Thursday, August 5, 2021
Olympic Games 2021 - Enoshima JPN
The Olympic Games are over...not quite yet ! We will continue to bring you commentaries and background reports on the Olympic regattas in the coming days. This year again, we were able to attract an extra large audience with our early morning up-to-the-minute live coverage - thank you very much for your visitor loyalty ! ..and this although we had to struggle through without technical adjustments due to financial reasons. We would like to point out again our fundraising campaign.
09:00h CET - Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler win the Medal Race, advancing on rank 4 overall, 10 points behind the podium. Olympic Champions are Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR. Just before the finish line, Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL managed to move up to 4th place, relegating Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA, equal on points, from 2nd to 3rd place. ----- All 
There were no changes on the podium in the 470 Men Medal Race, held in light winds. Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS went into the Medal Race as successful title defenders, and added another race win. With 2x Gold and 1x Silver, Matthew Belcher AUS is the most successful 470 sailor of all time. Anton Dahlberg/Frederiik Bergström SWE took Silver, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP earned Bronze. Paul Snow Hansen/Daniel Willcox NZL missed out on a medal by 4 points. ----- All 
In light winds, the medal decisions were made in four classes today. --- --With Gold for Giles Scott GBR in the Finn, Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR in the 49er as well as the silver medal of John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR in the Nacra 17 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sailing Regatta, Great Britain once more underlined its role as the leading sailing nation. Germany won 3 medals as well, the best result for decades: Silver for Tina Lutz/Susann Beucke GER in the 49erFX, bronze for Erik Heil/Thomas Plössel GER in the 49er and for Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER in the Nacra 17. ----- Together with crew Kahena Kunze BRA, Martine Grael, .... in the footsteps of her father and 5-time Olympic medalist Torben Grael BRA ..... repeated her 2016 Rio success, earning another Gold medal in the 49ersFX. ----- Probably the biggest surprise so far was Joan Cardona ESP, age 23, qualifying with the last Finn berth available for Europe, is now going home with a Bronze medal. Zsombor Beresz HUN in 2nd wins the first sailing medal ever for Hungary! The last events to conclude the Games with their Medal Races will be the 470 men and women. After today's last qualification races, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AU have prematurely secured the Gold medal in the 470 Men with a 20-point lead. Behind them, it remains exciting: The ranks 2 (Dahlberg/Bergström SWE) to 5 (Patience/Grube) are only 13 points apart. ----- Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR go into the 470 Women Medal Race with a 14-point lead. Behind them, Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA in 2nd are now 4 points ahead of Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL. But also Tina Mrak/Veronica Macarol SLO (8 points behind on rank 3) as well as Fernanda Oliveira/Ana Barbachan BRA and Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler SUI with 16 points each can count on medal chances. ----- The Medal Races start tomorrow at 7.30h CET (men) and 8.30h CET (women). ----- All 
04:55h CET - Today the decisions in the 49erFX and the 49er will be made in Enoshima. In both classes, the leaders are close together: The defending champions Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL go into the 49er Medal Race with a 4-point lead. Rio Olympic winners Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA are level on points with leaders Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED in second. ----- In addition, the 470s are sailing their last two qualifying races: In the 470 men, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS (also defending champions) can make it all clear today. They are already 19 points ahead. The top trio in the 470 women has pulled away a little from Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler SUI in 4th with a 17-point backlog. ----- Due to lack of wind, the first starts scheduled for 5h CET have been postponed. We will keep you updated here. ----- The 
After the RS:X male and female windsurfers yesterday, the ILCA 6 & 7 (Lasers Standard and Radial) male and female one-person dinghies finished their Olympic Games this morning with the Medal Races. ----- Matthew Wearn AUS was the superior premature winner in the ILCA 7. As in Rio 2016, Tonci Stipanovic CRO earned the Silver medal. Herrmann Tomasgaard NOR followed in 3rd place. ----- In the ILCA 6, the dominator of the past months, Anne-Marie Rindom DEN, defended her top position in a varied race to the end. Josefin Olsson SWE won the Medal Race, relegating Marit Bouwmeester NED from the 2nd place. ----- The 470s sailed two more qualification races: Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS dominated the 470 men with 2nd and 1st places and are now already 19 points ahead. Xammar/Rodriguez ESP follow in 2nd, with Dahlberg/Bergström SWE and Patience/Grube GBR tied on points for 3rd. ----- As best of the day (1/3), Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR took the lead in the 470 women, one point ahead of Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL. Already 10 points is the gap of Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA. ----- The Finns finished their qualifications with another 2 races. Giles Scott GBR goes into the Medal Race with an 8 point lead. Zsombor Beresz HUN has now replaced Joan Cardona ESP on the 2nd place. ----- The Nacras 17 have also completed their qualifications. Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA go into the Medal Race with a 12-point lead over John Gimson/Anna Burnet GBR. Another 12 points behind are Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER in 3rd. ----- All 
