, allowing entry to the medal cruise, and Nitai Hasson and Saar Tamir finishing in 11th place. After maintaining a place in the top 4 to this day). The men’s team, Maor Abu and Yoav Rose, dropped to 13th place, and it seems that if there is no surprise for Israel, there will be no ticket to the Tokyo Olympics for men.
