The sailing talent Ole Schweckendiek set an exclamation point at the start of the Kiel Week.
The 18-year-old high school graduate from the Förde managed to win the Olympic ILCA-7 class on Sunday in light winds. “Of course it’s nice and I’m happy to take it with me. But it’s just a race,” said last year’s U21 world champion.
The athletes of the German Sailing Association are also in the lead in the 470 mixed class: Theres Dahnke and Matti Cipra (Plau am See) as well as Simon Diesch from Friedrichshafen and Anna Markfort (Kiel) share the first overall lead with equal points. Malte and Anastasiya Winkel from Kiel are third, one point behind.
Tokyo bronze medalists Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer weren’t entirely happy with their Nacra-17 opener. “We kept the damage within limits,” said Kohlhoff about third place overall: “We just arrived from the training camp in Marseille and are going straight back down to the pre-Olympics. That’s why we don’t have the top material at the start here. “