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Teiki Hacheche (TAH), twelfth at the Optimist World Champioship in July and firm favourite before the event, had two bullets in races 7 and 8 to bring him within a point of the new leader Gael Blanquart of New Caledonia. Early leader Corentin Guegan is a further two points adrift.

The Cook Islands continue to surprise and may secure girls bronze, which would be their first medal in the history of the event, through Sophie Merkens. Gold and silver look to be a repeat of last year with Vaimiti Rigal (TAH) leading Sally Whitmore (AUS).

Top 10 (After 8 Races)

Position	Nation	Sailor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	NCL	Gael Blanquart	6	1	1	1	1	4	1	5
2	TAH	Teiki Hacheche	1	5	2	4	2	4	1	1
3	NCL	Corentin Guegan	2	1	4	2	3	5	2	3
4	NCL	Lescadieu Sebastian	3	2	2	2	4	7	2	4
5	TAH	Ewen Morin	2	2	6	5	4	6	3	1
6	NCL	Malo Lesaigneur	8	4	1	1	9	1	13	2
7	COK	Jan Sijp	5	3	4	4	5	6	4	5
8	TAH	Vaimiti Rigal	5	3	8	8	1	5	4	3
9	NZL	Scott Davies	7	5	3	3	5	3	6	6
10	NZL	Michael Langley	10	6	5	5	3	1	3	2