Aimee Bright has all but put the women's fleet out of reach at the iQFOiL under-23 World Championships, winning three more races on the Bay of Puck to take her tally to 10 victories from 16 races.
With one day of qualifying left, the Kiwi windsurfer now holds a 17-point buffer at the top of the women's fleet.
Bright has finished outside the top 10 just twice in four days of racing, a level of consistency that puts her well clear of the rest of the field.
Norway's Maya Gysler sits second overall. Behind her is Stella Bilger, Bright's former training partner who now sails for Australia, trailing by 24 points.
It caps a breakthrough year for the 20-year-old, who sails out of Manly Sailing Club. Bright picked up her first senior international medal in May with silver at the iQFOiL European Championships in Portugal, then followed it with another silver at the Olympic Classes Regatta in Long Beach in July, held at the venue earmarked for sailing at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
She's also defending a silver medal from last year's under-23 champs in Portimão, where she finished second to Bilger in what was a New Zealand one-two.
Not everything has gone smoothly this year. Bright finished 19th at the senior iQFOiL World Championships in Weymouth in September, her preparation disrupted by illness. Puck looks like the answer to that setback.
Conditions on the Bay of Puck were kind for Day 4, with four course races completed in both fleets. Bright took three of them. The other went to Poland's Aleksandra Wasiewicz, who sailed well in front of her home crowd, adding a second placing to climb back into the women's top 10.
One day of qualifying remains before the fleets split, with only the top 10 sailors in each division advancing to the Medal Series.
