Briki climbs into the medals as Kyriazakos closes in on gold
Tunisia's Rayen Briki moved into bronze medal position going into the final day of windsurfing at Dakar 2026, while just six points separate the top three in the women's fleet.
Briki finished third, second and second on Wednesday to jump from fifth to third on 32 points, two ahead of Thailand's Ittipol Yomjinda. Tunisia is one of the nations in World Sailing's African training programme, and Briki now heads into medal day with a podium place on the Games' home continent within reach.
Ahead of him, Greece's Evangelos Kyriazakos won races ten and eleven to stretch his winning run to six, before a second in the last race. He leads by 11 points from Hong Kong's Ng Hoi Tik.
Portugal's André Caires is sixth after another consistent day. Sailing since he was six, he also races Wingfoil alongside the Techno 293. "It helps keeping it different and fun because we're not always doing the same thing," he said before racing.
The women's title is wide open. Italy's Laura Grasso Castagnetta won race ten and leads on 17 points, two ahead of Spain's Olivia Sanchez, who won race eleven. China's Wu Ziyan is third on 23. Greece's Kyriaki Zerva produced the day's best scores, a third, a second and a win, but is fourth, 11 points off the podium.
Latvia's Marta Ieva Dale, 11th, has found friendship away from the racing. "I have made a friend from Lithuania, a girl, she's also here competing," she said before racing. "I really like the culture here. The people are so friendly... everybody is so open-hearted."
The medals will be decided in the final three races on Thursday 12 November.
Full results at dakar2026.sailing.org/results.