Sharon Kantor and Katie Spichkov advanced to the finals of the World Windsurfing Championship in the IQ FOIL model. They will fight each other for the ticket to the Paris Olympics, where whoever finishes first in the finals will get to go to the French capital at the end of the year.

Last year's champion Shahar Tibi jumped ahead of time in the quarterfinals and was disqualified. As a result, Tibi lost the opportunity to compete for theticket to the Olympics and ended her journey in eighth place.