Boards at the Olympics: Day Five
There was some drama in the second women’s race, as confusion over the number of laps crept in.
Canada, Finland, Great Britain and possibly another one or two of the racers came through the bottom gate, through the finish then set off upwind to do another lap. We are still not sure if this was for practice or if they thought they had to do another lap, but it sent confusion down through the fleet. These sailors did one more full lap and finished again, but as they went through the finish correctly the first time this result for them stands. Poland however, came through the bottom gate and went through the finish incorrectly on the first time, she also completed one further lap and after one more lap went through the finish line the correct way and marked a finish.
We will clarify the situation yet further when we can and receive more information on the matter.
Coming up later, a few words from Dorian after another dominant day on the water and a full interview with Nick, who now sits in second place going into the final full day of racing.
Men’s results so far – and follow the mark rounding times here.
Women’s results so far – and follow the mark rounding times here.
Women's start
With day four as a lay day, all competitors are now rested and ready for another two more days of full fleet racing, before the medal race on Tuesday.
The women are due to start at 12.00 today, on the Nothe course, so fingers crossed this will be televised! Their two races will then be followed by two from the men on the Portland Harbour course.
We are being treated to a little sunshine this morning in Weymouth, winds are looking a little lighter than on previous days too. Boards will of course keep you updated on all of the racing right here, so stay tuned!
Found out what happened with the girls in the last race, and why Zofia ended up so far back….full story posted very soon!
Yes. Great stuff.
I hope someone got footage of those RS:X races.
The televised racing of the 470 class (now on) looks very dull in these lighter wind conditions.
Cheers Amy… Top job! Now get down the boat park with your saw!!
haha cheers proffitt! gonna get down the boat park with my dictaphone instead!
Massive day tomorrow! Both racing on the portland harbour course. Women’s first at 12.00 then men at 14.00 wind looking a little lighter tomorrow, forecast 8-12knots
Thanks Amy. Big day tomorrow !!
Well done to Nick for his best pair of results yet.
The polish sailor got ahead of Julian Bontemps on the last leg.
Thanks Amy …..
The points are: 9, 24, 24, and 29
Dorian, Nick, Toni, and the Polish sailor in 4th overall
Toni wins, Dorian second, Nick third
With the german guy winning and Nick in third, the two now tie on equal points for Silver at this stage overall.
The Polish sailor, in fourth overall, has dropped a few points though.
Dorian really catching germany down wind
germany into the slalom finish, dorian second,
again all downwind sticking to the left of the course, nobody gybe off just yet
Let’s see if Nick can get past Dorian on the downwind finish
french around, then poland
Oh poo.
Nick 23secs behnd
dorian ahead of nick! dorian 2nd, nick 3rd
Germany round in first
Dorian a little further back, also coming up to the mark on port with Julien catching him and just below him also on port
Toni tacked now to cover Nick
Great to see Nick find consistency today.
nick tacks off early, choosing to come up the middle of the course, whilst toni stays going to the left
Last beat.
everyone tracking to the left of the course again
Nick taken 10 secs from the leader on that downwind….
Julien Bontemps has moved up to fouth
FYI men’s and women’s results and mark rounding times are on the links above in the main body of the post.
all sticking to the left downwind, nick gybed across
There’s anther lap and a half to go, right?
So there’s another windward leg yet?
Yes, one more lap after this one!
nick on the lay line in second, dorian third
toni appraoching and round the mark in the lead
JP coming across on starboard lay line, looking to come through the three of them!
Nick, Toni and Dorian all sailing very, very close to each other, nick just upwind of toni
Nicks got this…
amazing lets have it nick
JP of NZL, only person heading to the right of the course on this upwind
20 secs between first, then 20 between 2nd and third
Nick has reduced gap to 20secs behind leader
Yeeeees, Go Nick!!!
all going to the left of the course
nick, followed by Dorian
Toni around the leeward mark in the lead
dempsey dempsey dempsey
nick pulling out from Dorian, JP tobin pulling in Dorian!
Nick 30secs off the lead with Dorian a further 13secs behind
Germany still in the lead.
nick just in second with Dorian on his tale
germany around in the lead
Nick JUST in front of Dorian
dorian tacks on to lay line furthest to the right. nick mid course approaching lay line, germany coming in on port lay line. All look VERY close!
germany, nzl going left. nick up the middle of the course. dorian and poland going to the right
Julien Bontemps is not far behind in this race too.
nick, dorian, NZL
Nick 18 secs behind
germany still in the lead at the bottom mark
go on nick keep it up
new zealand up there too and catching!
Poland in 5th.
So the top group are all potetntial medal winners
nick sticking left downwind, dorian and toni goig right
Brilliant.
nick in second, dorian third
Go Nick!
