Grande successo delle nostre atlete a Miami. Laura Linares (CV. Marina Militare) oggi conquista la medaglia di bronzo vincendo la Medal Race RS:X femminile in Florida. Bravissima anche Flavia Tartaglini che taglia il traguardo [...] Direct Link
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Laura Linares medaglia di bronzo a Miami @ Italia Vela
Finn Focus at Rolex Miami OCR – Day fiveThe final day of the qualification races in the Finn class at the 2010 Rolex Miami OCR brought a new face to the front of the fleet. Jonathan Lobert (FRA) won both races in the light to moderate winds to make a last minute challenge for a medal. However the top three positions remained the same with Ed Wright (GBR) leading into Saturday’s medal race from Giles Scott (GBR) and Zach Railey (USA).Overnight leader Wright placed 5-2 and will lead into the medal race by a useful 14 point margin over team mate Scott who produced a 2-7. Third placed Railey lost some of his advantage and now trails Scott by 7 points, with race eight winner Gasper Vincec just 7 points further back.However there was no great changes after the final two qualification races. Though sailors swapped positions inside the top 10, no-one moved in or out of the top 10. All this means that the gold medal is between Wright and Scott, the silver is between Wright, Scott, Railey and Vincec and the bronze is between Scott, Railey and Vincec.Rafa Trujillo (ESP) lost his chances of a medal with an 18-6 to end the day in 5th overall, but with too large a points gap on Vincec.After his double race win, Lobart climbed from 10th to 6th, but is also still too far adrift to take a medal. He said, “Today it was great sailing for I had two very good starts and my speed was very good so I could easily do what I liked. I went on the left side where the wind was more consistent and it was clearly proved to be the right choice. I am very happy with this and I hope to do as good in the medal race.â€?So the medal races line up looks like this:Ed Wright (GBR) – Winner of the 2009 ISAF Sailing World Cup, 2006 European Champion and dominated this week so far against a high standard fleet.Giles Scott (GBR) – 2008 Junior World Champion. Generally did not perform well in medal races last year, but has been unusually consistent this week.Zach Railey (USA) – 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist and runner-up in last year’s Gold Cup. Will be disappointed not to be in the hunt for the gold.Gaser Vincec (SLO) – Return to form for the Slovenian after a break since last year’s Gold Cup. Could easily snatch a medal after slow start to the regatta.Rafael Trujillo (ESP) – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist and 2007 World Champion. Expected to be in with a medal chance but too many high scores on the board.Jonathan Lobert (FRA) – Apart from Wright, the only other sailor to win more than one race this week and has clearly shown he has to speed to win, but can’t take a medal.Bryan Boyd (USA) – Plenty of flair to win races. Won the opening race of last year’s Gold Cup but has not generally been consistent … Direct Link
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Double win for Jonathan Lobert in Miami @ Sail Karma
Here we are trying to chase down Mark Mendelblatt and Mark Strube at the medal race Wednesday: There is some video from the 23rd and the Medal Race on this page: http://www.world-of-sailing.info/olympic-classes/star/. Look out for us, we’re black numbers USA-8241 Here is the link to our GPS tracking from last week in Kiel. What a great a [...] Direct Link
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Medal Race Live-track Link from Kiel @ Sailogs
