Greek sailor Marios Stathas leads the overall standings in the men’s ILCA 7 class at the Open European U21 Championship in Bodrum, Turkey, after four races in a competition featuring 183 boats from 42 countries.
Stathas tops the standings among 118 boats with 11 penalty points. He finished fourth, 30th, fourth and third in the four races, discarding his 30th-place result as his worst score.
Five Greek sailors sit among the top 33 competitors, with the team still having room to improve their positions.
Nikolaos Komianos ranks 17th overall with 28 points and fourth in the U19 category. His results were 16th, 17th, second and 10th, with the 17th-place finish discarded.
Adamantios Petrianos stands 26th with 40 points, after finishing 26th, 20th, 18th and second. He discarded his 26th-place result.
Konstantinos Portosalte ranks 31st with 43 points, having recorded first, 13th, 29th and 39th places. He discarded the 39th-place finish.
Alexandros Kyfidis sits 33rd with 44 points, after finishing 13th, 17th, 14th and 22nd. He discarded his 22nd-place result.
The remaining Greek competitors in the men’s ILCA 7 fleet are Georgios Kypraios in 57th place with 70 points, Georgios Bougiouris in 67th with 82, and Emmanouil Anastasios Vomvylas in 88th with 111.
In the women’s ILCA 6 class, which features 65 boats, Ermoni Gkika ranks 19th with 52 points, while Miranda Papadaki sits 46th with 103 points.
Gkika’s results were 33rd, ninth, 20th and 23rd, with her 33rd-place finish discarded. Papadaki recorded ninth, 42nd, 52nd and 56th places, discarding her 56th-place result.
Kosta Papadopoulos
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