Bad news is that Germany round first
germany around the top mark in the lead!
germany and hong kong looking strong too
nick coming up on port across the fleet, despite bad start looking in good position
live race tracker just reloading, will have exact progress very soon!
yeah same as last race
Is the windstrength much the same?
nick on port, but struggled to get through the starboard sailors cleanly in what looking like a potential disaster of a start!
looks like right of the course is paying too, which probably swayed more onto port
quarter of the fleet off on starboard, rest off to the right of the course
How can they set such a bad line in an Olympic regatta…?
all sailors pushing the line, thought it would be general, but only individual recall
dorian sittin on the pin end, all flying down on port, now only one or two sailors on starboard!
Ah. One discard makes all the difference.
nick still on starboard, but coming down the line now at one minute to go
Thought it was only one discard! Finns only one!
Your right Ben. How you doing these days?
massively port biased line! half the fleet over at the pin end
FYI they only get one discard
Where are you guys watching??
I’m on a press boat, don’t think it’s televised anywhere at the moment
No online stream for these races AFAIK. We are indebted to Amy’s fantastic updates…
Also here http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/phase=sam102908/index.html
five minutes to the start of the next race
7, 21, 23, 25 the points. So still very close between the top four
overall dorian first, nick second, germany third, poland fourth
OK. There are three more conventional races, plus the medal race which counts double. If Nick won a few of the three, with Dorian down the fleeet a bit, then he could still get Gold after the medal race.
But after ten races, they get a second discard, and Dorian’s worse place so far is a 3rd. So he has an unbelieveable cushion already, and could effectively bin two out of the next three races
Er no…only 1 discard http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/competition-format/
Definitely don’t think we can hang the gold medal around Dorian’s neck just yet! OCS or kit breakage or similar in a race combined with bad result anything can happen. 3 more races plus medal race, all to play for!
thats well spoken! but go dorian!!
Dorian could still lose but unlikely. Still 2 normal races to go. He was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony because the Dutch team thought he was a sure bet for a gold. They were rIght.
My house is full of cloggies!!
3 races to go with one discard. After that top10 in medalrace counting double for overall result.
Actually that’s not quite right, is it.?
(Gets out calculator)
yeah there is a chanche to lose for dorian but keep in mind his worst race was 3th so if he might end op lower he can discard that one
Nick’s second overall and needs another good race today.
Tomorrow is then critical because of the expected lighter wind.
Does anyone know where this puts Nick now?
2nd http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/phase=sam102907/doc=summary.html
I think we need to acknowledge that Dorian Van Rjisselberge has already won gold. He doesn’t need to sail the next race and only has to finish the medal Race.
His worst result is a 3rd. Unbelieveable consistency.
Don’t think so, 3 races to go + medal race and only 1 discard!
And thanks to Bill
Poland is close too, a further 2 points adrift and now in fourth overall.i
Thanks Amy. Have a great day.
My pleasure Guy, glad to have you all following! Hope you’re well!
thanks Bill!
back to back. 10 minutes after last racer finishes. last rider still to come down wind so approx 15-20minutes until the next start
Germany has got back up to 6th. That puts him close but just behind Nick on overall points.
Yes thanks.
How long until the next race? It’s back to back right?
Half an hour?
greece third brazil fourth
Thanks Amy!
nick takes 2nd
nick on last gybe, coming to finish, greece just on second gybe mark
Nick 1.08 behind
nick onto the slalom too, looking pretty quick but no way of catching!
full plan in lay down gybes, pretty impressive, think he’d rival most of the slalom guys even on his RS:X!
dorian?
Wie anders?
hij was natuurlijk 1e in de slalom xD
Hope somebody filmed this.
doiran on slalom leg
dorian coming right down the downwind mark
The greek sailor is 30secs behind Nick, so Nick should get second
nick second, good lead over greece in third now
Nick’s a minute behind
nick looking strong for second place into the mark
dorian around the windward mark
upwind dorian is going pretty slow but a lot faster, nick choosing to pinch higher but with less speed
Last windward leg.
Nick actually caught Dorian a bit on that downwind leg. This means he’s either faster than him or ad better wind.
I think Nick is faster..
brazil through in fourth
Somebody had better say that, effectively, the Gold has just been awarded,
nicks already passed greece! amazing downwind speed
nick comes round, straight onto the right had side of the course
nick secnd!
dorian tacked, now heading across on port
Nick got past Kokalanis in this situation before, Remember that slalom finish?
dorian around the leeward mark, heading off the the left of the course with a clear lead yet again!
nick and greece have a good lead over brazil now
Greece now 2nd
Yes, Dempsey is now 3rd and nearly a minute behind Dorian.
dorian leading greece second, nick in third by 3 seconds
nick tacked under the lay line so has had to double tack, now closer to the greek and brazilian
dorian clear in the lead
nick tacked under dorian, he’ll have to out point him and keep the speed to challenge him
Long way to go yet, and it’s a patchy wind by the look of it.
(Very up and down where I was sailing this morning)
brazil and greece coming on the middle of the course on port
nick and dorian hitting the far right side, tacking onto the lay line to the mark
Not as quick as Nick.
