August 12, 2008

Providing leadership for the sport of sailing for 111 years

Olympic Regatta Day 4:
Tunnicliffe Leads After Two Races

 

Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe is a medal favorite and is in the lead after her first race day at the Games.		Women's RS:X underdog Nancy Rios had stronger results today, her second race day at the Games.

Qingdao, China (August 12) - Qingdao has impressed the skeptics by mustering enough breeze to run the first three days of sailing on schedule. However, today's six classes were not so lucky and sat onshore in an hour-long postponement before heading out to the race course. Breezes picked up to a suitable six to seven knots for the first races of the day, but by the second races the changing current and growing chop made the conditions feel a bit stickier. This morning a flotilla of over 300 small boats responded to an overnight algae bloom, and cleaned up as much as possible before racing. Though the algae has been present in small patches recently, today saw a resurgence, but nothing near the devastating caliber of six weeks ago.

The Lasers and Laser Radials sailed their first races today on Course A, which is only about one hundred meters from the seawall. The 43 men started first in the Lasers, and USA sailor Andrew Campbell (San Diego, CA) finished in 14th and 18th in his two races, putting him in 13th overall. He said, "It's not impossible to figure out, it's just really tough racing." Some Laser class favorites had major ups and downs today, so Campbell's consistent scores show appropriate caution for the first day of a long regatta.

Read Full Story

Latest Results

 

49er (layday) 1. AUS 2. DEN 3. ITA 13. USA	470 Men 1. AUS 2. FRA 3. ESP 23. USA	470 Women 1. AUS 2. ESP 3. NED 13. USA	Finn (layday) 1. GBR 2. USA 3. FRA	Laser 1. NZL 2. ITA 3. ARG 13. USA	Laser Radial 1. USA 2. BEL 3. FRA
RS:X Men 1. ISR 2. HKG 3. NZL 24. USA	RS:X Women 1. CHN 2. ESP 3. AUS 26. USA	Yngling (layday) 1. GBR 2. NED 3. AUS 4. USA	Star Racing starts August 15	Tornado Racing starts August 15	View complete results

What Defines and Olympic Sailor?
Fitness Notes from the PET

For the 2008 Qingdao Games, the US SAILING Team AlphaGraphics has delivered the fittest group of USA sailors to ever hit the Olympics. The overall level of athleticism in Olympic sailing has been raised in the past quad and our Performance Enhancement Team (PET) has been extended to keep up with, and push, that change. Trainers have been working with USA windsurfers since 1992, and by now the team has developed into a full armada including a doctor, psychologist, nutritionist, and four physical therapists...

Read Full Story

U.S. Olympic Sailing Resources:

 

Meet the Team		Blog by Team Leader Dean Brenner
International Sailing Federation		NBC Olympics
Sailing World's Olympic Coverage		Support the Team

Television network NBC is broadcasting the Olympic Regatta live on its website, www.NBCOlympics.com.

In addition to watching the racing live online, sailing fans will be able to view reports by renowned sailing commentator Gary Jobson starting August 13 (video to be available on August 14). 

This Olympic Daily Update is brought to you by US SAILING, national governing body for the sport. The athletes of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Team are selected, trained, and managed by US SAILING. The top three athletes in each Olympic and Paralympic class are part of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics.

Sign Up - To subscribe to US SAILING's daily updates from the Olympic Regatta, please go to http://www1.ussailing.org/enrollment/eussailing.aspx.

US SAILING Mission - Providing leadership for the sport of sailing in the United States.