Saturday will see the first sailing medals awarded – men and women’s RS:X – and will be the start of the sailing medal rush.
At present the prospects for Team GB sailors is looking good, despite being stirred if not shaken by the events of today (Friday) as the weather gods messed with British preference for a decent breeze.
- Sunday will see medal races for the men’s Laser and women’s Radial
- Monday brings the men’s 49er and the women’s 49erFX skiff medal races
- Tuesday it’s the men’s Finn and the mixed crew multihull Nacra 17 medal races
- Then Wednesday, the final day of sailing competition, we have the men and women’s 470 dinghy medal races.
The Saturday and Sunday medal race competitors have been decided, with the cut-off set at the top ten at the completion of the qualification racing.
Even if the gold medal winner is known i.e. cannot be overtaken by the points available, they must race . . . no show, no medal.
Also, the medal race points are double and cannot be discarded from the final overall total.
Let the celebrations begin . . .
Ahead of the Men’s RS:X Medal Race on Saturday, Kiran Badloe of Holland has a lead of 19 points in the men’s fleet and just has to finish, avoiding disqualification, to secure gold.
And in the women’s RS:X Medal Race, the Chinese, British and French sailors are certain of a medal each.
Emma Wilson of Britain will start in silver position, four points behind China’s Yunxiu Lu and two points ahead of Charline Picon of France, the defending Olympic champion.
The Saturday Medal Race Competitors:
RS:X women – Leaders after 12 races, 1 discard (27 entries)
1st CHN Yunxiu Lu 2 9 -25 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 2 – – 30 pts
2nd GBR Emma Wilson 5 2 6 1 4 2 1 1 UFD 6 1 5 – – 34 pts
3rd FRA Charline Picon 1 6 2 -9 1 4 2 3 6 3 2 6 – – 36 pts
4th ITA Marta Maggetti 6 3 3 -13 6 7 5 6 3 5 6 8 – – 58 pts
5th NED Lilian de Geus 8 -11 1 8 3 11 3 4 4 9 5 4 – – 60 pts
6th ISR Katy Spychakov 3 5 9 7 10 3 -13 13 9 1 4 1 – – 65 pts
7th DEN Laerke Buhl-Hansen -9 4 8 4 9 8 6 5 5 8 9 9 – – 75 pts
8th HKG Hei Man H V Chan 12 8 13 5 7 6 8 -14 7 4 8 3 – – 81 pts
9th POL Zofia Noceti Klepacka 4 1 14 -16 16 9 7 8 2 11 7 7 – – 86 pts
10th BRA Patricia Freitas 13 14 4 11 12 10 9 7 -19 10 15 12 – – 117 pts
RS:X Men – Leaders after 12 races, 1 discard (25 entries)
1st NED Kiran Badloe 5 7 1 1 DSQ 5 2 4 1 5 1 1 – – 33 pts
2nd FRA Thomas Goyard -13 5 3 13 1 1 3 6 7 1 9 3 – – 52 pts
3rd ITA Mattia Camboni 4 2 4 8 2 2 8 -13 4 8 3 9 – – 54 pts
4th POL Piotr Myszka -11 4 6 3 5 11 5 2 5 9 5 2 – – 57 pts
5th CHN Kun Bi 7 9 16 4 13 DSQ 1 3 2 4 2 6 – – 67 pts
6th GBR Tom Squires 9 13 -14 2 10 3 4 1 8 2 6 10 – – 68 pts
7th ISR Yoav Cohen 12 6 2 7 6 6 6 7 -16 6 4 12 – – 74 pts
8th SUI Mateo Sanz Lanz 1 1 9 10 3 4 16 -17 12 10 13 15 – – 94 pts
9th USA Pedro Pascual 6 12 7 9 4 13 7 5 14 14 -16 7 – – 98 pts
10th ESP Angel Granda Roque 2 3 13 14 12 15 15 9 10 -18 7 8 – – 108 pts
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