4 laps to this course, with a slalom finish
greece third, brazil fourth, both going to the left!
dorian leading at bottoms mark, heads to the right up wind, nick follows
good news for nick is that poland and germany are down in 12th and 14th…
The better news is that Nick’s other rivals are relatively well down.
you’re too quick!
nick going left downwind, dorian heading right….
This is more like it.
greece then brazil
dorain 1st, nick 2nd around windward
they have both passed in front of greece and brazil
A 4th position here puts Nick into Silver medal position, if the places in this race stoy the same (which they won’t). Just saying.
Good for nick “follow the leader leader”
nick slightly upwind of dorian, but dorian loosk like he will make the mark
dorian and nick on the far right very close, brazil and greece far the left close together too. Which side will pay?
The course must be pretty short. It took the leader just 2 and 1/2 minutes to get from windward mark to leeward mark.
Dorian tacked over to cover nick
This is better.
others in front of him have gone left
nick in fourth heading right up the beat
dorian leads around leeward mark
nick looking like he could be gaining some places downwind
hong kong and estonia off the right left
most of the fleet heading off down wind to the right of the course
nick around in sixth
Nick in 6th
dorian, estonia then greece around first mark!
is there a link to see it all live?
http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-men/phase=sam102907/index.html
hong kong pinching to the mark might make it….
Go Nick!
HIHI Go Dorian!
Nick coming up to starboard lay line, looking in strong position
Fingers crossed for Nick
Finger crossed for the champ (Dorian)
fingers crossed for both of them!
Dajesz PRZEMEK!!
nick tacked over onto port now, all tracking well up wind, majority of the fleet heading to the right of the course now
nick tacked over onto port now
nick and dorina off on starboard, both mid way down the line, away in clean wind so decent starts for both
large bunch going for the port end
plus the sun is shining! should be a good race!
conditions still looking 12-14 knots on the portland course
Bryony in 7th after that race.
i take that back, 5 minutes to the start!
10-15 monutes to the next start of the men
http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/rs-x-women/phase=saw102908/doc=detailedresults.html
WTF??
Why Zofia (POL) droped to 22ndplace in race 8 ??
sorry Luka I didn’t see why, just the result will investigate for you!
first possible start for the men 14.30, wind forecast to drop a little more to approx 8-12 knots, maybe more later in the day. Could make for some interesting racing, right on the edge of planing conditions!
current leader marina finishes 8th
Bryony takes sixth
poland fifth
canada fourth
finland, ukraine,
israel wins!
bryony still in sixth
finland, ukraine, canada
israel around up wind mark with fantastic lead
bryony heading to the left hand side of the course with the leading pack
bryony coming through in sixth
fnland, ukraine, canada
israel around the bottom mark
Bryony around in sixth
sorry, ukraine ahead of poland
followed by canada and poland
finland aournd too and heading down wind
israeil coming up to the mark on port, around and heading down wind
isreal, finland, canada, bryony up to fourth!
wind due to drop more as the day goes, on probably about 8 knots this afternoon for the guys racing
all the girls pumping downwind through the wind holes
poland, spain and bryony in sixth
israel, canada, finland
looks like bryony is struggling a little for speed in the gusty winds
israel coming up to the top mark in a great lead
bryony in a great position, covering canada on the right hand side of the course going upwind
israel, canada and bryony up to third!
all gybing in and taking the right hand side of the course
israel, spain, canada, bryony in fifth
sorry for the delay! women away cleanly, Bryony has a great start. almost up to windward, from laps
next race to start in approx 10-15minutes
great result for the ukraine!
bryony finishes 7th
spain in third
ukraine wins israel second
byrony 7th neck and neck with poland
australia and italy around, byrony looks in 8th place
spain looking good for third followed by germany
israel iin second
ukraine around the mark in first
followed by germany and spain
ukraine and israel taking onto the port lay line
Bryony and italy have headed to the right
israel reeling in the ukraine a little more on this upwind, both going to the left
sorry, course is LS4 – one more up and down wind to go!
bryony around in fifth
ukraine, israel, spain around the top mark, last downwind
most now tracking to the left hand side of the course
Bryony now in 7th
spain 2nd, israel 3rd, germany 4th
ukraine round with a good lead, heading to the right of the courser
bryony still in sixth position
one more lap to go after this
ukraine, israel, spain around the top mark
closely followed by italy, span and israel
urkaine and germany tacked onto the port lay line
all heading to the left of the course, except for brazil and canada
bryony up to sixth
ukraine, germany, israel, spain at the leeward mark
bryony in ninth
germany1st, ukraine, israel
very close race on the small course!
france and russia out the the right
bryony tacked up the middle of the course. nothe course a lot smaller so most really go to the edge s of the allowed zone
away cleanly, bryony near boat end of the line away in clean wind
One minute!
3 minutes to the start!
wind looking good, Byrony press reach interview on the BBC now!
just over five minutes to the start of the first women’s race of the day