Sailors from six nations are leading the fleet in eight olympic sailing disciplines and paralympic boat classes 2.4mR. With Andrews Marks in the Finn and Sophie Weguelin/Eilidh McIntryre, the British are the first set for the Gold Fleet. In the 49er (Delle Karth/Resch) and 470 men (Schmidt/Reichsstaedter) Austrians take the lead after the second racing day, in the 49er FX (Jurczok/Lorenz) and the 2.4mR (Kroeger) German sailors are at the top. The Australian crew Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin keeps on going in the new olympic catamaran class Nacra 17, Finish sailor Tuula Tenkanen is in the front in the Laser Radial.
The two-time World Champion Robert Scheidt from Brasil could celebrate a glorious comeback in the Laser. He did leave 90 competitors - the whole fleet - behind him. Philipp Buhl from Kiel is in third position.
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