Plasschaert, who had begun the day in fourth place, moved to the top of the standings by placing sixth in two of the day's three races in the women’s laser radial category, discarding a 22^nd place.

The Belgian - who won this title in 2018 and 2021 and finished fourth at last summer's Olympics - has a net score of 34, three points ahead of Denmark’s Tokyo 2020 champion and Rio 2016 bronze medallist Anne-Marie Rindom, who moved up from 10th thanks to two 10th-place finishes and a third.

Rindom won this title in 2015, and added bronze medals in 2016 and 2018.

Poland's Wiktoria Golebiowska is a point behind, two points ahead of former Olympic champion Marit Bouwmeester of The Netherlands.

Overnight leader Line Flem Høst of Norway dropped to seventh place after finishing 14^th and 15^th with a third discarded 20^th placing.

Today's winners in the gold fleet were Mári Érdi of Hungary - who nevertheless dropped from second place to sixth - Poland’s Agata Barwińska and Finland's Monika Mikkola, with the latter pair respectively ninth and 10th.

"Today was a bit better day than the qualifying series for me," Barwińska told the International Laser Class Association's website.

"But it wasn't easy out there - it was very tricky."

In the men's racing, Peter Barnard of the United States held his lead at this regatta through today’s three races, finishing with a third, second, and first for a net total of 11 points.

"It was very challenging today," Barnard said.

"It was very shifty, and the pressure was up and down, and it was hard to make a game plan.

"I just stayed consistent and had good starts."

Barnard's compatriots Hamilton Barclay and William Baker were also winners on the day and maintained their respective second- and third-place positions on 19 and 22 points.