Olympic Sailing Update
Date: Tuesday, August 12 2008 @ 12:27:10 GMT
Ciara Peelo (Laser Radial) completes first day of competition in Qingdao.
Owens & Lawton 13th overall after day two in the 470 class.
In sailing Ireland’s Ciara Peelo lies 25th overall after scoring a 23rd in Race 1 and 17th in Race 2 today in the women’s single handed Laser Radial class. 28 nations are competing in this event and leading the fleet is America’s Anna Tunnicliffe
Meanwhile Gerald Owens & Phil Lawton are 13th overall after scoring a 17th in Race 3 and 15th in Race 4 in the double handed men’s 470 class. Australia's Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page lead this competitive fleet of 29 nations.
Ireland’s sailing events consist of a ten race opening series followed by a final medal Race for the top ten boats. Consistency is the key over the opening series and if enough races are sailed a boat can discard their worst results. The first discard kicks in after six races.Wednesday (13th Aug) will see Tim Goodbody (21st overall) resume his competition in the men’s heavy weigh Finn class where the favourite Ben Ainslie (GBR) currently holds the lead after six races have been completed.
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