Sailing at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Nickyc707 382]

3 hours ago, dcro said:

Well, it's the only class where one nation can apparently take six straight golds so...

That was in part due to the removal of the two man Star class which was where Finn Class sailors used to move onto. Instead the best sailors were forced to stay in the Finn class.

[Monzanator 4,501]

So, what's the reason to remove Finn class from Olympics? Let me guess, they have to have mixed gender sailing class?

[hckošice 14,823]

Mixed Nacra 17
Final Results

 

  Italy

Ruggero Tita

Caterina Banti

35

 

  Great Britain

John Gimson

Anna Burnet

45

 

Germany

Paul Kohlhoff

Alica Stuhlemmer

63

 

Final Results Here

[rybak 3,217]

What a choke from Skrzypulec and Ogar in last two races. I'm now in nervous if they will able to keep 3rd place, but Im not optimist...

[Monzanator 4,501]

4 minutes ago, rybak said:

What a choke from Skrzypulec and Ogar in last two races. I'm now in nervous if they will able to keep 3rd place, but Im not optimist...

They are nine pts ahead of so they can finish two boats behind them in the medal race (8 pts difference)?

[rybak 3,217]

18 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

They are nine pts ahead of so they can finish two boats behind them in the medal race (8 pts difference)?

I'm not sure.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Really surprised to see Germany winning 3 medals, more than at the previous 4 olympics combined. I fear that this means that they will get more funding.

[Makedonas 2,155]

Improvement from  Mantis/Kagialis but not enough. They're now 6th with just the medal race to go. I was hoping they'd be able to win another medal after bronze in 2016 but I guess not. Too bad 

 

Looks like their bronze from 2016 will be the only Greek sailing medal from the last three Olympics combined. Pretty disappointing but I'm still somewhat optimistic about the future of Greek sailing.

[LDOG 2,418]

7 hours ago, Monzanator said:

So, what's the reason to remove Finn class from Olympics? Let me guess, they have to have mixed gender sailing class?

They will combine the 470s into one mixed event and also add two shitty kiteboard events. Awful.

 

 

Our Finn sailor now has no idea what to do with his career (and his sponsors, etc). I guess we'll see him try the 470 or the 49er with some partner.

[vinipereira 3,240]

9 minutes ago, LDOG said:

They will combine the 470s into one mixed event and also add two shitty kiteboard events. Awful.

 

 

Our Finn sailor now has no idea what to do with his career (and his sponsors, etc). I guess we'll see him try the 470 or the 49er with some partner.

It was the same with Robert Scheidt that was forced to return to Laser class in 2016 after the end of Star in 2012.

 

Now he says he will definitely change classes again, just don't know if it will be an Olympic one.