Olympics 2008 Sailing : 470 CLASS RESULTS (Men & Women)

18 August 2008 No Comment

The Qingdao sun is definitely shining on team Australia in the 470 classes, with first places in both the Men’s event and Women’s Olympic event! It’s been a serious of slow, technical races so far – rewarding some and challenging others. Patience, at least at the Beijing Olympics, seems to be a winning virtue – so far.

Results here…

The key has certainly been patience and consistency for the Men’s event, with only two bullets shared among the top ten in all races. Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page of Australia have turned in a 4,7,3,3,3,4 to take first at 17 points. With no double-digit scores yet to toss, the Aussies have a bit of security, while 2nd place France’s Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset, as well as Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield of third place Britain, have already tossed what they hope will be their Mulligans – 18th and 19th place finishes respectively.

470 Men:

GOLD Australia WILMOT Nathan & PAGE Malcolm
SILVER Great Britain ROGERS Nick & GLANFIELD Joe
BRONZE France CHARBONNIER Nicolas & BAUSSET Olivier

In the Women’s event, the Netherland’s Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout looked like they’re in a match race for the gold with Australia’s Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson. Neither team had given up a double-digit finish , and they were tied for first place with 3,1,9,5,2,2 finishes for NED, and 2,2,4,1,9,4 finishes for AUS. Notice each team has a first, two seconds and a ninth – out of a fleet of 19, that’s some tight racing, and this got very interesting as the event continued. Finally, as mentioned above, the sun was indeed shining on the Aussies… Autralia won Gold!