U.S. Sailing News At Press Time

U.S. Sailing News At Press Time

Women’s Match Racing Competition Has Surprise Ending

WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, U.K. — In a surprise ending to the Women’s Match Racing competition, Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi were eliminated from competition by Finland in the quarter-final round.

As one of four quarterfinal match-ups, USA lost the first two races on Aug. 7, and then came back strong the next to win Race 3. In the "first-to-win three points" series, the pressure was on USA to win the next match; however, Finland went on to win the fourth race, eliminating the U.S. boat from medal contention.

Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan finished the 10-race series in the Women’s 470 in 9th place overall and advanced to the medal race on Aug. 10.

Results: http://www.sailing.org/olympics/london2012/results_centre.php

Highlights

Women’s Match Racing

In Women’s Match Racing, the Quarter Final rounds continued