It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition: Rio gold medalists secured the gold in the 49erFX, Italy claimed Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the 49er and Finn classes…
Wow – what a day! Four exhilarating Medal Races, four champions crowned – two new in the 49er and Nacra 17, and two defending in the 49erFX and the Finn. Plus, the 470 Men and Women are set and ready…
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are on the cusp of greatness, as they will take an almost unassailable 20-point lead into today’s Men’s 470 Medal Race. If they contest the race and avoid any false start penalties, they will be…
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) have won gold in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull event, with John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR) taking silver and Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer (GER) bronze. Poor positioning on the start line saw…
Giles Scott (GBR) has won gold in the Finn with Zsombor Berecz (HUN) taking silver and Joan Cardona (ESP) bronze. Giles Scott (GBR) had a poor first leg out of the start line, while Zsombor Berecz (HUN) and Joan Cardona…
Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell (GBR) have won gold in the 49er Men with Pete Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) taking silver and Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel (GER) bronze. New Zealand wanted the right-hand side of the course and…
Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) have won gold in the 49erFX Women with Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (GER) taking silver and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) bronze. Brazil were struggling for a lane out of the start…
Iain Murray, Australian Sailing Team Leader said, “Everyone agrees that Race Management made the correct decision yesterday regarding the postponement of racing. To conclude people’s five-year campaigns in very marginal conditions is not the way the Olympics needs to be…
Unfortunately, there was no racing on Day 9 of sailing at Tokyo 2020, with winds light and unstable. Technical Delegate Alastair Fox explains more about today’s conditions and gives an update on tomorrow. Read more: http://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D9Report – World Sailing
Out of the many hundreds who started a campaign for Tokyo 2020 in the Finn class, only 19 made it to Enoshima, only 10 made it to the medal race, and only three can win a medal; all of them…
Lack of wind across Sagami Bay meant no racing on Monday, Day 9 of the Sailing Olympic competition which means that the skiff classes, the 49erFX Women and 49er Men, will have to wait another 24 hours to decide the…
Australia’s Men’s and Women’s 470 teams have been forced to wait until today to complete their final two fleet races at Tokyo 2020, with little to no winds prevailing across the Olympic race course yesterday. The races have been postponed…
Australian Sailing Team Leader Iain Murray said, “Yesterday was a great day, we had Matt leading the charge with his Medal Race. Now our focus is entirely on today and the teams who are yet to complete their regattas. We have the Nacras and Jake…
The final day of the opening series, and what could well be the last ever day of fleet racing for Finns at the Olympics, was won by Giles Scott (GBR) and Josh Junior (NZL). Scott led Race 9 from start…
The ever-impressive Anne-Marie Rindom won Denmark’s first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 in the Laser Radial class in sailing. She spoke afterwards about an unwelcome distraction during a nervy Medal Race, and the positive impact of the support she has…
Matt Wearn wrapped up the Tokyo 2020 Laser gold medal ahead of the Medal Race, continuing a remarkable run for Australia who now have three consecutive Olympic champions in the class. But he admitted he had to “dig deep” mentally…
Two more sailing Medal Races down at Tokyo 2020 – and they were tense until the very end! The new Laser and Laser Radial Olympic champions were crowned, meanwhile the Medal Race line-ups were confirmed in the Nacra 17 and…
Matt Wearn has maintained Australia’s Olympic dominance in the Laser, today winning the nation’s third consecutive gold medal in the class. Wearn overcame a nervous start to the regatta to completely dominate the middle and late stages and had the…
Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) has won the gold medal in the Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial at the Tokyo Games today, with Josefin Olsson (SWE) taking Silver and Marit Bouwmeester (NED) Bronze. At the start, the Individual Recall flag…
Australia’s Matt Wearn will sail into Olympic history this afternoon. The Western Australian just needs to complete the Laser Class Medal Race to be assured of the gold medal, as he comes in with an insurmountable 22-point lead from the…
After Australia’s best ever start to an Olympics, and a record four wins in one day on Sunday, Australia’s latest gold medallists are set to feature on Australia Post’s Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. From…
While Matt Wearn has stitched up Laser Gold and Mat Belcher/Will Ryan are the clear leaders in the Men’s 470, fellow Australians, Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin, will hit tomorrow’s final fleet races in the Nacra 17 knowing that another set of…
With some medals dished out in the sailing competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, other battles are raging as the sailing nears completion in Enoshima. Men’s Skiff – 49erNo one had it easy in the 49er today, but Pete Burling…
China’s Yunxiu Lu has won the gold medal in the Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X after a tense three-way battle with British and French contenders in the Medal Race. With the Medal Race counting for double points, the gap between three…
Matt Wearn has continued Australia’s legacy of success in the Laser class at the Olympic Games, with the Western Australian assuring Australia’s third straight gold medal in the class. The likeable sailor from Perth has an insurmountable 22-point lead after…
Nine classes in action overall and plenty of drama – what a day! Close battles throughout, some Medal Race line-ups confirmed, and the first sailing gold of Tokyo2020 all but wrapped up. Read the full Day 5 report: https://bit.ly/Tokyo2020-D5Report –…
Australian Sailing Team Leader Iain Murray said, “Today brings a much lighter weather pattern and a mix-up of courses, so racing conditions will be dependent on each fleet’s start time. Every day is critical, but today is a super important day…
There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as some sailors scored double wins in their races, while for others today was the moment when their…
Two Australians sit atop the leader board after day five of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic regatta, with Matt Wearn (Laser) and Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (Men’s 470) making the most of favourable conditions in Enoshima today. Wearn put together…
It was a huge day for our Aussie sailors in Tokyo today, hear from them below and remember that you can a full list of results here. Men’s two person dinghy (470) Days don’t get much better at an Olympic regatta than…
All around the world, Opti kids are watching sailing at Tokyo2020 and cheering on their heroes! Our Olympians are certainly inspiring the next generation. – World Sailing
With the 470 Men & Women and Nacra 17 added into the mix, all 10 classes have now officially raced at #Tokyo2020! Check out who dealt with the breeze and the chop the best to top their fleet… Read the…
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Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and…
Australia had six classes in action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today, hear from them below. Men’s Two Person Dinghy (470) The Men’s 470 is expected to be one of the most closely fought classes in Tokyo, with seasoned campaigners…
Giles Scott, the British defending Olympic champion from Britain, won both races on the second day of competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, following a lacklustre performance on the opening day left him in ninth place. The top three…
“Today the Laser classes will have their first rest day after a particularly big day for the men with three races and some big waits yesterday. Those two classes are now over half way through their program; having completed six…
Sailors in the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X Men and Women fleets at #Tokyo2020 were met with shifty winds and choppy waters on Day 2 of racing. Who read the conditions the best to come out on top? Read the…
There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well, as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it hard to get into the groove. When the Pacific swell…
Tokyo 2020: Everyone is ready on the eve of the start of the last Olympic Finn event; most have been ready for at least a year, but in the next eight days, many years of hard work will come to…
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