Olympics – Paris 2024 – Event Times & How To Watch: As we close in on the 2024 Paris Olympics we have compiled a handy guide on where to watch all the action from your home country and the corresponding times. Nic will also be on the ground in Marseille for the duration of the sailing events.
Where to watch in:
World Sailing’s awesome graphic of the…
Dare to Dream
8 August 2021
When I was eight years old, I announced to my family after winning my 50 metre backstroke race at primary school that I was “going to go to the Olympics”. I believe in the same year, I also announced that I was going to star in a Broadway show… as kids, we dare to dream.
The epitome of sport to me was the Olympics, and the top of performance, being on Broadway. And that is what this…
470 Gold Medals for Australia and Great Britain
4 August 2021
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 race side by side in the same boat.The 8 to 10 knot wind conditions made for a tough cardiovascular contest combined with close quarters tactics and precision boat…
Gold Medals for Italy & Brazil and two for Great Britain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
3 August 2021
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 One Person Dinghy – Finn by…
Lack of wind sets up for four medal races on Tuesday
2 August 2021
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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…
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Great weather returned to Enoshima for Sunday, with sunshine and moderate winds for the sailors to really stretch their legs and put some physicality back into their racing after the light-wind stress of the past two days.Although Matt Wearn had already secured the gold medal, the Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser…
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We thought the three-way battle for the Women’s Windsurfing – RS:X medal was exciting but then there was perhaps one of the craziest, most unpredictable Medal Races of all time in the Men’s division.As gold was all but assured for Kiran Badloe in the Men’s RS:X, silver and bronze was decided by some close…
Flying Dutchman with one hand on windsurfer Gold
30 July 2021
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There were tears of joy and anguish on the boat park on the fifth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Kiran Badloe (NED) put one hand on the Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X gold medal.Ahead of the Men’s RS:X Medal Race on Saturday, Badloe has a significant advantage in the men’s fleet and in the…
Big Wave Wednesday
28 July 2021
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Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.Eight out of ten fleets were racing on Wednesday, with only the Laser and Laser Radial having a rest day. Some sailors put down some big markers with dominant performances…
Whacky races make for a day of special FX
27 July 2021
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The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high speed boat handling and fast-thinking tactics.
The wind was gusting and shifting wildly for the courses close to shore, although the breeze dropped later in the day for…
