We do not want to look at them, but it would take a real disaster for the medal to escape them.
In 470 (women's double dinghy sailing category), Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz are very well placed before the Medal Race on Wednesday and should, logically, return from Tokyo with a medal around their neck.
After the first ten races, the two Frenchmen are in 2nd position with 42 points and should be able to stay on the podium, except for death during the last race for the medal.
470 women - Day 5
🔜 Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz are on their way to the Medal Race.
Final outcome tomorrow!
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Race 9: 🔟
Race 10: 4️⃣
2nd overall 📋
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- Voile Banque Pop (@VoileBanquePop) August 3, 2021
What medal for Lecointre and Retornaz?
After their 10th and 4th place in regattas number 9 and 10, the Habs are 14 points behind the leader but are above all ahead of the Slovenian tandem Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol, 4th, by nearly 13 points.
During the Medal Race where the points are doubled (2 points for the 1st, 4 points for the 2nd, etc.), it would take a lot of circumstances for the French duo to be ejected from the podium of the Olympic Games as a victory for the Slovenia combined with an 8th place for France.
🥇 If they regain 14 pts from the British in MR (ex: FRA 1st, GBR 8th)
🥈 4 pts ahead of the Poles who will have to be ahead or immediately follow in the MR standings
🥉 13 pts ahead of the Slovenes (disaster scenario in MR: SLO 1st, FRA 8th) pic.twitter.com/acwYjWsppw
- Christophe Lemaire (@ch_lemaire) August 3, 2021
Lecointre and Retornaz could mainly aim for the silver medal.
To keep their short lead over the Poles, the Blue will only have to finish just behind their competitor.
On the other hand, it will be much more complicated to get the Olympic gold medal.
The French would have to regain 14 points from the British.
There is only one possible scenario: the French duo wins tomorrow's Medal Race and their direct opponents only finish 8th.
In any case, after the silver of Charline Picon and Thomas Goyard, a third medal in sailing is in the sights of the French delegation.