Two perfect races in 11 to 14 knots of wind gave the 165 sailors at the Laser Radial World Championship a chance to stretch their legs after two days of light winds. At the mid point of the championship and the end of the first round the leader board in both fleets is starting to sort itself out as the sailors can now discard their worst result.

The wind was more to the left than it has been on the last two days but it was still a difficult test as it shifted through 20 degrees throughout the day. Those who kept to the basics and were able to get in phase with the shifts scored consistently in both races. The most consistent in the Women's fleet was Sophie de Turckheim FRA, who after a miserable day yesterday, suffering sickness, scored a fourth and a first. In her first race she had to work hard in an exciting race that first saw race leader, Laura Baldwin GBR lose her mainsheet. Nufar Edelman from Israel and Gintare Volungevicuite from Lithuania swapped the lead thereafter and then places with Anna Tunnicliffe USA and de Turckheim. Her second race was more straight forward. She rounded the first mark ahead of Tunnicliffe and Keamia Rasa CAN. Keamia took the lead on the first downwind but was passed by de Turkheim on the final legs. In the same race American Paige Riley recovered well to finish second which added to her sixth in the previous race took her into the overall lead. The pre race favourite said "I am not thinking about the title yet!"

Overnight leader, Sarah Blanck AUS, struggled in the slightly fresher conditions scoring her worst results of the series that dropped her to third overall behind the German Petra Niemann who scored a fifth and a second. A win for Cecilia Carranza Saroli ARG in the sixth race promoted her to fourth overall to place 4 different continents at the top of the leader board.

In the men's races Brad Funk USA shared the best results of the day with Daniel Jacobsson BRA each scoring a first and a third. Jacobsson now drops his 21st place from race 4 and moves into the 4 strong Brasilian pack chasing the 17 year old Russian Igor Lisovenko who maintains his lead after an 8th and 3rd place.

Both the men's and women's fleets now race 6 more races in gold and silver where all the top sailors race together all the time.

Overall results after 6 races with discard:
Women
1.Paige Railey USA 19pts
2.Petra Niemann GER 22pts
3.Sarah Blanck AUS 31pts
4.Cecilia Carranza Saroli ARG 34pts
5.Anna Tunnicliffe USA 34pts
6.Sara Winther NZL 36pts
7.Sophie de Turckheim FRA 37pts
8.Penny Mountford GBR 37pts
9.Gintare Volungeviciute LTU 39pts
10.Tina Mihelic CRO 42pts

Men
1 RUS 182019 Igor Lisovenko 17,0 pts
2 BRA 172402 Eduardo C. de Magalhães Couto 20,0 pts
3 BRA 174394 Daniel Jakobsson 23,0 pts
4 BRA 171250 Tiago Côrtes Rodrigues 23,0 pts
5 BRA 174388 Andreas Reinisch Perdicaris 27,0 pts
6 GBR 182523 Ben Paton 29,0 pts
7 USA 176266 Brad Funk 31,0 pts
8 BRA 175368 Fábio Dutra Pillar e Silva 32,0 pts
9 RUS 176564 Timofey Zhbankov 33,0 pts
10 BRA 174056 Bruno Côrtes Rodrigues 35,0 pts

Full results: www.laserinternational.org