Sailing at the Olympics - Laser and Laser Radial Results

Boating and Sailing News 12 Aug

Olympic Sailing - Laser Class at the Olympics Anna Tunnicliffe

Qingdao, China - The Laser class boats started sailing at the Olympics on Tuesday, where light conditions saw the underdogs beat most of the favorites around the course. The 43 men sailed first in the Lasers, where we watched Julio Alsogaray of Argentina grab the lead early, and never let it go. Alsogaray was followed past the finish line by the sailors from New Zealand and Italy. The favorites, Tom Slingsby of Australia and Paul Goodison of Great Britain had nothing but trouble around the course, and we all watched the unusual events unfold to leave these Laser superstars in the middle of the pack.

Andrew Campbell of the US Sailing team, who finished in 14th and 18th in his two races, putting him in 13th overall, explained the upset, “It’s not impossible to figure out, it’s just really tough racing.”

Olympics Sailing Laser Radial Class Paul Goodison made a huge improvement in Race two however, finishing second in the men's Laser class. The leader-board now sits with Andrew Murdoch of New Zealand at first, Diego Romero of Italy at second, and Julio Alsogaray at third. With many races still to go, the Laser class is anything but settled.

In fact, number one world Laser sailor Tom Slingsby has some hard work in front of him on Wednesday after finishing 21st and 22nd (in a fleet of 43) in races one and two. This puts Tom of Australia in 23rd place overall at 43 points. However, Slingsby regularly fights back after setbacks like this, and the Olympics are far from over with eight races to go until the Laser medal race.

One favorite that had no trouble in the tough racing conditions was Anna Tunnicliffe sailing the Laser Radial on the US Olympic Sailing Team. All eyes are now on Anna, who now sits at the top of the rankings in Laser Radial after two races!

"It was a tough day out there. I think the trick to the day was just trying to keep it simple," said 25 year old Tunnicliffe of Plantation, Florida. "It was good sailing. Shifty. The current was changing throughout the race. Tough conditions for sure. But fun."

Olympics Sailing Laser Class Paul Goodison

Laser Radial Olympic Class (Women's) - OVERALL

2008 Olympic Sailing Laser Radial Results (Day One and Two)

			Race		Points
			1	2	Total	Net
1	USA	Anna Tunnicliffe	4	5	9	9
2	BEL	Evi Van Acker	1	10	11	11
3	FRA	Sarah Steyaert	11	1	12	12
4	LTU	Gintare Volungeviciute	3	13	16	16
5	AUS	Sarah Blanck	6	11	17	17
6	CRO	Mateja Petronijevic	8	9	17	17
7	SUI	Nathalie Brugger	13	6	19	19
8	ARG	Cecilia Carranza Saroli	15	8	23	23
9	GBR	Penny Clark	2	22	24	24
10	ESP	Susana Romero Steensma	18	7	25	25
11	NZL	Jo Aleh	22	4	26	26
12	POL	Katarzyna Szotynska	5	21	26	26
13	FIN	Tuula Tenkanen	10	16	26	26
14	CHN	Lijia Xu	24	3	27	27
15	PAR	Florencia Cerutti	28	2	30	30
16	GRE	Efi Mantzaraki	14	18	32	32
17	ITA	Larissa Nevierov	17	15	32	32
18	RUS	Anastasia Chernova	7	28	35	35
19	PER	Paloma Schmidt	9	26	35	35
20	SIN	Man Yi Lo	21	14	35	35
21	BLR	Tatiana Drozdovskaya	12	24	36	36
22	ISR	Nufar Edelman	25	12	37	37
23	SWE	Karin Soderstrom	19	19	38	38
24	CAN	Lisa Ross	16	23	39	39
25	IRL	Ciara Peelo	23	17	40	40
26	GER	Petra Niemann	20	20	40	40
27	MEX	Tania Elias Calles Wolf	27	25	52	52
28	NOR	Cathrine Gjerpen	26	27	53	53

