Sailing Olympics

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Luftmangel på vandet: Sejlere presser på trods af olympisk varme!

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Se hvordan sejlere i Paris 2024 kæmper med både vindmangel og medaljespirer!

Ok, så hvad sker der, når den store forventning til sejlsport ved Paris 2024 møder den ubarmhjertige hede og en fuldstændig vindstille? Jo, det resulterer i aflyste medaljerace og svedige atleter, der forhåbentlig har husket at bruge solcreme! I takt med at de små, hvide sejl både ILCA 6 og ILCA 7 svømmede omkring på det åbne vand, måtte mange deltagere se sig slået proppet under træning og ventetid i stedet for at konkurrere. Denne første dramatiske medalje dag viste sig at være en test af tålmodighed mere end færdigheder i sejlsport.

Men frygt ikke! Selvom medaljeracet for mændenes skiff blev udskudt, var der stadig en bunke talentfulde sejlere, der nægtede at lade manglende vind knække deres ånd. For holdmedlemmer som New Zealands Jo Aleh og Molly Meech, der troede de var færdige, kom der et overraskende comeback, da deres medaljechancer i stedet blev sendt udfordrede vindens slugter om at sikre den ambitiøse duo endnu en chance for ære.

I takt med at dagene skrider frem i denne olympiske sejlads, bliver vi vidner til en af de mest forskelligartede flåder, der nogensinde er navigeret på bølgerne. De, som kæmpede for at finde deres sejl i den brændende varme, går nu ind i næste runde af eventyret, hvor nogle klasser stadig søger deres chance for guld. Men kan de finde vind nok til at få metal tilbage i sejlene? Det er det store spørgsmål, der lurer.

Og mens vi venter i spænding på, hvad der kommer til at ske i de kommende dage, lad os overveje et par interessante fakta om sejlsport. Vidste du, at den første sejlsport med medaljer blev introduceret ved de moderne olympiske lege i 1900? Og i 2024 vil sejlsporten i Paris byde på den største flåde af deltagere nogensinde med mere end 400 atleter fra 58 forskellige nationer!

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Lack of wind postpones Olympic sailing medal races (The Associated Press)

The first medal races for sailing at the Paris Olympics have been postponed because of a lack of wind, leaving athletes broiling in the heat on the water ...

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Biggest fleet in Olympic sailing prepares to hit the waves (Voice of America)

The small, white-sailed boats — formerly known as lasers, now called ILCA 6 for women and ILCA 7 for men — go slower, sail deeper into the water and have a less ...

Olympic Sailing Results (WTOP)

United States (Ian Barrows; Hans Henken) (1, 1, 2, 2), 4. 2. New Zealand (Isaac McHardie; William McKenzie) (4, 2, 1, 1), 4. 3. France (Erwan Fischer…

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Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing Day 5 – Skiff medal racing ... (Sailweb)

Following two attempts the men's 49er skiff Medal race was abandoned to Friday, along with the women's FX skiff Medal race. The rerun is scheduled for Women ...

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Sailing-Skiff medal race a bonus for NZ's Aleh and Meech (Reuters)

New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Molly Meech thought their Games were over and were celebrating their last sail, until an official told the duo they had made the ...

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Olympic Diary: August 1 - Skiff Medal races abandoned - will sail ... (Sail World)

Some classes complete their Paris2024 Olympic Sailing Regatta today, others start, and others continue. The program for Day 6 calls for Opening round of ...

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Sailing's Montgomery Opens Competition at Paris Olympic Games (Harvard Athletics)

Harvard sailing rising junior Sophia Montgomery opened competition in the women's dinghy event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, placing 26th out of 43 ...

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Officials abandon men's sailing medal race due to lack of wind ... (Fox News)

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A lack of wind caused the men's skiff final race to be abandoned on ...

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Biggest, most diverse fleet in Olympic sailing hits the water (goskagit.com)

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The biggest and most diverse fleet of the 2024 Olympics' sailing events, the one-person dinghy, hit the water Thursday in ...

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BBC commentator stunned as Olympics event abandoned twice in ... (Mirror.co.uk)

There were dramatic scenes at the Olympic Games sailing venue when the men's Skiff medal race was halted following a dramatic change in conditions.

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8 bite-sized lessons I needed to understand how Olympic sailing ... (Yachting World)

Sailing boats can't sail straight into the wind, so they start zig-zagging towards the first mark, which is directly upwind of the start. At the start, sailors ...

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Paris 2024 sailing: All results, as Odile van Aanholt and Annette ... (Olympics)

Sweden claim silver and home nation France won bronze in Marseille.

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Fickle winds continue to affect Olympic sailing medal races, with four ... (Midland Daily News)

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Fickle winds are continuing to affect the first medal races for sailing at the Paris Olympics Friday, as officials hope to squeeze ...

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Fickle winds continue to affect Olympic sailing medal races, with four ... (Beaumont Enterprise)

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Fickle winds continued to affect the first medal races for sailing at the Paris Olympics Friday, as officials hoped to squeeze four ...

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Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing Day 6 – Medal day for Skiffs and ... (Sailweb)

Friday has become a maxi medal day for the sailing after the abandonement of the 49er and 49erFX Medal races on Thursday. Their medal racing will be rerun ...

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Paris 2024 sailing: All results, as Diego Botin le Chever and Florian ... (Olympics)

New Zealand win silver with Team USA securing bronze at the Olympics in Marseille.

