First day of racing at the Mussanah Open Championship 2021 in Oman, the Final Tokyo Olympic qualification for Asian and African nations.
102 sailors from 17 countries are competing in five classes: Laser, Laser Radial, 49er, 49erFX and the RS:X, with aims to qualify to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The first day offered sailors an opportunity to warm up with an official practice race in preparation for the start of official racing the following day.
Racing will then take place each day through until Thursday 8 April where the winners will receive their prizes and the closing ceremony will bring the extended qualification period to an end.
49er Men – Leaders after 3 races (14 entries)
1st CHN 251 Chao Xiang and Hong Wei 1.0 4.0 2.0 – – 7.0 pts
2nd CHN 616 Wang Xin and Zhou Zhibo 3.0 7.0 1.0 – – 11.0 pts
3rd RSA 470 Alex Burger and Benjamin Talbot Daniel 7.0 2.0 7.0 – – 16.0 pts
49erFX Women – Leaders after 3 races (7 entries)
1st CHN 619 Ye Jin and Chen Shasha 1.0 2.0 2.0 – – 5.0 pts
2nd THA 286 Kamonchanok Klahan and Nichapa Waiwai 2.0 1.0 3.0 – – 6.0 pts
3rd IND 604 Ekta Yadav and Ritika Dangi 3.0 4.0 1.0 – – 8.0 pts
Laser Radial Women – Leaders after 2 races (12 entries)
1st KOR 201497 Jung Hyewon 1.0 4.0 – – 5.0 pts
2nd IND 210440 Harshita Tomar 4.0 2.0 – – 6.0 pts
3rd KOR 211521 Kim Jia 7.0 1.0 – – 8.0 pts
Laser Men – Leaders after 2 races (20 entries)
1st CHN 218525 Jiannan Wu 2.0 3.0 – – 5.0 pts
2nd KAZ 216733 Ruslan Jangazov 4.0 4.0 – – 8.0 pts
3rd BRN 211855 Dawood Abdulla Sadeq 1.0 8.0 – – 9.0 pts
RS:X Men – Leaders after 2 races (13 entries)
1st THA6 Natthapong Phonoppharat 1.0 3.0 – – 4.0 pts
2nd THA 20 Navin Singsart 2.0 2.0 – – 4.0 pts
3rd PHI 420 Yancy Kaibigan 6.0 1.0 – – 7.0 pts
RS:X Women – Leaders after 2 races (3 entries)
1st PHI16 Charizanne Napa 1.0 1.0 – – 2.0 pts
2nd SGP 1 Amanda Ng Ling Kai 3.0 2.0 – – 5.0 pts
3rd IND 12 Ishwariya Ganesh 2.0 3.0 – – 5.0 pts
