Olympic Sailing

[Merlin5]

Ben Ainslie just won race 7 out of 10 in very choppy water, (was actually quite good to watch) beating the great dane that's been in the lead ever since, and now there's only 4 points between them. Another race later, two more tomorrow, and the final on sunday. Could well be gold for Ainslie, at the very worst silver.

 

[Merlin5]

Hope he wins it, not a happy bunny after dane and dutch ganging up on him, hope he's winning go into last race and sails the dane off the course and sits on top of him

Yeah, I just found this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...as-Hogh-Christensen-is-public-enemy-No-1.html


"Jonas Hogh-Christensen, the man Ben Ainslie must beat on Sunday in order to secure his position as the most successful Olympic sailor in history, has already adopted the role of pantomime villain.
The ‘Great Dane’ as he was dubbed in the early part of the week, when he beat Ainslie six times in succession to establish a 10-point lead, became public enemy No 1 on Thursday after the Briton accused him of gamesmanship.
Ainslie alleged that Hogh-Christensen and Dutch sailor Pieter-Jan Postma had “ganged up” on him, forcing him to serve a penalty by claiming that he hit a mark. Hogh-Christensen denied the claim but the damage was already done.
Ainslie, “seriously p----- off”, was gunning for the Dane from the word go on Friday, and his match racing tactics in race 10 felt especially loaded even if they were the logical thing to do in the circumstances."

 

[Merlin5]

Wow, didn't know it was done already. Well done Ben!