Olympics 2020

U.S. Sailing Team: Heartbreak for Roble/Shea in 49erFX; Pascual 9th after Medal Race

Cover photo: Steph Roble (East Troy, Wis.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.) July 31, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing …… Enoshima, Japan – 7/31/2021 – The seventh day of sailing at Tokyo 2020 served as a demonstration of the raw emotional power of this event, and how the latter stages of the Olympic regatta can impact both the athletes who compete and those who support them. At one end of the spectrum, the inherent joy of competition at the highest level was manifested in Miami RS:X board sailor Pedro Pascual, who after years of sustained effort competed in his first […]

Olympics 2020

Evening Report: Tokyo 2020 windsurfing Golds for Lu of China and Badloe of Netherland

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 […]

Olympics 2020

China wins Gold In Women’s Windsurfer, France Silver, Great Britain Bronze

Cover photo: China’s Yunxiu Lu has won gold in the Women’s Windsurfer, RS:X after a tense three-way battle in the Medal Race. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 7/31/2021 – By Andy Rice, World Sailing – Yunxiu Lu (CHN) has won gold in the Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X after a tense three-way battle in the Medal Race. With the Medal Race counting for double points, the gap between these three athletes was negligible. Lu went into the Medal Race wearing the gold bib, holding a four-point edge over Emma Wilson (GBR), who was just two […]