Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 23:46
The Olympic Sailing Competition rose to a dramatic crescendo, with the home nation winning a gold medal in the Women's Skiff by the most ridiculously small margin, just two seconds.
Andy Rice - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 22:10
Creating an Olympic Games highlight moment with impact is the mission of the Medal Race. After a series of 10 to 12 races, the top ten in each event advance to a double-point, non-discard race.
Craig Leweck - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 20:36
The crowd on Flamengo Beach went wild as Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) won gold by just two seconds from Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) in a nailbiting final run to the finish.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 19:28
For Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL), the Medal Race was a victory lap, the Kiwis having won the 49er Men's gold medal with two races to spare after dominating the 20-boat fleet at Rio 2016 over the past week.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 18:46
We know that from watching the Laser Radial Women's race at London 2012 four years ago. For the 49erFX Women's Medal Race we are looking at an identical scenario, with four crews going into Thursday's finale on an equal footing.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 18:32
Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) have won Croatia's first ever gold medal in Olympic sailing.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 18:27
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) may have already wrapped up gold in the 49er but silver and bronze is still all to play for.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 17:56
With Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark (GBR) having already won the Women's 470 gold medal, the battle for silver and bronze came down to a six-way fight between New Zealand, USA, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Slovenia.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 15:48
The top three have a medal confirmed in the Men's 470 but the colour is to be decided,
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 14:08
Tuesday was a pretty amazing day, but today also promises plenty of drama with four Medal Races on the cards.
Andy Rice - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 14:00
The Sailing Competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games continue on Thursday 18 August at 13:00 local time. In total, 380 sailors from 66 nations will race in 274 boats across ten Olympic Events across seven racing areas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Daniel Smith - World Sailing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
18 Aug, 13:44
The measurement process before the start of the Olympic Games is more rigorous than anything else in the world of small boat competition.
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