Gold to Greeks, Brits
The Greek women’s 470 team of Sofia bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa has clinched the gold medal after a 1st place finish in race 9 and a 2nd in race 10.
The Greek pair won 5 of 10 races and was 34 points ahead of 2nd place. They will not need to sail the final race.
Greece’s Sofia Bekatorou, right, and Aimilia Tsoulfa react atop their capsized boat after they turned it over in celebration of winning the gold medal in the 470 sailing competition in Athens, Thursday Aug. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Nikos Chalkiopoulos)
The US team had their best day with an 8th and a 1st moving up to 6th place with one race remaining.
The British Yngling team of Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb have also clinched the gold medal. This is Robertson’s 2nd gold medal.
In the men’s 470 the veteran US team of Paul Foerester and Kevin Burnham-each owners of Olympic silver medals- have taken the lead with one race to sail. A 4th place in Race 10 was enough for them to overtake Great Britian. They lead by a scant 2 points. Race 10 was a good bounceback for the team after they finished 18th in the day’s 1st race, which is now their discard race.
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