After three days' competitions, the Olympic Regatta has been successfully launched with 6 events on the go. Good sailing conditions prevailed up to now and racing has been thrilling and varied so far.
The outstanding facts so far are the smashing dominance of Annalise Murphy IRL winning all four Laser Radial races so far. See the report). Another highlight is the strong performance of Jonas Hoegh-Christensen DEN in the Finns, controlling the big favorite Ben Ainslie GBR clearly up to now leading with a 10 points' advantage after 6 races. The Bericht. The Finns have their lay day today. The Starboat leading trio after six races is identical with the Olympic Podium 2008 with Percy/Simpson GBR four points ahead of Scheidt/Prada BRA and Lööf/Salminen SWE following on rank 3. The report. Surprising also the performance of the young Pavlos Kontides CYP in the Lasers Standard: After two race wins yesterday, he is only 4 points behind the World Champion and ISAF Sailor of the Year Tom Slingsby AUS. Other Australian leaders are - no surprise - Outteridge/Jensen AUS in the 49ers. See report), and in the Women Match Race, where Olivia Powrie AUS are undefeated at half-time of the Round Robin and on a safe way to the Quarter Finals. In the male windsurfers, Dorian Van Rijsselberge NED is on top winning the first two races. See report). Favorites in front of the female windsurfers as well with Marina Alabau ESP (1/2) and Lee-El Korzits ISR (3/1) in a duel for the lead. All ranking lists and the event-website.