Boards at the Olympics: Day Three
In the men’s fleet Dorian from Holland is extended his lead with another bullet in the first race of the day yesterday, another great start put him ahead of the fleet at the first windward mark and again he showed incredible board speed to hold his position throughout the race. Race four for the men, the second yesterday, saw Dorian off of the top spot for the first time, getting stuck in a little dirty air he did not fly off the line in his usual style, though he still finished in a more than respectable third place.
Dorian racing yesterday. Image credit Phil Holden.
This leaves Dorian nine points ahead of his closest competitor, the Polish sailor who lies in second. Przemyslaw is shining in the stronger winds, always a tough competitor in planing conditions, he did not finish as well yesterday posting a seventh and a fourth, in comparison to his two seconds on the first day.
Nick Dempsey taking a race win yesterday. Image credit Phil Holden.
Only five points separate Przemyslaw in second, Nick Dempsey in third and Toni Wilhelm in fourth, making it all to play for in the coming days. After posting a few solid races to start, the crowds were wowed with a photo finish for Nick yesterday as he took his first race win. Today out in the harbour, where Nick has said he will be a lot more comfortable, if he can get off the line in a good position Nick definitely has the speed and tactics to take him through to another race win.
We have been informed that the conditions will be a gusty 14-20knots today, possibly increasing to over 20knots in the early afternoon. As well as the wind being up and down, it is also set to be the most shifty conditions so far, with the wind flicking around up to 20 degrees. This will mean tactics and racing awareness will play an even bigger part. When the wind is constant, as Dorian said “it can be like trains on a track, one after another” whereas when the conditions become more turbulent it’s all to play for as many places can we won and lost on a single beat or downwind leg.
With these conditions the racing should be even more exciting than in previous days and the racers will have to be even more switched on that before, as they battle it out for glory on day four.
Check out the men’s results so far here
Head to the next page for a round up and introduction to the racing for the women on day three.
Interviews with Nick and Dorian, plus gallery of images from today’s action will be online tomorrow.
thanks amy great coverage
Awesome updates cheers Amy!! And if you see someone from the bbc give them a kick up the arse and tell them they are total useless !@£$’s!!
Tell Nick we’ll see him soon
Fab
Nice one Amy. Thx
Thanks for the coverage. Hope someone filmed that last race!
Thanks for the input guys! Any questions post on facebook, lay day tomorrow. Full interview and round up will be online this evening.
What does Nick think went wrong in the first race today?
(and congratulations from all of us for the win)
Ya baby!!!
If this carries on, it’ll all be on the Medal Race.
Will be close all trh way to the end i am sure!
Just about to hit the shore, will be there to interview nick and maybe another one or two of the guys. This will be online shortly, any quiestions or comments you have for nick?
Nick lead from start to finish. He needs a few of those and a bit of bother for NED if he wants gold. I suppose some lighter winds could shake it up a bit…
First race of today had lighter winds, didn’t went that well for Nick.
Managed not to wet myself, but fingers well knotted.
Great comeback from dorian, and julien took a few places to move up to fourth. Really tough to overtake in these more. Consistent winds we had for teh final race
Amazing race from nick! Speed across all points of sailing looking incredible
amazing nick amazing dude
France could yet invade Germany. That hasn’t happened for a few centuries.
Poland third, france fourth!
Victory for nick! Dorian second
Germany fourth, france up to fifth!
Just the slalom finish to go!
Nick, dorian, poland at the leeward mark
Thx for your updates Amy!
I hope he’s been practising his gybing.
More complaints the the bbc? Haha
Were heading to the land, but will let you know final positions as they come through!
It’s a shame that we don’t have it on camera!
15 sedond lead! Full tilt downwind! Slalom finish will look amazing, wish we could all see it! At the moment only the finsih boat will!
Germany could yet invade Poland
go on nick son!!!!
Germany fourth, russia fifth
Crossed fingers now in mouth.
Doian double tacks in front of poland, gets away incredibly fast with a split second lead ahead ofmpoland
Ned around in second!
Nick round in the lead!
Nick looks like he could just make teh mark, very close to the layline!
Dorian coming up, down of the layline but closest to us at the moment, were now sitting at the upwind mark
Is Nick loose covering, or just going for it?
Cant believe the bbc arent broadcasting this one!
we in holland are happy with 90 sec.
Can’t remember it was as much as 90 secs yesterday… Really disappointing till now.
