one pathway for qualifying for rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 combined world championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 ifds sailing world championships. finland qualified for the 2016 games under this criteria in the 2.4m event with a thirteenth-place finish overall and the third country who had not qualified via the 2014 championships. the boat was crewed by niko salomaa.