Epic Failure 355 Posted August 3 #111 Share Posted August 3 5 minutes ago, Faramir said: But I checked and Wilson suffered the same fate in the 2024 and 2023 WCh after clearly winning the series...so maybe it's her own limit of not being able to deliver in a single race with all the pressure on her. Undoubtedly true. But someone smarter than me would have to explain whether there is a difference in skill in terms of fleet racing with a large pack vs a 3 way battle. i.e. might it not be an inability to handle pressure but rather a slightly different skill set required for this form? It seems slightly odd to me - even though I've defended the system above - that most of the other events have a more traditional 10 boat medal race but this event alone has changed to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanHero40 193 Posted August 3 #112 Share Posted August 3 Yesssss!!!!! Wooohooo!!!!! Gold and Silver!!!!! Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir 359 Posted August 3 #113 Share Posted August 3 2 hours ago, Epic Failure said: But someone smarter than me would have to explain whether there is a difference in skill in terms of fleet racing with a large pack vs a 3 way battle. i.e. might it not be an inability to handle pressure but rather a slightly different skill set required for this form? It's possible, I don't know enough about this. Regarding today, experts seems to think that Wilson committed a very very bad mistake (and Kantor followed her) - an Italian sailing website wrote that (Wilson) "goes so fast that she does not need to think" and completely missed the correct line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epic Failure 355 Posted August 3 #114 Share Posted August 3 36 minutes ago, Faramir said: It's possible, I don't know enough about this. Regarding today, experts seems to think that Wilson committed a very very bad mistake (and Kantor followed her) - an Italian sailing website wrote that (Wilson) "goes so fast that she does not need to think" and completely missed the correct line. Yeah, that seems to be the consensus of some other people I've read as well. I was just musing about the wider discussion. Like you, I don't know enough myself to voice an opinion one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGB 167 Posted August 3 #115 Share Posted August 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c3g9ggerdg3o Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympicsnell 300 Posted August 4 #116 Share Posted August 4 Do enjoy how 9 times out of 10 there is never any sailing on the sailing stream...despite there being races on Josh and stratocumulus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,901 Posted August 5 #117 Share Posted August 5 This 9th Laser/Dinghy/ILCA 6 race is hilarious, they're barely moving and it's been going on for ages Josh 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 14,901 Posted August 5 #118 Share Posted August 5 Race 10 was abandoned and now apparently Bouwmeester is the champion. What a climax! Josh and stratocumulus 2 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,768 Posted August 7 #119 Share Posted August 7 Medal races delayed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympicsnell 300 Posted August 7 #120 Share Posted August 7 has this been a poor choice of venue? is there never any wind in Marseille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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