Sailors heading left a little then tacking and banking far to the right side of the course. Tricky to see any changes in position so far on this leg
Yep, upwind, downwind, slalom and finish! Nick deifnitely looking good everything crossed he will hold his lead!
Dorian overtook the russian whois now in fourth
just 2 ppl to go
Last windward leg then.
Legs now crossed.
Poland in second, dorian up to third!
Nick round the down wind mark, heading back up wind
Downwind, Upwind, Downwind, Finish, DORminator GO GO GO!
Everybody heading the same way downwind, sticking to the left of the course. Full planing maximum speed, no pumping required any more!
What lap are we on? How many windward legs are there in this race?
They are on their second down wind leg now, one more lap after this one to go
Brillaint lead or nick, poland second, russia third then ned fourth!
Dorian the “DORminator” GO GO GO!
thats what it s all about – come on nick
Nick on the lay line to the mark leading the pack!
GO GO DORIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on Dorian!
yeah kick Nick!
Tell me about it! All tracking upwind very well now. Nick still in very strong position
Go Nick! Following the olymics is so stressful – there’s so much going on!
go nick go dude
poland third, russia 4th
Go nick. Most important race of his life?
I’ve for my fingers crossed again.
nick has an 18 second lead over dorian in second
Great go Dempsey!
dorian chasing him in second with russia and hong kong
nick in the lead! by considerable way!!!!
nick on perfect lay line to the mark
Nick in a brilliant position! looks like he could be top two at the windward mark
nick in a brilliant position on the left hand side of the course
fleet split with half going to each side of the course
wind even stronger now, about 22 – 25 knots. full power on the 9.5s!
nick and dorian both with great starts. dorian near the pin end, nick furterh up but definitely in contention
come on nick!!!!
wind looking better. 20 ish knots on the courser
one minute to go
3 and a half minutes to the next start of the men’s race
Can’t get anthing here in Toronto. Waiting for Nicks brother Mark to come to the pub after the race.
Is this a new livelink to BBC for outside UK? Previous one is now showing football.
BBC aren’t showing windsurfing anymore unfortunately! at least I don’t think they are correct me if I am wrong!
fingers crossed my live tracker wil see me though and I will be able to keep updating you for as long as possible, if it goes down head to http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/index.html?v=20120802-172811850 to follow the mark roundings and results
for this last men’s race we will be watching the start then tracking with them upwind, watching the first mark rounding or two then heading in so we are in time to catch interviews from the guys on the land.
Egypt gybes around last mark and gives us a great smile and thumbs up! even got a pic of it thanks to Adam Duckworth! will be online later!
egypt on the slalom finish!
polish rider who has been up there in every race so far finishes 13th.
canada fourth, france fifth.
Germany 2nd, China 3rd
is there a quick turnaround for the next race
yes, mandatory 10 minute break after the last finisher. Egypt coming down wind now, so probably just over 15minutes until the next start
yes, Nick confirmed in 10th place. Not the best race after a win yesterday
yes, Nick confirmed in 10th position
Nick we think finishes in 10th.
correct
Nick we think finishes in 10th
germany approaching the finish
BBC website not working either!! Pretty shocking really! Cheers for the updates Amy!
dorian takes an incredible win, considering such a bad start!
Sweet
dorian flying down the slalom finish!
nick up to 11th position
germany, china, then canada
dorian ruond mark 5 in the lead
my race tracker is running now though! will keep you up to date as best as I can
no live stream any more…………..
we THINK Poland had right of way and Nick should have got out of the way, don’t think anyone did penalty turns. But we caught it out of the corner of our eye. If this is the case then Nick could be on tricky ground
Oh no that is the end of the tv coverage.
strange moment to quit….
Nick currently 13th
Who had right of way? Did either do a penalty turn?
looks like Nick should have given Poland room at the mark from what we could see
collision between poland and nick! did you get that on TV?
Looks windy but they are pumping like crazy
I think he is lapping the Egyptian.
haha yes he is!
Dorian heads off the chasing the egyptian whilst germany heads to the right!
Why oh why did they schedule this men’s RSX race so late in the day with the forecast they had?
the schedule of the racing has been set for a long time. It seems a massive puzzle and tricky to change any courses or times of races unless absolutely necessary
dorian flying down wind towards us now. pulled out a brilliant lead!
