Day: August 2, 2021

Olympics 2020

Gibbs and Weis of U.S. set for Nacra 17 Medal race

August 2, 2021

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/2/2021 – U.S. Sailing – A lack of wind forced the postponement of racing in all active sailing events on Monday at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After a lengthy onshore delay, the Race Committee elected to push Monday’s scheduled races to Tuesday, including the 49er and 49erFX skiff medal races that had been planned for today. “[The latest weather information] is too uncertain to rely on and leaves too little time for launching and preparing […]

Olympics 2020

Evening Report: Lack of wind sets up for 4 Medal races on Tuesday

August 2, 2021

Cover photo: Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/2/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – Lack of wind across Sagami Bay meant no racing on Monday, Day 9 of the Sailing Olympic competition. This means the skiff classes, the 49erFX Women and 49er Men, will have to wait another 24 hours to decide the medals in their events. Director of Events at World Sailing, Alastair Fox, explained: “Races will not be started in less than an average of 5 knots of wind established over the entire course area. This lower limit may be higher if there […]

Olympics 2020

6th In Tokyo, Sarah Douglas achieves Canada’s best individual performance In Women’s Sailing at The Olympic Games

August 2, 2021

Kingston – August 1, 2021 – By Sail Canada – Photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – At her first Olympic Games, Sarah Douglas achieved Canada’s best individual performance in women’s sailing in Olympic history by finishing in 6th position overall in Laser Radial in Tokyo. In the Medal Race held overnight Saturday into Sunday (Eastern Time), Sarah Douglas from Toronto took 9th position in the Laser Radial final race to finish 6th overall. “I’m a bit disappointed, but I’m still really proud of what I did this past week, in that I had an opportunity to win a […]

Olympics 2020

Why the Emerging Nations Program means so much

August 2, 2021

Cover photo: Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/2/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – Outside of the wealthy, established sailing nations, getting into sailing can be hard. Breaking into Olympic sailing is much, much harder. Especially if you come from a country with no real background or grass-roots interest in the sport. Since 2015 World Sailing’s Emerging Nations Programme (ENP), with IOC Olympic Solidarity support, has been working hard to bring young sailors through the sport to the point where they are able to compete on the world’s greatest stage. At Tokyo 2020 there are eight […]