Olympic Sailing

[Pigeon_Killer]

And the days goldrush begins

 

[Skeeter]

Get in!

 

[Irish_Tom]

GET IN!

 

[Firestar_3x]

Well done Big Ben

 

[Jay Psi]

Four golds in four for Ainslie. Incredible.

 

[rotters]

Ben ainsley just got gold, awesome race!

 

[Irish_Tom]

Lucky that Ben didn't fall for the same trap as the boys in the Star class. Really disappointing for those guys but a great result for Ainsley.

 

[el_dazza]

Well done Ben

 

[NZB]

Chuffed that he got the gold but i didn't have a clue what was going on most of the time

 

[Bennie-Mac]

The camera angles make it very hard to follow. Looks like Ben is behind but then it pans out and hes 50m ahead and on the other side of the course

 

[Purdy]

The camera angles make it very hard to follow. Looks like Ben is behind but then it pans out and hes 50m ahead and on the other side of the course

Yeah those long lens cameras are pretty garbage for sailing, he had the dane in the bag the entire race really, the dutch man was the only one in with a shout and thankfully the ganging up git didn't get a medal

Well done Ben , hope he is back in 4 years and equals Redgrave?

 

[NZB]

Well done Ben , hope he is back in 4 years and equals Redgrave?

Doesn't look like it

Ben Ainslie adds: "I learnt to sail for fun so it's been a long road but I have had a lot of support over the years and I am just so glad to have done it. It's been incredibly hard - there's a huge amount of pressure to perform at a home games, it's been the hardest couple of weeks of my life but you just have to get on with the job.

"You can never say never but I don't think I can sail one of these again, it's killing my body so I don't think you will see me in Rio.

"But it's the best way to bow out at a home Olympics."

 

[Merlin5]

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

 

[Purdy]

Hmm guess after the back surgery, oh well, 4 golds and a silver. Going to be a long while before that is beaten.

Weird he isn't mentioned in with the likes of Hoy and Redgrave usually.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Looks like enough wind for the 470s to have their medal race today. Men at 12:00 women at 13:00

lets hope for more gold

 

[FrankJH]

He is aiming for his own team in the America's Cup - BA has done astoundingly well, its a little harsh he isnt considered like Redgrave and Hoy

 

[Russinating]

That's damn close!

 

[Yas786]

End up with silver with the Aussies taking gold.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Two silvers, what utter and abject failures!
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damn, I've just noticed the only down side is Australia are winning the regatta with 3 golds, we'll never hear the end of it

 

[mollymoo]

Two silvers, what utter and abject failures!
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