Dempsey not using dagger. Others seems to be. Dempsey looks about 13th. Dorian 1 Germany 2 Canada 3 so far.
thanks again Rod was just going to ask how it was going, race tracker still not playing ball!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_one_2012_hd
select more videos and sailing
thanks Rod
http://coolsport.tv/kiwi6.php
wind so much lighter now in parts. pumping a lot to keep planing upwind. thanks a lot for the input everyone! the more the better! fantastic to have it on the TV again!
Where are people watching it?? I can’t find it anywhere!!
it is on bbc Bubble, not sure exact link but if you go onto the live section it’s an option at the bottom
dorian in third. nick looks to be in 14th
yes guys sorry tracker is down! watching them come around the leeward mark now
Looks like solid wind, but very shifty.
very good news!!!! Go Dorian!!
yes it is
Oh that’s not good news
go dorain
Dorian in the lead again. Dempsey about 15th
Thanks Rod, I think Amy has no signal.
Hungary, Canada and France all round the mark first. Dempsey still not round yet.
thanks rod! my live tracker has gone down! good timing as at least you’ve got it on the tele now!
the guys that have hit the right hand side of the course are looking a little higher in comparison, maybe they’ve got a good lift out on the side
Looking very fast. Great coverage.
guys to the left tacking into a good wind line now
how’s the action looking on the TV?
they are heading out the right of the course with approx a third of the fleet while the others head to the left
dorian had a terrible start, tacked off mid line, so has nick
croatia, ukraine, france, belruise all at the port end with 20 secs to go
just over one minute to the start
six minutes to the start
also live on BBC- web and interactive
Thanks Mr C, thought it would be. Internet out here won’t quite handle live streaming too! Bit up and down on the 3G in the middle of the harbour!
another short wait until be go into the start sequence again now
none of the top racers out then, good to know! sailor all left the committee boat area now and at the coach boats preparing for the next race
America
Is that ‘Us’ as in ‘US’ or ‘US’ as in GBR?
Columbia. Czech. Us. Israel. All out
thank you Rod!
i can faal asleep watching swiming and still see it live when i wake up
still waiting to hear who is over early. if you get told on the TV please let us know!
its a shame all the effort we have to put in to watch nicest sport on earth
Live coverage @ http://coolsport.tv/kiwi6.php.. dont click on ads
thanks guido!
Why have I crossed my fingers…
i do too! makes typing tricky!
any number of sailors on the line could be over, looked very close from our perspective
short break, while the sailors over are defined. these sailors will be disqualified,
another general recall
estonia and another sailor going for port end start only
one minute to the start now
course LS3 – upwind downwind with slalom finish and three laps
conditions looking very gusty on the startling as the sailors line up
black flag! if anyone is over in the last minute they will be disqualified
five minutes to the restart
general recall!
Found It
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_one_2012_hd
not for the dutch ppl
stefan try http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/
off they go!
it looks like it is live here:
http://coolsport.tv/kiwi6.php
they may well cut the racing occasionally within the other coverage
four minutes to the start
six ish minutes to the start of the next men’s race
does any one know if this is being shown on the BBC web site? where is it????
i don’t think it’s being shown live. But i believe it’s being recorded to be shown later
Men are due to start in approx 15 minutes after the last woman finishes. conditions looking similar still, windy (12-18knots) gusty and shifty with big holes in the wind and sporadic patches of wind coming through
next race up will be the men’s as the women head into the beach.
another win for Poland as Zofia takes the second win of the day, with Marina of Spain in second and the Ukraine in third. Bryony Shaw takes 8th position
Bryony takes 8th just ahead of italy and canada
france sixth, china seventh
germany fifth
finland fourth
zofia wins! marina in secodn and ukraine in third
bryony currently in ninth
poland, spain, ukraine through the slalom leg coming up to the finish
bryony still looking around 7th position
spain second, ukraine in third
poland round in first
poland tacked on top of ukraine giving her dirty wind, looks like she won’t take the line to the mark now
poland and spain tack off, ukraine could be on the lay line to the mark already
both coming up to the mark on starboard but below the lay line
poland and spain absolutely neck and neck
Bryonny tacks early, looking to cover the fleet in front of her
bryony heading off the the left of the course, the first rider in the fleet to do this, risky choice!
