Japan Defy Random Conditions To Maintain 470 Lead
• Japanese hold 1,2 & 5 on the leaderboard
• Diesch & Markfort maintain 3rd for Germany
• Race win lifts Lecointre & Mion to 4th despite a flappy gasket
• British on track to secure Olympic berth for Paris 2024
Through all the random gusts, lulls and big windshifts of day 2 at the 470 World Championship in S’Arenal (Llucmajor, Mallorca), the Japanese teams continue to hold their nerve as well as the overall lead.
The defending World Champions Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka enjoyed a really good couple of Qualifying races in the shifty northerly breeze, with the breeze pulsing from 10 to 18 knots throughout the afternoon. Scores of 3,4 move them up to second overall and just a point behind their teammates and rivals for Olympic selection, Tetsuya Isozaki and Yurie Seki.
