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15 AUG 2016

 

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  Big day on Guanabara Bay for NZL Sailing Team

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It has been an eventful day in Rio for the NZL Sailing Team with some great race results and some tough decisions. Winds were light and from the south; racing was postponed initially but got underway through the afternoon.

Women’s 470 – Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie were back in action after a scheduled rest day and they sailed two races on Copacabana course area outside the bay.

Clearly sailing well, the kiwi pair raced the day’s opener to cross the finish first, only to find out they had been ruled too early to the start line. It means they carry 21 points for race six of the series.

Aleh and Powrie didn’t let it affect their race seven performance, however, coming back strong with a 2nd place. They returned ashore philosophical about the on-water decision and remaining positive about the rest of the regatta.

Asked about what happened Aleh said, “We sailed a pretty god race, we won across the line, and then our coach Nath told us we were over.”

“We knew we got a good start, one of those where who knows what it was, maybe a few centimetres. There is not really much you can do about that – the race committee have the final say on these things.”

“We’re just trying to sail every race as good as we can – that is what we came here to do. We think we’ve actually done a pretty good job of that so far, but we’ve just had a couple of things that have swung the opposite way to what we’d like.

“We’ll just keep doing that for the rest of the races and see where it ends up.”

There are three more races possible in the women’s 470 qualifying series and then a double-points medal race providing Aleh and Powrie plenty of opportunity to post some low scores and improve, and the pair has the tenacity and resilience to do just that.   

They’re now in 7th overall with ten points to close on the crew currently placed in the bronze medal position.  Great Britain’s Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, London silver medallists, are out in the lead after seven races.

Nacra – Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders

It was a pivotal day in the mixed multihull class where placings continued to change as the day unfolded.

The provisional standings now show what the top ten looks like going into the Nacra medal race – set to be sailed on Tuesday in Rio after tomorrow’s rest day.

New Zealanders Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders will go into the double-points quick-fire finale in 5th place on 79 points.

The Austrian crew, lying 3rd, are seven points ahead of the kiwis who posted two 13ths and a 2nd in today’s three races.

Men’s 470 – Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox

Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox posted their best results of the regatta so far with a 5th and a 2nd in their two races, and they pull up inside the top ten as reward.

Improving to 9th overall Snow-Hansen and Willcox climbed four positions today, from 13th overall at the outset.

“It was nice to have a few good results after a tough week,” said Paul Snow-Hansen.

“Today was light conditions, we were out a long way offshore and the waves were a bit choppy, not much breeze and we did a pretty good job of navigating the course and keeping the boat going and staying out of any big holes out there which was challenging.”

“We’re pretty happy with the day.”

Tomorrow they will be back in action with races 8, 9 and 10 for the Men’s 470 event scheduled if time and conditions allow.

Finn – Josh Junior

Josh Junior had a good day in the Finn class, where the top ten are now decided for Tuesday’s medal race. Britain’s Giles Scott has done enough to secure the gold medal with a 24 point gap over the fleet, but will still need to sail Tuesday’s race before standing atop the podium.

New Zealand’s Junior had work to do today to make the top ten cut, but has done that easily by returning a 4th and a 6th. He lies 7th in the standings now, but has his eye on using Tuesday’s medal race to improve his final result for Rio 2016.

Speaking after racing today Junior looked back on his regatta so far and reflected; “Very frustrating, but you live and you learn, but I’ve still got an opportunity, so I will keep moving forward.

“Ten points off 4th, so that would be pretty cool.”

Elsewhere

Laser sailor Sam Meech was on a rest day ahead of his medal race tomorrow. The 25-year old Olympic debutant is in 3rd position going into the race, which counts for double-points.

Lying ahead of Sam Meech, in the lead, is Croatia’s Tonci Stipanovic who will make history tomorrow as Croatia’s first ever medallist in Olympic sailing. The 30-year-old was 4th at the London Olympic Games and is likely to focus his race plan around ensuring Australia’s Tom Burton doesn’t take the gold medal – it will go to one or the other.

If Meech finishes in the top five he will have secured bronze at least, with the silver possible, but a stretch.

While he has a nine-point gap there are some big names behind Meech on the board including Robert Scheidt from Brazil – the 43-year-old with five Olympic medals to his name, and reigning world champion Nick Thompson from Great Britain.

The Laser medal race is scheduled for 2pm in Brazil (5am in New Zealand).

Also resting today were the men’s and women’s skiff sailors who return for two more days of qualifying from tomorrow.