Bryony still looking around 7th place
ukraine coming through in third, also heading to the left
poland through the leeward mark and heading out to the right of the course, closely followed by spain
looks lie the BBC will be filming the men’s RS:X I don’t think to be shown live, but will be shown later today
Bryony round in 7th
bryony heading up to the mark on port
ukraine around in third
poland leading and coming down wind, closely followed by spain
spain just misses the mark and has had to double tack
poland just crossed in front of her and tacking on top of her
spain tacking onto the lay line for the mark
bryony gone to the far right of the course, just tacked onto starboard now
spain tacked back onto port too now sailing under but slightly ahead of poland
spain and poland looking very close to each other, about to cross with poland on port
poland, ukraine and italy all heading to the left
spain, china, and bryony heading upwind up the right of the course
ukraine in third, china moved up to fourth. chinese girl one of the few to head to the right of the course
bryony round in 8th position
poland around the windward mark, followed by spain
downwind all sticking to the left hand side of the course
poland with good lead over spain, and even bigger lead over the ukraine in third
bryony around n 8th position
poland around with spain in second
poland and spain got headed as they come up to the windward mark both double tacked
looks tight for poland and spain to make the upwind mark, they may have to double tack
italy on the lay line too a couple of hundred metre behind, with byrony just behind her
poland coming from the right and onto lay line to the mrk closely followed by spain
spain leading a group coming up on port into the mark, with bryony involved in this group
bryony looking around top 6
spain looking in a very strong position coming upwind
bryony has gone far out to the left of the course, will be interesting to see which side of the course pays in these shifty and gusty winds
looking less wind to the left of the course, a few girls coming off the plane on this side. a few have taken to the right into the stronger winds
italy and spain at the pin end on starboard. Bryony has a good start, mid way along the line heading off above a lot of the fleet.
start!
estonia, france, bulgaria, canada and norway all the pin end, with the rest of the fleet at the boat end with one minute to the start
Bryony showed in the last race she is capable of a race win as she lead around the second lap, if she performs to her best she can definitely take a better result in this race.
sailors checking their transits and beginning to line up for the start
five minutes to the start of the next women’s race
same course again for the girls. Wind looking even gustier, we’ve recorded anything from 8-19knots here on the course
10 minutes to the next start
incredible race with a lot of movement in the top positions, the shifty tricky winds delivery some interesting racing. we will have a short break now before the next start for the women
marina overtakes bryony who is coming up to the finish in 6th
Bryony falls at the gybe mark! one rider has passed her
Zofia wins!!! Lee of israel in second
bryony in fifth, pushing for fourth on the last leg
ukraine looks just ahead of bryony as the come into the slalom finish too
sofia into the slalom finish, followed by Lee from israel
sofia having incredible speed in these conditions
poland not far away from down wind gate, with a commanding lead
all sailors so far hitting the left hand side of the course (as you look out from the start line)
finland next, followed by spain
ukraine just around windward mark followed by bryony
bryony in fourth
israel had to double tack as she just missed the lay line
poland round the windward mark
cananda went out to the right hand side of the course and coming through in a strong position, should be looking at a top five position
this will be the last upwind leg, they will then come down wind and through the slalom finish
poland and ukraine tacked onto port now and are coming up to the mark on the port lay line, few hundred metres away
getting some incredible shots of the racing too!
most sailors heading right a little to tack into a section of strong wind, then banking out to the left hand side of the course
bryony, ukraine and spain a little behind and then very close.
poland and israel first and second
spain and finland behind and in hot pursuit
ukraine in front of bryony who is chasing her in fourth now
Brilliant to hear this live.
What wind strength are they racing in?
Olympic site says 20kts at 219°
http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-women/phase=saw102905/index.html
16 to 18 knots on the course
israel and poland around and neck and neck on the upwind mark, heading down wind
bryony looking in a good position, top riders approaching the windward mark now
bryony, zofia and lee all looking very close to each other
all heading up wind to the left, bryony tacked to cover the fleet
israel third, marina still in 7th
she’s taken an impressive lead over the polish girl zofia who has taken second
bryony takes the lead on the downwind!
through the downwind gate
israel couple hundred metres from down wind mark
marina in 7th position
poland in third place
israel first around the first mark
bryony in second position
bryony looking in a strong position up to the upwind mark
Bryony keeping to the left hand side of the course
bryony chosing to start fairly high, near the boat end of the line. off in clear wind and tracking well
clean start, russia at the pin end
all the other girls tracking down the line
estonia looking for a port flyer
one minute to the start
just a couple of minutes to the start now
Got our star photographer Adam Duckworth on the boat today too, so expect full gallery of the RS:X action on Boards this evening!
Heading out onto the course. scheduled start 14.15 for the women
Heading out on the press boat very soon. Will bring you live updates and progress as soon as we’re on the water and set up.