05:20h CET - The starts of the Olympic regattas scheduled for 5am this morning had to be postponed due to lack of wind. A total of 13 races are scheduled for today, including the Medal Races of the RS:X windsurfers (07.30 and 08.30 hrs...probably start postponement...). The 49er and 49erFX will finish their qualifications for the Medal Races today. ----- Also in action today are the Finns and the Nacra 17s. ----- The 
The windsurfers completed their qualifications for the Medal Race today with 3 races each. ----- With a 19-point lead in the men's event, Kiran Badloe NED is the premature Olympic winner. Mattia Camboni ITA, Thomas Goyard FRA and Piotr Myszka POL will decide the other medals among themselves. ----- In the women's race, the three medallists have also been decided. Who will win which medal will be disputed in the Medal Race: Yunxiu Lu CHN goes into the final with a 4-point lead over Emma Wilson GBR, Charline Picon FRA is 6 points behind. ----- Halfway through the qualifying program, Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR and Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP are tied at the top of the 49ers. Jonas Warrer/Jakob Precht DEN follow 2 points behind. Defending champions Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL have moved up to fourth, 8 points behind. ----- Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR lead the 49erFX by 6 points over Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED. ----- In the Men's 470, defending champions Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS took the lead with two wins today. ----- In the 470 women's race, Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL held on to the top spot, with Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR following 4 points behind in 2nd. Another point behind are Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA in 3rd. ----- In the Nacra 17, the favorites Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA lead by 4 points over John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR. ----- In the Finns, defending champion Giles Scott GBR took the lead with two race wins today. ----- In the ILCA 6, Anne-Marie Rindom DEN is now already 21 points ahead of Tuula Tenkanen FIN. ----- In ILCA 7, Matthew Wearn AUS has taken the lead with two race wins. Pavlos Kontides CYP is already 15 points behind in 2nd place. All 
The good wind conditions (12-16 knots) ensured that the large regatta programme could be carried out quickly today. As many as 8 of the 10 Olympic classes were in action, a total of 21 races were sailed. With 9 races each, the RS:X windsurfers are the most advanced with their competitions. Tomorrow there are 3 more qualifying races on the programme, then on Friday there will be the Medal Race. Kiran Badloe NED leads the men with 8 points ahead of Mattia Camboni ITA. Thomas Goyard FRA follows in third place. With 15 points behind the podium, Mateo Sanz-Lanz SUI is still in good shape in 8th place. With two heat wins, Emma Wilson GBR surfed her way to the top of the female windsurfers. Only one point behind is now Yunxiu Lu CHN in 2nd place and also Charline Picon FRA with 3 points behind remain in the race. Marta Maggetti ITA is already 17 points back in 4th. The 470s started their Olympics with two races. Agnieszca Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL convinced with two race wins, followed by the favourites Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA (3/2) and Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR (4/3) on rank 2 and 3. Linda Fahrni/Maja Siegenthaler SUI managed a strong 4th place in the second race after a slow first heat (13th). They are now 8th in the intermediate ranking. In the men's race, the defending champions Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS have already taken the lead. Paul Snow-Hansen/Daniel Willcox NZL follow one point behind in 2nd place, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP are 3rd. There were no surprises in the first three races of the Nacra 17: Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA lead with two race wins ahead of Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer GER and Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin AUS who are tied on points. In the Finn, Alican Kaynar TUR is in the lead, Zsombor Beresz HUN is tied for second place. Only one point behind is Joan Cardona ESP still 3rd. Best of the day with two heat wins, defending champion Giles Scott moved up to 4th. In the 49er, Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR have maintained their lead after 4 races. One point behind are Diego Botin/Iago Lopez ESP 2nd, tied for 3rd and 4th are William and Sam Philipps AUS and Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL. Sébastien Schneiter/Lucien Cujean SUI started rather shy in 14th. In the 49erFX, Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz NED moved up to second place with two race wins. Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR are still leading with 8 points. Tamara Echegoyen/Paula Barcelo ESP have moved up to third place. All 
Today at 13h UTC, the Olympic Games in Tokyo will be kicked-off with the opening ceremony, expected to be spectacular once again, and broadcast 
The 470s will start in Enoshima for the last time with separate gender fleets. ----- In the 470 men, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS, with a lot of experience with Olympic gold and silver in 2012 and 2016, will be the top favorites for Gold again. Based on their recent results, Jordi Xammar/Nico Rodriguez ESP are the first challengers. Medal candidates also include reigning World Champions Anton Dahlberg/Frederik Berström SWE, as well as Paul Snow Hansen/Dan Willcox NZL - the 
