2015 ISAF SWC Hyeres - Wrap-up

The Australian Sailing Team was competing in full force at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères with this Olympic and Paralympic class regatta being the first major event on the road to Rio 2016 selection. The top 40 boats of the world's best competed in each of the ten Olympic class events in Hyères after changes to the ISAF Sailing World Cup format and pre-qualification based on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and a qualification regatta. Australian Sailing Team’s World #1 Laser sailor Tom Burton won the gold medal and Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) added a silver medal in the 49er, which they had already secured on Saturday with one day to spare. Olympic gold medallist and five-time World Champion Mathew Belcher (QLD) and dual World Champion crew Will Ryan won Sunday’s medal race, which secured them the silver medal in the Men’s 470. This brought the total Australian medal tally to one gold, two silver in the Olympic classes at the first European World Cup of the 2015 series. In the Nacra 17 class dual Olympic medallist Darren Bundock (NSW) and Olympic silver medallist Nina Curtis (NSW) finished the medal race in third and overall fourth. Media Release: http://www.australiansailing.org/one-gold-and-two-silver-medals-for-australian-sailing-team-at-isaf-sailing-world-cup-hyeres/ For full results: http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php Australian Sailing Team website... http://aussailingteam.com.au/ Film by Australian Sailing Team / Beau Outteridge