NZL Sailing Team current standings

1stPeter Burling and Blair Tuke (49er) (1, 1, 5, 2, 8, 6)
3rdSam Meech (Laser) (19, 3, 5, 6, 14, 17, 13, 6, 12, 1)
5thGemma Jones and Jason Saunders (Nacra 17) (9, 13, 7, 5, 4, 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 13, 2)
3rdAlex Maloney and Molly Meech (49erFX) (6, 5, 4, 4, 5, 1)
7thJo Aleh and Polly Powrie (Women’s 470) (21DSQ, 1, 4, 1, 12, 21UFD, 3)
7thJosh Junior (Finn) (18, 24UFD, 14, 14, 5, 3, 18, 2, 4, 6)
9thPaul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox (Men’s 470) (2, 10, 20, 15, 23, 5, 2)

Full results are available on the Rio 2016 website: https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results

On tomorrow’s schedule;

Sam Meech - Laser – Medal Race 1400
Alex Maloney and Molly Meech – 49erFX – Races 7, 8 & 9
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke – 49er – Races 7, 8 & 9
Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie – W470 – Races 8, 9 & 10
Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox – M470 – Races 8, 9 & 10

Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders – Nacra 17 – Reserve day
Josh Junior – Finn – Reserve day
 

NZL Sailing Team Rio 2016 Media Guide here http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/racing/olympic/2016-olympic-sailing-team

In total, 380 sailors from 66 nations will race in 274 boats across ten Olympic Events across seven racing areas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For more information:

Jodie Bakewell-White
Email: jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
Rio tel: 21973483812

 

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470 lads now promoted from a provisional 11th overall into 9th (and make the medal race) due to protests upheld elsewhere....well done YNZ, all crews in top 10

 

Can't believe the Nacra ARG (Gold) crew did not get protested by Jury or other teams for ignoring the umpires call against them for a penalty turn following incident at final top mark - they finally did the turn halfway down the run.  NZL crew a bit unlucky there ....great result regardless

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What a result in the Nacra - Argentina skipper Sante Lange aged 54 winning gold in his third Olympics. Oldest sailor competing in Rio, his two sons are competing in the 49er class and he lost half a lung last year to cancer. Didn't see the incident at the top mark, and what that meant for the results, but even to be competing at such a level at 54 years young is a testament to our sport!

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17 AUG 2016

 

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  Sam Meech wins Bronze on Olympic Debut

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First-time Olympian Sam Meech has won Olympic Bronze in the Laser class pushing off challenges from five-time Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt (BRA) and reigning world champion Nick Thompson (GBR) with a solid medal race performance in Rio today.

It is New Zealand’s first ever medal in the Laser class, the tough fought men’s lightweight  single-handed dinghy event which was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1996.

While 25-year-old Meech was well placed to take the bronze medal, there were a trio of more senior sailors able to push the young kiwi out of a podium finish if he didn’t perform today.

But as proven during the qualifying series Meech can deliver and he sailed a solid medal race to cross in 4th when a top five was all he needed today to secure the bronze medal.

Meech said, “I knew I needed to get fifth or better to make sure I got the medal so I just tried to stay within a few boats of three or four of the other guys so my plan was really just to have a good race and to get a good start.”

“It more or less much went to plan, but obviously I was pretty nervous during the race.”

Looking back on the regatta Meech said, “I was aiming to have a shot at getting a medal at the end of the week and so I’m pretty stoked to finish the fleet racing and I was in that position, and to finish it off was absolutely amazing.”

“I’m really happy with how I sailed. There was only one race when things didn’t go that well. So I’m really proud.

After light winds in Rio yesterday pushed the high-pressure medal race out a day, the young kiwi had to hold his nerve, and he conceded that wasn’t easy.

“I really wish we could have raced yesterday – I was pretty nervous and I was really keen to get going, so it was pretty hard to go home and have to wait another day.”

The Laser class is the largest of the Olympic sailing fleets with 46 boats (from 46 nations) all vying for Olympic glory.

Meech stood on the spectacular Rio podium with Australia’s Tom Burton, who was able to use today’s double-points medal race to move up to gold, from Tonci Stipanovic who has won Croatia’s first ever Olympic medal in sailing with silver.

Local hero and Olympic legend Robert Scheidt won today's medal race to finish 4th.   

Sam Meech hails from the Tauranga Yacht and Powerboat Club and spent a good part of his childhood cruising internationally on the family keelboat.

His younger sister Molly is also representing New Zealand in Rio sailing in the 49erFX women’s skiff event together with Alexandra Maloney, and the pair is well placed going into their medal race scheduled for 18 August.

Mark Howard is the coach for the NZL Sailing Team Laser squad and he has supported Meech in the final build-up and during the Olympic Games. 

Rio 2016 Laser Podium

Gold - Tom Burton (AUS)
Silver – Tonci Stipanovic (CRO)
Bronze – Sam Meech (NZL)

For more information:

Jodie Bakewell-White
Email: jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
Rio tel: 21973483812

 

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17 AUG 2016

 

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  Burling and Tuke secure for Gold with race to spare; Team Jolly fight back into contention

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While Sam Meech was securing Laser bronze, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke went out and extended their leading margin in the 49er class to become unbeatable and are now assured of Olympic gold after they sail Thursday’s medal race.

Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders sailed the race of their lives with a brilliant medal race victory in the Nacra class, but their fate was determined by the order in which the other nations crossed and they narrowly missed out on the podium and finish 4th.

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have pulled out a stunning performance today. Lying 7th overall after setbacks during the week the women went out and won races eight and nine back to back in the women’s 470, and move up to lie 2nd overall going into tomorrow’s medal race.

Great Britain are so extended on points that Aleh and Powrie will do battle with crews from USA, France and Japan to decide the silver and bronze medals.

Things couldn’t be closer going into the 49erFX medal race and kiwis Alex Maloney and Molly Meech are in contention for podium finish with just the medal race remaining. After today the women’s skiff pair is amidst a four way pile-up at the top of the leader-board.

With one point separating 1st and 4th, and then a 28 point gaps, Thursday’s medal race will determine which of the four crews get the medals, and in which order.

Josh Junior was 4th in the Finn medal race and he wraps up the Rio Olympic Games with a 7th overall.

In the men’s 470 Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox have a place in the starting line-up for the Men’s 470 class. They go in lying 9th overall.

49er Medal Race line-up (provisional) featuring Peter Burling and Blair Tuke

  1. Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) – 33 points
  2. Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel (GER) – 67 points
  3. Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) – 70 points
  4. Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Alain Sign (GBR) – 80 points
  5. Jonas Warrer and Christian Peter Lübeck (DEN) – 92 points
  6. Julien d'Ortoli and Noe Delpech (FRA) – 96 points            
  7. Yago Lange and Klaus Lange (ARG) – 97 points
  8. Ryan Seaton and Matthew Mcgovern (IRL) – 103 points
  9. Diego Botín le Chever and Iago López Marra (ESP) – 108 points
  10. Lukasz Przybytek and Pawel Kolodzinski (POL) – 108.3 points

49erFX Medal Race line-up featuring Alex Maloney and Molly Meech

  1. Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez and Berta Betanzos Moro (ESP)  - 46 points
  2. Martine Soffiatti Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) – 46 points
  3. Jena Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen (DEN) – 46 points
  4. Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) – 47 points
  5. Sarah Steyaert and Aude Compan (FRA) – 75 points
  6. Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich (ITA) – 76 points       
  7. Charlotte Dobson and Sophie Ainsworth (GBR) – 81 points
  8. Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) – 85 points
  9. Paris Henken and Helena Scutt(USA) – 94 points              
  10. Victoria Jurczok and Anika Lorenz (GER) – 94 points

Women’s 470 Medal Race line-up (provisional) featuring Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie 

  1. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clarke (GBR) – 28 points
  2. Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) – 48 points
  3. Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha (USA) – 49 points
  4. Camille Lecointre and Hélène Defrance (FRA) – 50 points
  5. Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka (JPN) – 52 points
  6. Afrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen (NED) – 59 points
  7. Tina Mrak and Veronika Macarol (SLO) – 65 points
  8. Fernanda Oliveira and Ana Luiza Barbachan (BRA) – 68 points
  9. Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar (AUT) – 74 points
  10. Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Irmina Gliszczynska (POL)  - 96 points

Men’s 470 Medal Race line-up (provisional) featuring Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox

  1. Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic (CRO) - 27 points
  2. Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE) – 38 points
  3. Mathew Belcher and William Ryan (AUS) – 40 points
  4. Stuart Mcnay and David Hughes (USA) – 67 points
  5. Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström (SWE) – 69 points
  6. Luke Patience and Chris Grube (GBR) – 69 points
  7. Matthias Schmid and Florian Reichstädter(AUT) – 73 points
  8. Sofian Bouvet and Jeremie Mion (FRA) – 79 points
  9. Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox (NZL) – 92 points
  10. Yannick Brauchli and Romuald Hausser (SUI) - 92 points
NZL Sailing Team Results

Sam Meech (Laser) Bronze Medal Laser
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders (Nacra) 4th
Josh Junior (Finn) 7th

Full results are available on the Rio 2016 website: https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results

Tomorrow’s schedule

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie – W470 – Medal Race (1305 Brazil/0405 NZ)
Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox – M470 – Medal Race (1405 Brazil/0505 NZ)

Alex Maloney and Molly Meech – 49erFX – Reserve Day
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke – 49er – Reserve Day

NZL Sailing Team Rio 2016 Media Guide here http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/racing/olympic/2016-olympic-sailing-team

In total, 380 sailors from 66 nations will race in 274 boats across ten Olympic Events across seven racing areas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For more information:

Jodie Bakewell-White
Email: jodie@yachtingnz.org.nz
Rio tel: 21973483812

 

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Epic fightback from the Kiwi 470 women too - second place after back-to-back wins today.  Good result if they can finish in the medals after the week they have had....

Yep, shows some real mental toughness :-) Awesome job!

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Great stuff from the sailing team. Could this be our best ever showing? I can remember being a bit disappointed in results in earlier times apart from the board sailers, the last Olympics and a few others (Sellars and Timms, Coutts)

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