Team GB will be hoping that all the waiting has been worth it.
Eleven days of racing have so far produced just one GBR medal – Emma Wilson’s controversial bronze in the Windsurf event (after winning nine of the 14 races).
Weather delays have turned Wednesday, the penultimate day of Olympic sailing, into a medal-high with four Medal Races scheduled to be completed . . . weather conditions allowing.
As of this morning there is already a delay, with the first medal race now expected after 13:15 hrs UK, although there is some confusion on the various notice boards.
The events are the men’s ILCA 7 (Laser), the women’s ILCA 6 (Radial), the mixed Nacra 17 multihull and the mixed 470 dinghy.
Medal race fleets comprise of ten competitors (after the opening series racing). Britain only has competitors in the ILCA 7 and the Nacra 17.
Due to the existing points positions carried over the likelihood is that they will be competing for possible silver and bronze medals in those events.
Also due to take place Thursday is the final opening series racing for the men and women’s Formula Kite events, possibly from 11:03 although likely postponed.
The Medal Series for those events is scheduled for Thursday, the final day of the Olympic sailing in Marseille, but they have a spare day available Friday 9 August, as do the 470 and Nacra17.
LATEST UPDATE:
Men’s ILCA 7 Medal Race – Final 15:39
GOLD AUS Matt Wearn – – 40 pts
SILVER CYP Pavlos Kontides – – 56 pts
BRONZE PER Stefano Peschiera – – 80 pts
4th HUN Jonatan Vadnai – – 84 pts
5th NOR Hermann Tomasgaard – – 85 pts
6th GBR Michael Beckett – – 87 pts
7th NZL Thomas Saunders – – 90 pts
8th CHI Clemente Seguel Lacamara – – 94 pts
9th ITA Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini – – 111 pts
10th IRL Finn Lynch – – 115 pts
Women’s ILCA 6 Medal Race – Final 13:39
GOLD NED Marit Bouwmeester – – 38 pts
SILVER DEN Anne-Marie Rindom – – 61 pts
BRONZE NOR Line Flem Hoest – – 75 pts
4th SUI Maud Jayet – – 90 pts
5th ITA Chiara Benini Floriani – – 91 pts
6th CRO Elena Vorobeva – – 97 pts
7th BEL Emma Plasschaert – – 99 pts
8th CAN Sarah Douglas – – 105 pts
9th USA Erika Reineke – – 111 pts
10th FRA Louise Cervera – – 113 pts
