Two days before the end of the European IQ Foil Windsurfing Championship, held in Garda, Italy, Daniela Peleg rose today (Friday) to fifth place overall.
The 18-year-old Peleg went out on the water today when she was in 13th place, knowing that she needed a good day of cruising in order to reach a reasonable range of the top ten that would put her on the medal cruise - and indeed it was.
With four cruises in which she screwed up in the top ten (4,7,3,5) and a jump of eight places to fifth place, Peleg made it big and stood the test.
Meanwhile, Shahar Tibi retained sixth place when she finished the cruises in places 11,5,38,18 and she continues to fight for a place in the medal cruise.
Another contender in a realistic position for the top ten is Sharon Kantor, who is in 15th place (25,38,12,13 today).
In women the competition is particularly close, with the three leading a great distance from the second stick, but the points difference between the fourth place and the 12th place is 26 points in total.
The small difference drains all the pressure for tomorrow's cruise day, the last before the medal cruise, where about 16 skiers will compete for about ten places.
In men, Yoav Omar is still in the picture of the medal cruises, when today he dropped one place to 12th place, a distance of four points in total from tenth place.
Tom Reuben also dropped two places and is now in 17th place.
In the IQ Foil model, the score of the top ten is reset when reaching the medal cruises and the competition actually opens completely, so the great importance is the entry to the last day of the competition, where each and every competitor can reach the medal.
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