He had finished fifth in the only race contested yesterday and the 16-year-old built on his performance with a series of strong results today.

The teenager triumphed in four of the six races contested, the effort seeing the Slovenian move into second place overall.

He trails Britain’s Olly Bridge, whose best results of the day included one race win and three second place finishes.

Bridge leads the standings on 14 points, with Vodisek just two adrift.

Monaco’s Maxime Nocher will be disappointed to lie third overall, having led overnight, but remains well placed on 18 points.

The world champion is followed by Axel Mazella, the Frenchman a further four points off the early pace.

Russia’s Elena Kalinina enjoys a comfortable lead in the women’s standings and lies 17th overall.

She has 83 points for the event, which sees men and women compete in the same races.

Australia's Gina Hewson and Ireland’s Jade O'Connor have 134 and 137 points respectively to lie second and third.

The competition features 37 riders from 18 nations.

Proceedings are being hosted by the Qatar Sailing and Marine Sports Association and are due to take place until Saturday (November 19).