The British windsurfer Emma Wilson had a great start in Monday's Olympic Windsurfing Series, after the event was postponed because of a lack wind.

The event is still in its infancy. Up to 20 races are possible before the final quarter, semifinal and final.

Wilson, who returned to shore after another long day of delays said: "It's pretty light wind... I trained in this condition a lot and just got off well."

It was a relief to get started, she said.

She said that it was nice to be able to windsurf, and she drank lots of water to keep cool. Some sailors in Marseille were suffering from intense heat.

The men's windsurfing was only completed by one race. Nicolas Goyard, a Frenchman, made the best of the home waters and won the first race as soon as racing started.

Noah Lyons, a US sailor who, like most sailors, was wearing an ice vest in order to reduce his core body temperature, stated that "delays are just the way the game is played".

Lyons said, "If you allow yourself to get frustrated, you will sail worse," on the edge where windsurfers take off from tents.

Lyons said, "I would like to race more but that's not possible. We are completely dependent on something outside of our control." Lyons is currently in fifth place.

The overnight Dutch leaders in both the women's and men's skiff races, which had three additional races completed, were overtaken by the French pair of Sarah Steyaert & Charline Picon, who have been consistent throughout the series.

Three-time Olympian Saskia Tidey, her helm Freya black, and the New Zealand pairing of Olympic silver and gold medalist Jo Aleh, and Molly Meech who won the skiff bronze medal in Rio, were tested by the fickle weather conditions.

In the men's single skiff, New Zealand's Isaac McHardie, William McKenzie, and Ireland's Robert Dickson, and Sean Waddilove, ended the day on top of the table.

The Spaniards Diego Botin, and Florian Trittel improved their day by clawing up to the third place. Reporting by Alexander Smith, Editing by Hugh Lawson