Olympics Sailing Laser Class

Olympic Sailing Race Results

Laser Olympic Class (Men's) - OVERALL

2008 Olympic Sailing Laser Results (Day One and Two)

		Crew	Race		Points
		Crew	1	2	Total	Net
1	NZL	Andrew Murdoch	2	5	7	7
2	ITA	Diego Romero	6	3	9	9
3	ARG	Julio Alsogaray	1	12	13	13
4	POR	Gustavo Lima	5	8	13	13
5	CYP	Pavlos Kontides	8	7	15	15
6	GBR	Paul Goodison	15	2	17	17
7	FRA	Jean Baptiste Bernaz	19	1	20	20
8	NOR	Kristian Ruth	10	11	21	21
9	SWE	Rasmus Myrgren	7	16	23	23
10	RUS	Igor Lisovenko	11	14	25	25
11	SLO	Vasilij Zbogar	24	4	28	28
12	POL	Maciej Grabowski	9	19	28	28
13	USA	Andrew Campbell	14	18	32	32
14	AUT	Andreas Geritzer	28	6	34	34
15	FIN	Pierre Angelo Collura	25	10	35	35
16	CAN	Michael Leigh	13	23	36	36
17	EST	Deniss Karpak	16	20	36	36
18	CHI	Matias Del Solar	3	34	37	37
19	URU	Alejandro Foglia	12	27	39	39
20	CRO	Luka Radelic	26	15	41	41
21	ESP	Javier Hernández	17	25	42	42
22	GRE	Evangelos Chimonas	22	21	43	43
23	AUS	Tom Slingsby	21	22	43	43
24	DEN	Anders Nyholm	18	26	44	44
25	TUR	Kemal Muslubas	4	42	46	46
26	SUI	Christoph Bottoni	34	13	47	47
27	BRA	Bruno Fontes	31	17	48	48
28	ISV	Thomas Barrows, III	20	28	48	48
29	GUA	Juan Maegli	44 DSQ	9	53	53
30	KOR	Jeemin Ha	23	33	56	56
31	HUN	Zsombor Berecz	27	31	58	58
32	NED	Rutger van Schaardenburg	32	29	61	61
33	CZE	Martin Trcka	29	36	65	65
34	DOM	Raul Aguayo	37	30	67	67
35	MAS	Kevin Lim	44 BFD	24	68	68
36	JPN	Yoichi Iijima	36	32	68	68
37	LUX	Marc Schmit	30	39	69	69
38	SEY	Allan Julie	33	37	70	70
39	CHN	Sheng Shen	40	35	75	75
40	SIN	Seng Leong Koh	35	41	76	76
41	UAE	Mohammad Adil Khalid	38	38	76	76
42	VEN	Jose Miguel Ruiz	39	40	79	79
43	BAR	Gregory Douglas	41	43	84	84

- K. Hampton for YachtPals.com

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Anna Tunnicliffe of the USA Olympic team

On August 12th, 2008 Sailor (anonymous) says:

Way to go Anna! We're behind you 100% percent!

Laser Radial and Laser - Olympic Sailing Update and Results

On August 13th, 2008 YachtPals says:

Penny Clark of Great Britain won today's only sailing race in the Laser Radial class in Qingdao, but Anna Tunnicliffe of the USA still at the top of the Laser Radial Olympic class with another solid performance.

Diego Romero of Italy still in the lead overall in the Men's Laser class at the Olympics.

