Olympics 2020

Olympics 2020

Evening Report: 470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain

August 4, 2021

Cover photo  Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 Medals: Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) won gold in the 470 Men, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/4/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition concluded with two Medal Races in the 470 Men and 470 Women. With the 470 becoming a Mixed Event for Paris 2024, today was the last time that these partnerships would […]

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McNay/Hughes of U.S. team finished 9th overall

August 4, 2021

Cover photo: Stu McNay (Providence, RI) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.) August 4, 2021, photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Enoshima, Japan – August 4, 2021 – By U.S. Sailing – Team USA’s Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (Miami, Fla.) competed in the Men’s 470 medal race on Wednesday, the final day of sailing events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the double-points medal race, which lifted them to 9th overall. “Prior to the start, we did our homework with the current readings, but we felt like it would be evolving […]

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Mcnay/Hughes head Into 470 Medal Race; Gibbs/Weis 3rd In Nacra 17 Medal Race, 9th overall

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) sail the Nacra 17 Medal Race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, August 3, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – By U.S. Sailining – Four medal races and the end of 470 qualifying action combined to create a memorable tenth day of sailing at Tokyo 2020, which saw the US Sailing Team compete in the Nacra 17 medal race and in both 470 fleets. In the Nacra 17, Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) submitted a strong […]

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Tokyo 2020 – Day 10 – What a day, three medals and breathe

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – August 3, 2021 – By Richard Aspland, British Sailing Team – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Days like this simply don’t happen all the time. Yes, there were three Olympic medals, but the way in which they were won was just extraordinary. Where do you even start? Well, the Finn had its last ever Olympic race as the class won’t feature at Paris 2024, but what a way to finish. Defending champion Giles Scott had assured himself of a medal going into the final race, […]

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Evening Report: Gold Medals for Italy & Brazil and two for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition

August 3, 2021

Cover photo: Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze of Brazil have won gold in the 49erFX. Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/3/2021 – Andy Rice, World Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition on the day that IOC President Thomas Bach experienced the sport for himself. Brazil repeated Rio gold in the Women’s Skiff – 49erFX, Italy claimed Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the Men’s Skiff – 49er and Men’s Heavyweight […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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U.S. Nacra 17 qualifies for medal race; Muller concludes event in the Finn

August 1, 2021

Cover photo: Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) In the mixed Nacra 17 foiling multihull, August 1, 2021, © Sailing Energy / World Sailing Photo © Sailing Energy / World Sailing ….. Enoshima, Japan – 8/1/2021 – By Allison Chenard, U.S. Sailing – All photos © Sailing Energy / World Sailing – On day eight of racing off Enoshima, US Sailing Team athletes qualified for the Tokyo 2020 medal race in the Mixed Nacra 17 event and exited the regatta in the Men’s Heavyweight Finn class. Team USA also continued qualifying action in the Men’s and […]