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At the Nothe Cheering for the Women Match Racers

Aussie Party at the Cove

Staying Hydrated

Sass

A Little Humor

Sailing Silliness

Heartbreak...

You can't imagine the sadness watching an athlete's 4 years of sweat, blood and tears coming to an end and not in the fashion anyone anticipated. Our women match racers (Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandermoer, Deb Cappozi) won worlds last year and have been ranked #1 in the world. They were the favorites coming into the Olympics. And they lost today to their Finnish training partners. WOW! So very sad for them. It was a shock to everyone as this was the one event we were confident we were guaranteed a medal. Now they are racing for 5th place. My heart goes out to these girls, their coaches, family and friends as it affects everyone. Such a bummer. It was the best of 5 matches with 2 matches yesterday and the remaining matches today. They were down 0-2 yesterday which obviously adds some pressure to have to win the next 3 matches. There will be no medals for US Sailing. The first time in history we have not medaled. WOW.

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Cheering at the Nothe- GO USA!

At the Nothe

Looking towards the Nothe

Delinquency

I apologize. Wow... only a few days left and I haven't really posted since the racing started. Today is the medal race for the 49ers. Unfortunately our guys did not make the medal race. Only top 10 race. They guys were 15th with many up and down days. The Finn medal race was a few days ago and unfortunately Zach Railey, silver medalist from Beijing, did not make the medal race. The worst regatta of the last 4 years. Pretty heart breaking to watch. Ben Ainslie, Brit, won his 3rd gold medal in this class and his 6 medal in sailing. It came down to the medal race and was between he and a Danish sailor. The RS:Xs (windsurfers) had their medal races yesterday... no medals there which was expected as that's not our strength or focus.The Star class (the big boys) raced their meal race a few days ago as well. Our American pair was in that race but mathematically no chance to medal. Our guys had finished 3rd at Worlds last year so had high expectations coming in so that was definitely a bummer. Paige Railey, Laser Radial sailor, raced in the medal race but again with no mathematical chance of medalling. So some definite disappointments here. Yesterday was the 5th day of racing for the 470 men who had a great day finishing 4th and 7th but not enough to secure them a top 10 overall for the medal race tomorrow. The 470 women have their 5th race today which will confirm a spot in the medal race. Knock on wood, that should happen. That race would be Friday. Which leaves our Women Match Racers... our greatest opportunity for a medal as they are the favorites. Yesterday started the quarter finals and they faced off against the Finnish Team that is actually their training partners. Our Americans are down 0-2 with 3 races to go. It's best out of 5 so they win all 3 races today otherwise they are out which would be heartbreaking. We shall see.

In the meanwhile... we continue to have fun...

A British Fan

Myself and Sailing High Performance Director/ Head Coach, Kenneth Andreasen



Lasers & Laser Radials after a day of racing