Bermuda will not have a male sailor at the Olympic Games this summer after Paris hopes were extinguished on the penultimate day of the Last Chance Regatta in France on Thursday.

Sebastian Kempe and Benn Smith were both eliminated from the competition after failing to qualify for the medal race on Friday and, while Campbell Patton clinched a spot to race on the final day, he stands no mathematical chance of securing one of the three open qualifying spots.

With nothing other than pride at stake, Patton is looking forward to mixing it against a formidable and experienced fleet in the medal race.

“I am just going to go out there tomorrow and enjoy the medal race,” he told The Royal Gazette. “I am so excited to be part of it and to fly the Bermuda flag in the medal race.

“I am just really thrilled to be in the medal race among really, really good competition. I think five of the sailors in this medal race have been to the Olympics before and many of them have been to two, three, or four so it's a really good level of competition and I am just thrilled.”

The 23-year-old posted a 27-13-10 record in the three races contested in shifty breezes on Thursday.

“I didn't have my best day of sailing ever but my spirits are high and I'm really proud of the work that I have done this week and the past few years,” Patton said.

“I think I represented Bermuda well today and left every single ounce of energy out there. I am really happy with the week that I have had.

"It didn't go my way today in any of the races and I missed a couple of big wind shifts. We were on an incredibly shifty course today, which saw everybody on the fleet having ups and downs, but I was really happy with my effort and there's no way that I can be upset with myself after doing everything in my power to make the boat go fast and make the right decisions.

“Unfortunately that black flag (disqualification) at the beginning of the week has come back to bite me because I wasn't able to drop my race in the 20s today, so I lost a few points on the leaderboard.”

Patton finished eighth in the ten-race qualifying series, with a best showing of first in race two, on the way to securing a spot among the top ten boats in the medal race. Kempe finished eighteenth and Smith 39th among the 61-boat fleet.

Former ILCA 6 Youth World Champion Kempe produced a 7-28-16 record on the day while Smith found the going tougher, finishing 42nd in the first race and being disqualified (62nd) in the second before salvaging some pride when crossing the line in 21st in the final race of the qualifying series.

“I was disappointed with how I did in this event obviously,” Smith said.

“I got my second black flag today after having a very good start, but that's racing.”

Korean Jeemin Ha and Karl-Martin Rammo of Estonia are tied at the top of the standings with 43 points heading into the medal race.