Nach einigen Tagen Pause begann am dritten Tag des 2025 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup endlich das mit Spannung erwartete Rennen bei Windgeschwindigkeiten zwischen 6 und 15 Knoten, aber der Großteil des Rennens wurde unter schwierigen, wechselhaften Bedingungen absolviert, was die Sache nicht gerade einfacher machte. Die beiden Führenden der World Tour, Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) und Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), starteten souverän in die Wettkämpfe. Lemeteyer holte sich einen überzeugenden Sieg im Eröffnungsrennen der Frauen, während Iachino hinter dem aktuellen Führenden Johan Søe (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) den zweiten Platz einfuhr. Damit behalten sowohl Iachino als auch Lemeteyer nach dem ersten Rennen die Kontrolle über den spannenden Kampf um den Titel.
Foil Slalom
Women’s
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) may not have had the best start in the opening Winners’ Final of the week, but that didn’t matter as the reigning world champion powered to the front of the pack by the second buoy and from that point the 23-year-old never looked back as she destroyed the rest of the field to send a serious message to her rivals that she is going to be exceptionally difficult to stop.
Just as in Guadeloupe, Lina Eržen (Starboard / S2Maui / Starboard Foil) was Lemeteyer’s closest rival and she remains in striking distance of her French opponent in the battle for the world title. While Lemeteyer made an extremely positive start, there is still no room for error for either sailor, with just 100 points separating them coming into the event, while now there is 1.3 points between them in the event rankings.
Behind the front two, Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails) had a terrific tussle with Maya Gysler, who is making her debut on the World Tour. The Norwegian led down the opening reach before eventually finishing fourth as Alabau battled brilliantly to pump her way into third, which puts her in good stead for the last place on the overall podium with her main rival, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) only able to finish seventh in the opening elimination.
Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), making her first appearance since becoming a mother for the first time, starts out with a fifth place in the opening race on her come back trail.
Meanwhile, Mio Anayama (FMX Racing / S2Maui), who is no stranger to the PWA having made her debut in 2011, is currently the top ranked Japanese sailor in eighth place.
Men’s
Defending event champion, Johan Søe made a confident start to proceedings as the Dane, who is looking to win his fourth consecutive event, led the Winners’ Final from start to finish to claim the opening bullet of the week.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) was right behind Søe and in different circumstances the Italian probably would’ve chosen to be more aggressive, but with a world title on the line and his main rival, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / NeilPryde), behind him there was simply no need to push. Second place represents an excellent start and the two-time world champion looked in confident form throughout.
Mortefon, meanwhile, did brilliantly to overtake Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) on the final reach to move into third place and you never know if that extra place gained may make a difference yet. Rutkowski will have been disappointed to lose out on the last leg, but in terms of the fight for the overall top three, the Pole continues to be in pole position with Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Foils) missing out on the opening Winners’ Final and finishing 10th, which gives Rutkowski a decent advantage.
Elsewhere, Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails) and John Soukos (WeOne / Challenger Sails / PATRIK Foils), who both earned their first top ten results last month in Sylt, made bright starts here too with Wolf claiming fifth and Soukos sixth, respectively.
At this early stage the top ten is currently completed by; France’s William Huppert (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) - 7th - and Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) - 8th - and Switzerland’s Elia Colombo (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) - 9th - who did brilliantly to fend off the challenge of Amado Vrieswijk to win the b-final.
Tomonori Anami (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Makoto Tomizawa (Starboard / Severne Sails) are currently the top ranked local sailors - both equal 17th after the opening race.
The second elimination did begin and the first six heats were completed before the wind unfortunately dropped back as forecast.
Looking Ahead
The forecast for Sunday currently shows slightly less wind predicted than for today with 10-14 knots on offer during the morning before gradually dropping throughout the day. The good news is that the last day (Monday) still looks good with 14-20 knot winds predicted. The skippers’ meeting will be half an hour later on Sunday - 8:30am (GMT+9) with the action commencing from 09:00am onwards.
Current Ranking 2025 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Lina Eržen (SLO | Starboard / S2Maui / Starboard Foil)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
4th Maya Gysler (NOR)
5th Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
Current Ranking 2025 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
1st Johan Søe (DEN | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / NeilPryde)
4th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Fabian Wolf (GER | Starboard / Severne Sails)
6th John Soukos (GRE | WeOne / Challenger Sails / PATRIK Foils)
7th William Huppert (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Elia Colombo (SUI | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Foils)

















