The reason for the delay was weak winds in the bay outside Marseille.
The men's medal race, which had started and was supposed to be held before the women's, was interrupted mid-race. The planned start time was then postponed several times and the competition committee tried to move the course further out into the bay, but in vain.
Rebecka Netzler and Vilma Bobeck waited all day for a start time.
It's typical sailing. But the cool girls, less stressed than the others. It's not fun, but it's worse for the audience, says Sweden's national team captain Magnus Grävare.
"Got a lot of energy"
They themselves didn't seem too bothered about having to wait. They were only on the water for about half an hour.
We've got a lot of energy today. We've saved energy and felt the nerves of our competitors, and we think we handled it better than the others, says Vilma Bobeck when the duo came back in with the boat again.
Netzler adds:
There are many who are nervous and try to sit and get started. We've just taken in all the energy. We knew when we woke up that we had to save energy, and it's hot so it's important to be able to turn it on and off all the time.
Going into the medal race, the Swedish pair is third after the Netherlands and France. The conditions are clearly there for a medal.
Now the organizers are aiming to hold the race on Friday instead. Then the conditions look better. The start time is planned for 12.10 for the women and 13.10 for the men. Plan B is later in the afternoon.
Tough in light wind
On Thursday, the wind speed was sometimes around four knots, equivalent to two meters per second, which is barely sailing speed.
In the twelve races held before the medal race, the Swedish women have done their best when the wind has picked up, and they themselves have also said that they thrive in harder winds.
This regatta, we've gone very fast in light winds, but on the light wind days, we had a harder time finding the right course and making the right choices, says Bobeck.
Otherwise, it's been a bad day for Swedish sailing. Josefin Olsson, who competes in Ilca 6, formerly laser radial, finished 36th out of 43 competitors, and Johanna Hjertberg, who competes in the new OS class in windsurfing, has sailed out. She finished 20th out of 24.
