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mik_git

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caad9 said:
Bastion fanboys would be melting
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Saw a bunch of posts complaining "should have stuck with aussie made" etc etc... and people say yeah you don't know the actual story... na this would never have happened if they used locally made product...
haha good one. Nothing against Bastion at all, just the irony.
 
The Duckmeister

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Mat Belcher/Will Ryan have an almost unbeatable 20-point lead in the 470M going into tomorrow's medal race after 2nd & virtual 5th in todays final fleet races (they finished 8th in the last race, their worst result, so that became the dropped score, reinstating their previously-dropped 5th from earlier in the regatta). To lose the gold, they have to be a non-finisher, plus the Swedish crew have to win. Any other result won't give the Swedes enough points to sneak past.

With 13th & 20th places in today's final fleet races for Jerwood/de Vries in the 470W, their regatta is done, with a final place at 16th. The top of the pile is a close contest, and still open to change, however with a 14-point margin, the Poms have a comfy lead. The 470s are the last classes to be decided.

Jake Lilley in the Finn took third on the water in today's race, but it was only enough for 7th overall Gold went to Giles Scott (GBR), three points ahead of Hungarian Zsombor Berecz, with Spain's Joan Cardona Mendez in third, a further 12 points back.

Waterhouse/Darmanin had a shocker in the Nacra medal race, finishing 9th, which dropped them to 5th overall. Italians Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti weren't really troubled all regatta, and a very cruisy 6th place in the race still left them comfortably ahead of the Poms John Gimson/Anna Burnet, with Germans Paul Kohlhoff/Alica Stuhlemmer taking Bronze.

The 49er & 49erFX races were nailbiters. The NZ pair Peter Burling/Blair Tuke in the Men's fleet went into the race with a narrow lead, but were pipped into third over the line by the Germans Erik Heil/Thomas Poessel. The Poms Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bethill won the race, which tied them on points with the Kiwis, with their higher place breaking the tie in their favour for the Gold. The Germans took the Bronze.
In the Women's FX, Dutch crew Annemiek Bekkering/Annette Duetz went into the race tied with Brazilians Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze, but had a poor race, finishing 9th, which dropped them to 3rd overall. 3rd on the water was enough to hand Gold to the Brazilians, while 5th was enough to leapfrog German crew Tina Lutz/Susann Beucke over the Dutch and into Silver.
 
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nzhumpy

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Keirin (Womens) on now, such a good event to watch...only bettered by the Madison which isn't an Olympic event.
 
rockmoose

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his flabber is totally gastered
Janja Garnbret as dominant as ever in the bouldering qualifier.

Flashed every problem, while most others could barely get off the ground.

Lead qualifier in half an hour. I wouldn't be surprised if she tops that too.

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The Duckmeister

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Final sailing report. :p

The 470s brought the regatta to a close, fittingly the last class to sail because it's their final Olympic appearance.

In the Men's race, after a suitably safe start, Belcher/Ryan seemingly took a "why just beat 'em when you can really smash 'em" approach, and moved through the fleet taking the lead by about 1/3 distance, and not letting it go for the rest of the race. Gold by a healthy 22 points. Swedes Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstrom took 2nd on the water to comfortably take Silver. Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez Garcia-Paz of Spain finished 5th on the water, which gave them just enough breathing space to hold off the Kiwis Paul Snow-Hansen/Dan Willcox for bronze, who although finished third in the race, trailed by just two points in the end.

In the Women's fleet, GBR' Hanna Mills/Eilidh McIntyre sailed a conservative mid-fleet race, finishing 5th which still left them with a 16-point margin over both 2nd & 3rd. Polish crew Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar finished 4th on the water, which tied them on points with French crew Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz, who placed 6th, the higher finish place breaking the tie in favour of the Poles.

The 470 holds a place in Olympic history as the first class to run a separate Women's event, at Seoul in 1988. Prior to that, sailing was an "open" sport, where men & women competed together, although female involvement was low.
 
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gippyz

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rockmoose said:
Janja Garnbret as dominant as ever in the bouldering qualifier.

Flashed every problem, while most others could barely get off the ground.

Lead qualifier in half an hour. I wouldn't be surprised if she tops that too.

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She made bouldering looks effortless when in reality it is far from it! I didn't watch the lead quali, but it looks like she nailed that one as well. Shame she didn't do well on the speed climb. Can't wait for the men final later and women final tomorrow!
 
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