Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition Archives

NEWSFLASH – Australia wins gold in 470 Men, Sweden silver, Spain bronze

4 August 2021

NEWSFLASH – Australia wins gold in 470 Men, Sweden silver, Spain bronze

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) have won gold in the 470 Men, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze.

Out of the start it was even between the leading contenders for silver and bronze – Spain and Sweden. Both teams made good starts in the light wind conditions, the crews working hard to power the boat through the waves using kinetic bouncing.

Australia had...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/04/newsflash-australia-wins-gold-in-470-men-sweden-silver-spain-bronze/

Big Wave Wednesday

28 July 2021

Big Wave Wednesday

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 in the 470 Women and Nacra 17.

In the Men’s and Women’s Skiff events, both halves of an engaged couple are sharing the limelight in their respective...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/28/big-wave-wednesday/

Making sense of the chaos at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition

26 July 2021

Making sense of the chaos at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition

There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it hard to get into the groove.

When the Pacific swell hits the shoreline of Enoshima and the concrete harbour walls, it reverberates back out to sea, turning the field of play into something akin to a washing machine. Finding a rhythm through the water is...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/26/making-sense-of-the-chaos-at-the-tokyo-2020-olympic-sailing-competition/

Favourites struggle to exert their dominance on a tricky opening day

25 July 2021

Favourites struggle to exert their dominance on a tricky opening day

After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, the sailors were dealt a very different and more difficult hand for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.

On the Enoshima course, close to the sailing centre, the Men’s and Women’s RS:X Windsurfers opened with three races in a light and fluky east north easterly breeze blowing from the shore.

The light air specialists were making their weight...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/25/favourites-struggle-to-exert-their-dominance-on-a-tricky-opening-day/

World Sailing prepared to deliver a safe and successful Olympic Sailing Competition

25 July 2021

World Sailing prepared to deliver a safe and successful Olympic Sailing Competition

By World Sailing President, Quanhai Li and Chief Executive Officer, David Graham

As sailors, you need resilience. There are times when you are tested beyond the limits of human endeavours. Whether you are sailing around the world non-stop on your own or testing yourself in the smallest of dinghies in strong wind and waves. You need to remain resilient and focused on the task at hand.

In preparing for the Tokyo 2020...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/25/world-sailing-prepared-to-deliver-a-safe-and-successful-olympic-sailing-competition/

Scheidt to roll back the years in 35-boat Olympic Laser fleet

18 July 2021

Scheidt to roll back the years in 35-boat Olympic Laser fleet

The simplest of all dinghies, and barely changed since it surfaced 50 years ago, the Laser made its first Olympic appearance at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.

A 23-year-old Brazilian called Robert Scheidt narrowly won the gold medal in Atlanta ahead of Great Britain’s 19-year-old Ben Ainslie. Somehow, a quarter of a century and seven Games appearances later, the Brazilian magician will be vying for the podium yet again.

Winner of five...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/18/scheidt-to-roll-back-the-years-in-35-boat-olympic-laser-fleet/

Contrasting conditions test sailors on Day 2 of Ready Steady Tokyo

18 August 2019

Contrasting conditions test sailors on Day 2 of Ready Steady Tokyo

A day of light wind saw a slightly disrupted race schedule on Day 2 of Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing, the official test event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.

But, after a short postponement, all fleets managed to get out onto the water and complete at least one race each, with four days remaining to sail the rest of the series.

Compared to yesterday’s strong breeze and big waves, conditions today were quite...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/18/contrasting-conditions-test-sailors-on-day-2-of-ready-steady-tokyo/