Six of the eight Men's and Women's Dinghy Olympic places on offer at the Last Chance Regatta were claimed by sailors supported by the World Sailing Emerging Nations Program on a rain-soaked final day of qualification at the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères.
In the Men's Dinghy ILCA 7 Class, which featured three Bermuda Sailors, Benn Smith, Sebastian Kempe, and Campbell Patton, Estonian Karl-Martin Rammo and Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy of Malaysia were sure of qualifying a place before today's event but their fellow ENP-backed athlete Enrique Arathoon of El Salvador joined them in earning a country place in a competition won by South Korea's Jeemin Ha.
Patton moved up one spot from his starting position. In the Medal Round Patton started the day in 8th place, but after finishing the only race of the day in 10th, saw him come off the water in 7th place with 110 Net Points.
Kempe and Smith did not make it into the Medal Round, Kempe would finish in 18th place, with 141 Net Points, and Smith finished in 39th place overall with 312 Net Points.
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