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Spain, Netherlands win first Paris Olympics sailing gold medals; US ... (Porterville Recorder)

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — In what sailors called the first “normal wind" day of the 2024 Olympics, Spain and the Netherlands won gold medals in the men's and ...

Fickle winds continue to affect Olympic sailing medal races, with four ... (WTOP)

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Fickle winds continued to affect the first medal races for sailing at the Paris Olympics Friday, as officials hoped to squeeze four ...

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Olympics-Sailing-Spanish duo sail to gold in men's skiff (KFGO News)

By Alexander Smith MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Spain's Diego Botin and Florian Trittel won Olympic gold in the men's skiff on Friday, clinching the title ...

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Olympic Sailing: Spain, Netherlands win gold as US gets 1st medal ... (The Associated Press)

Spain and the Netherlands won the first gold medals in the men's and women's skiffs respectively on Friday, in what sailors called the first “normal wind” ...

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Dutch women win gold despite sailing to wrong finish line - ESPN (ESPN.co.uk)

The Netherlands duo of Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz recovered from a dramatic last-minute error in which they miscalculated where the finish line was ...

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Yale grad wins bronze medal in sailing at Paris Olympics (NBC Connecticut)

A Yale graduate is now an Olympic bronze medalist in sailing. Skipper Ian Barrows and his teammate, Hans Henken, had a strong finish in Friday's men's skiff ...

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Barrows and Henken Win Bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics, First ... (US SAILING)

Marseille, France – After five days of racing on international sport's biggest stage, Team USA's Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Hans Henken (San ...

Olympic Sailing Results (WTOP)

Stefano Peschiera, Peru (1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 4. 2. Matt Wearn, Australia (6, 3, 2, 2, 2), 9. 3. Omer Vered Vilenchik, Israel (2, 2, 3, 3, 3), 10. 4.

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Sailing-France's 'Mama Team' duo get marriage proposals after ... (Reuters)

French women's skiff sailors Sarah Steyaert and Charline Picon got a romantic offer when they returned ashore from winning Olympic bronze on Friday, ...

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Favourites take top Olympic Skiff Sailing medals after dramatic ... (Yachting World)

The Olympic Skiff Sailing medals have been awarded after Medal Races on Froday 2nd August. Andi Roberston reports from the Sailing venue in Marseille.

Multiple boats cross wrong finish line in women's skiff final; U.S. ... (NBC Olympics)

The world witnessed a crazy finish in the medal race of the women's skiff race in the 49erFX class Friday at the Paris Olympics.

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College of Charleston assistant sailing coach Ian Barrows wins ... (ABC NEWS 4)

College of Charleston assistant sailing coach Ian Barrows won a bronze sailing medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris Friday morning.29-year-old Barrows ...

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College of Charleston Assistant Sailing Coach Takes the Bronze (The College Today)

College of Charleston assistant sailing coach Ian Barrows takes home the bronze in the 2024 Summer Olympics men's skiff event.

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CofC sailing assistant earns bronze medal at Olympics (Charleston Post Courier)

College of Charleston assistant sailing coach Ian Barrows earned a bronze medal in the Olympic Games on Aug. 2 in Paris, teaming with Hans Henken in men's ...

Olympic Sailing Results (WTOP)

Luuc van Opzeeland, Netherlands (1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 4. 3. Elia Colombo, Switzerland (2, 2, 3, 3, 4), 10. 3. Sam Sills, Britain (5, 4, 2, 2, 2), 10. 4.

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Paris 2024 Olympics – Final Sailing Results from Marseille (Sailweb)

All the Olympic sailing events have a Medal Race or Series to decide the final podium medals. And not just one system but three different ways to decide who ...

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Paris 2024 sailing: All results as Marta Maggetti of Italy wins ... (Olympics)

Israel's Sharon Kantor wins silver with Team GB's Emma Wilson claiming bronze.

Tom Reuveny stars as Israel wins 2 medals in new windsurfing class ... (The Associated Press)

Israel earned two sailing medals when Tom Reuveny won gold and Sharon Kantor took home a silver in a new windsurfing class called iQFOiL on Saturday at the ...

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Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing Day 7 – Medal day for Windsurfers as ... (Sailweb)

The seventh day of Olympic sailing and the mixed multihull Nacra 17 joins the racing. The Nacra 17 class will race for four days in the opening series, with ...

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Sailing-Windsurfing medal-deciding races postponed to Saturday (Reuters)

Racing in the men's and women's windsurfing events was postponed on Friday, meaning that the medals will be decided on Saturday.

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Olympic Sailing: Medals Guaranteed & Other Highlights from Day ... (Yachting World)

Wind doesn't play ball again forcing Olympic Skiff Medal Race delays, but racing continued in other fleets for the six day of Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing.

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Paris Olympics: Tom Reuveny wins gold medal, Israel wins two silvers (The Jerusalem Post)

Tom Reuveny won gold in windsurfing, Sharon Kantor won silver in sailing, and gymnast Artem Dolgopyat also won Israel a silver medal in gymnastics.

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Olympics-Sailing-Israel Dominates in Windsurfing as Italy's Maggetti ... (Algemeiner)

Israel's Tom Reuveny claimed Olympic gold in the men's windsurfing on Saturday, with the country's Sharon Kantor snatching silver in the women's event ...

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Historic day at Olympics: Israel wins gold, 2 silvers in windsurfing ... (The Times of Israel)

Windsurfers Tom Reuveny and Sharon Kantor land gold and silver, artistic gymnast Artem Dolgopyat scores silver, as country sets new record with 6 medals at ...

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