Olympic sailing: All good things come to those who sail: Rio!

A topsy-turvy world for Toni Wilhelm: although the 2012 Olympic silver medallist clearly missed the hoped-for jump into the top ten at his first major championships since August 2015 after a rollercoaster ride through the results lists with 16th place at the World Championships, he still fulfilled all the conditions for his third Olympic start after 2004 and 2012 thanks to good previous performances.

The official nomination of Wilhelm and an expected total of seven German teams from Audi Sailing Team Germany for the Olympic regatta with ten disciplines by the DOSB is already expected for the first nomination round on 31 May. The nominations will be made on the basis of proposals by the Presidium of the German Sailing Association (DSV), which the Olympic Sailing Committee will prepare according to the pre-Olympic performances. Last year, Laser vice world champion Philipp Buhl was the first sailor from Audi Sailing Team Germany to fulfil all the conditions for a starting place in the Olympic regatta.

The 33-year-old sports scientist Toni Wilhelm broke his left hand in 2015 and had to take a long break. Now he is back just in time for the start of the Olympic year, albeit not yet in the form he had hoped for. Wilhelm, who obviously still lacked regatta routine, had not expected to finish well outside the top ten. The figurehead of the Württemberg Yacht Club quickly identified one reason for his individual results, which fluctuated wildly between third and 31st place: "In these races, where we have to decide between planing and not planing, I just think too much and get myself confused." The man with the most Olympic experience in the German national sailing team wants to work on his consistency at the upcoming World and European Cups.

Poland's Piotr Myszka secured the World Championship title ahead of the Dutch Olympic champion Dorian van Rijsselberge and his compatriot Kiran Badloe, who tied on points. Malgorzata Bialecka completed the Polish double triumph in the women's event with her World Championship gold. Britain's Bryony Shaw secured silver ahead of Lilian de Geus from the Netherlands.