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Tokyo 2020: Big wave Wednesday

Posted on 29/07/2021 (30/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Australian brothers Will and Sam Phillips

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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Buffer, Olympics

Australian sailors in Tokyo

Posted on 29/07/2021 (29/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan sailing upwind

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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Defending Finn Champion Giles Scott bounces back

Posted on 29/07/2021 (29/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Giles Scott (GBR) sailing

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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Day 4 preview

Posted on 28/07/2021 (28/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Weather forecast, 12 - 22 knots

“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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Day 2 Sailing Highlights

Posted on 27/07/2021 (27/07/2021) by Steve Bryant

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…

Posted in VideoTagged Olympics

Tokyo 2020: Making sense of the chaos

Posted on 27/07/2021 (28/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Finland’s Kaarle Tapper sailing

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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Tokyo 2020 Finn stories: Kiwi challenger – Spanish ambition

Posted on 26/07/2021 (28/07/2021) by Steve Bryant
Josh Junior (NZL) 2019 Finn Gold Cup - Melbourne, Australia

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…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Olympic Sailing Competition starts today

Posted on 25/07/2021 (25/07/2021) by Mysailing Editor

It’s the eve of competition for sailing at Tokyo 2020, and the boat park has been a place of focus and precision in the final 24 hours before battle commences in the Laser, Laser Radial and Men’s and Women’s RS:X….

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Epic final battle looming for Finn class titans at Tokyo 2020

Posted on 25/07/2021 (26/07/2021) by Mysailing Editor

An epic final battle is looming for the Finn class in Tokyo; all bets are off with one of the strongest line-ups of potential medalists in a generation, as the Finn class making its final appearance at Tokyo 2020 after…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Buffer, Olympics

Flagbearer’s Honour: Santiago Lange (ARG) | Tokyo 2020

Posted on 23/07/2021 (27/07/2021) by Steve Bryant

What better way to mark your seventh Olympics than as flagbearer for your country at the Opening Ceremony? Rio 2016 gold medallist Santiago Lange, alongside team-mate Cecilia Carranza Saroli, will have this honour for Argentina at #Tokyo2020. – World Sailing

Posted in VideoTagged Olympics

Great Britain and Spain continue domination of 49erFX Cascais Championship

Posted on 11/06/2021 (11/06/2021) by Mysailing Editor

Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey (GBR) continue to lead the 49erFX Championship in Cascais, although their lead decreased on the top five, after scoring 7-12-3 results today. In second place is Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo (ESP), who after a finishing the day with…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Spain versus Great Britain at 49erFX Championship Cascais

Posted on 09/06/2021 (09/06/2021) by Mysailing Editor

On the second day of the event, Cascais did not disappoint, with the opening race held in the Guia race area in 15 knot north-westerly winds that increased, forcing the Race Committee to move the race course to Cascais bay…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

Allianz Regatta last serious test before Olympic Games

Posted on 26/05/2021 (26/05/2021) by Mysailing Editor

The Allianz Regatta, to be held from June 2-13 in Medemblik, is the last serious opportunity to compete and qualify prior to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Part of the Hempel World Cup Series in the past, the Allianz Regatta has…

Posted in All News, RacingTagged Olympics

World Sailing’s Council approves alternative event(s) proposal process for Paris 2024

Posted on 24/04/2021 (24/04/2021) by Mysailing Editor

World Sailing’s Council has unanimously approved a regulatory amendment to enable alternative event(s) to the Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat, for sailing’s 10th medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to be proposed. Following a request from the International Olympic…

Posted in All NewsTagged Olympics

IOC asks World Sailing to review decision on double-handed offshore keelboat

Posted on 16/04/2021 (19/04/2021) by Mysailing Editor

World Sailing’s controversial decision to replace the Finn heavyweight men’s dinghy with a mixed-gender, double-handed, offshore keelboat race for Paris 2024 will be revisited after the IOC wrote to the world body citing concerns with the new event. The letter,…

Posted in All News, OffshoreTagged Olympics

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