Month: July 2021

Cover photo: Man’s Windsurfer, RS:X, Badloe of Netherlands wins the Gold Medal. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 7/31/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © by Sailing Energy / World Sailing – We thought the three-way battle for the Women’s Windsurfing – RS:X medal was exciting but then there was perhaps one of the craziest, most unpredictable Medal Races of all time in the Men’s division. As gold was all but assured for Kiran Badloe in the Men’s RS:X, silver and bronze was decided by some close calls. Further out to […]

Cover photo: Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.) round the gate on day six of the competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. July 30, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing © Sailing Energy / World Sailing …… Enoshima, Japan – 7/30/2021 – by U.S. Sailing – Enoshima, Japan – Very light winds descended on Enoshima for day six of the Tokyo 2020 sailing events, providing a tense and unforgiving field of play for several key races featuring the US Sailing Team. See Also: Results, NBC replays, Race Tracking, and More In the 49erFX, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, […]

Enoshima, Japan – 7/30/2021 – By World Sailing – Today’s racing will take place in: 49erFX Women 49er Men 470 Men 470 Women Laser Men Laser Radial Women Lighter winds for Day 6 of the Sailing competition. The water is flatter too. Will that make Enoshima Course less of a washing machine, with the waves less likely to be bouncing so strongly off the beach?  In the Laser Men and Laser Radial Women’s fleets due to compete on Enoshima from midday, there are some sailors who will be hoping for all the random chaos they can get from the conditions, […]

Enoshima, Japan – 7/29/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Kiran Badloe (NED) put one hand on the Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X gold medal. Ahead of the Men’s RS:X Medal Race on Saturday, Badloe has a significant advantage in the men’s fleet and in the women’s, the Chinese, British and French sailors are certain of a medal each. It was another day of good breeze in Enoshima, […]

Cover photo: Nikki Barnes & Lara Dallman-Weiss heading upwind on their first day of competition where they ended the day in 10th place. © Sailing Energy / World Sailing … Enoshima, Japan – 7/28/2021 – by U.S. Sailing – Four days into the 11-day Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing regatta, all US Sailing Team athletes competing across nine classes have now logged at least two races in their event. Americans finished the day in the top 10 overall in four events as large swells and varied winds from 5-15 knots returned to Enoshima. In the 49erFX, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wis.) […]

Enoshima, Japan – 7/28/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – 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 Laser Radial having a rest day. Some sailors put down some big markers with dominant performances in the 470 Women and Nacra 17. In the Men’s and Women’s Skiff events, both halves of an engaged couple are sharing the limelight […]