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August 6, 2024
The finals of three Olympic sailing races will be tense due to the Mediterranean wind. Both the women's and men's medal race in the dinghy class have been pushed to Wednesday when the officials also hope to finish the mixed multihulls and dinghies. On Tuesday some racing was possible.
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August 6, 2024
Officials decided that there wasn't enough wind to allow the men's or women's Olympic medal races to go ahead. After sailors in both events waited hours to stabilize the breeze, officials finally determined it was too light to continue. Marit…
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October 11, 2024
Italy and Britain qualified on Friday for the first America's Cup women's event, beating four other teams after a tight semi-final match. The sun was setting over Barcelona as the race to reduce the six boats to just two came down to the last minute.
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October 11, 2024
After a close semi-final, Italy and Britain qualified on Friday for the inaugural America's Cup women's event. The sun was setting over Barcelona as the six-boat fleet battled it out to be the last two. The black-sailed AC40 monohulls were lifted…
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October 8, 2024
The Netherlands and Spanish teams qualified for the semi-finals of the America's Cup event on Tuesday after a dominant performance by Sweden in their group. The Swedish crew, which has had more time to practice with the AC40 foiling boat than other teams…
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October 8, 2024
The Dutch and Spanish teams qualified for the semifinals in the testing conditions near Barcelona, as well. The Swedish crew, which has had more time to practice with the AC40 foiling boat than other teams, set the pace in a Mediterranean breeze that was shifting.
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October 6, 2024
This weekend, sailors celebrated the first America's Cup women's race with tight races and some spectacular slash downs in challenging Mediterranean weather conditions off Barcelona. The America's Cup was dominated by males for its entire 173 year history.
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October 5, 2024
The 12 women who will be sailing the AC75s this weekend in the first Women's America's Cup have never sailed the AC75s that their male counterparts use. They aim to fix that by the next America's Cup by showing off their racing abilities in…
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October 5, 2024
The 12 women who will be sailing the AC75s this weekend in the first Women's America's Cup have never sailed the AC75s that their male counterparts use. They aim to change that by the time of the next America's Cup by showing off their racing…
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August 11, 2024
The wind or lack thereof was a challenge for Olympic sailors, officials, and broadcasters. However, the tight racing led to a change in the sailing world as foiling became a standard. The Netherlands won two golds, two bronzes, and Italy and Austria each took two golds.
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August 10, 2024
The wind or lack thereof was a challenge for Olympic sailors, officials, and broadcasters. However, the tight racing brought about a change in the sailing world as foiling became a standard. The Netherlands led the way with two golds, followed by Italy…
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August 8, 2024
Simon Rowell, a British meteorologist perched high above the Bay of Marseille in an area where he can see the Olympic Games from a vantage point, has been trying to provide Britain's sailors with an advantage for much of the Olympic Games. Rowell…
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August 5, 2024
Marit Bouwmeester, of the Netherlands, aims to surpass Hannah Mills from Britain with two golds each and one silver by winning the dinghy this week. Bouwmeester has taken a different path to these Games than the one she took to win gold in 2016, to earn silver in 2012, and to take bronze at Tokyo.
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August 4, 2024
The rowing regatta was a cornerstone at the Paris Games almost from the beginning. There were many dramatic moments, but few new breakthroughs as favourites took the majority of medals. Rowing is steeped in tradition. Only bad weather prevented it from debuting at the 1896 Games.
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August 3, 2024
Harry Brightmore, coxswain of Britain’s men's 8s team on the last day of rowing was ecstatic about the victory. However, he took care not to slip into the water before the ceremony. Brightmore, 30, led his team to victory. They dominated the race and cruised home in front of the Netherlands.
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August 3, 2024
Karolien Flijn, a Dutch woman rower who had dominated the competition for a whole week, went into the final of her single-sculls women's event with an extremely simple strategy. It paid off as she won gold ahead of New Zealand's Emma Twigg.
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August 3, 2024
Karolien Flijn, a Dutch rower, won the final of women's single-sculls in 7:17.28. Emma Twigg from New Zealand took silver while Lithuanian Viktorija Senkute was awarded bronze. Oliver Zeidler, a German world champion and neutral athlete from Belarus, won the men's delayed race.
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August 2, 2024
Spain's Diego Botin, along with Florian Trettel won the Olympic gold medal in men's sailing skiff on Friday. The Netherlands' Odile Van Aanholt, and Annette Duetz took the overall win for the women's race despite an error made under pressure.
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August 2, 2024
Valent Sinkovic, 36, celebrated his birthday by winning another gold in the men's pairs. Paul O'Donovan & Fintan Mccarthy of Ireland also won a convincing victory at the Paris Games as they closed out the era of lightweight sculls. Sinkovic…
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August 1, 2024
The women's final of windsurfing and the men's final were held on Thursday. Emma Wilson from Britain and Grae Moriss, an Australian, both secured Olympic medals. However the sailing medal race was postponed because two attempts to decide the men's skiff were abandoned.