Laser Radial Class - Women - Olympic Overall Results

1 USA
Anna Tunnicliffe
4, 5, 6
Total Points: 15

2 CRO
Mateja Petronijevic
8, 9, 5
Total Points: 22

3 LTU
Gintare Volungeviciute
3, 13, 8
Total Points: 24

4 AUS
Sarah Blanck
6, 11, 7
Total Points: 24

5 GBR
Penny Clark
2, 22, 1
Total Points: 25

Laser Class - Men - Overall Olympic Results

1 ITA
Diego Romero
6, 3, 5
Total Points: 14

2 POR
Gustavo Lima
5, 8, 3
Total Points: 16

3 ARG
Julio Alsogaray
1, 12, 10
Total Points: 23

Laser Classes Sailing at Olympics - Tunnicliffe & Goodison

On August 15th, 2008 YachtPals says:

Laser Radial Class at the Olympics - Women's Laser

Anna Tunnicliffe of Florida USA had a tougher than average race today, but still managed a fifth place finish, and continues to lead the 27 boat Laser Radial fleet with 20 points over four Olympic races.

Tunnicliffe had a bad start on race 4 but had begun to pick her way up the fleet to 10th by the first mark. Anna was then given a yellow flag kinetics penalty at the leeward mark of the first lap, just as all the boats were converging at the mark - the worst place to get a flag. Tunnicliffe quickly saw six boats pass her, but not one to ever give up Anna clawed her way back through the fleet from 16th to finish 5th, and retain her overall lead in the Laser Radial class at the Olympics. "Today I made a huge come back. The wind was very shifty, and I got Yellow Flagged for rocking on the first downwind leg. On the second downwind, the left side was wide open. I had nothing to lose at that moment, so I went that way and made it all the way back to the top of the fleet,” said Tunnicliffe of the USA Sailing Team.

Women's Laser Radial Class Results - After 4 Olympic Sailing Events

Current Overall Position at Olympics & Nation
Sailing Crew
Olympic Race Points Total & Net

1     USA
Anna Tunnicliffe
20     20
2     LTU
Gintare Volungeviciute
25     25
3     CRO
Mateja Petronijevic
26     26

Laser Class at the Olympics - Men's Laser

Paul Goodison of Great Britain has won race 4 at the Olympics in the Laser class, and now stands at the top of the rankings.

After a difficult start in the Olympic Laser Opening Series, Paul Goodison of Great Britain now leads the Laser class with 33 points after four races. Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden came in second in today’s race, and is tied on points with Goodison, but lies at second overall, while Igor Lisovenko of Russia sits at third.

Goodison was a favorite to win in the Laser class, and everyone was surprised by his slow crawl up the standings. He seems to have hit his stride now though, finishing 1st in race 4 in Qingdao to top the standings.

"I was a little surprised to win today," said Goodison, who was the winner of both Olympic Test Events in Qingdao last year. "I got a nice start and after that it felt almost easy. It was a bit of a one way track with the tide and wind. I'm sorry we couldn't do another race, the conditions were nice," he said of the 6-13 knot winds on sailing course B in Qingdao today.

Men's Laser Class Results - After 4 Olympic Sailing Events

Current Overall Position at Olympics & Nation
Sailing Crew
Olympic Race Points Total & Net

1     Great Britain
Paul Goodison
33     33
2     Sweden
Rasmus Myrgren
33     33
3     Russia
Igor Lisovenko
37     37

The Laser class and Laser Radial class have more sailing races scheduled for Saturday at the Olympics in Qingdao.

Olympic Laser Update - Half Way

On August 16th, 2008 YachtPals says:

Five races down, and five to go before the medal races in both the Laser and Laser Radial classes. Today's races had quite an effect on the standings, with Jo Aleh of New Zealand now in the top place for the Women's Laser Radial, and Diego Romero of Italy sitting at #1 for the Men's Laser Class.

Women's Laser Radial Class Results - Top 10 - After 5 Olympic Sailing Events

1 NZL Jo Aleh 32 10

2 LTU Gintare Volungeviciute 26 13

3 USA Anna Tunnicliffe 26 20

4 CHN Lijia Xu 48 24

5 CRO Mateja Petronijevic 45 26

6 GBR Penny Clark 50 28

7 AUS Sarah Blanck 47 28

8 BEL Evi Van Acker 49 33

9 FRA Sarah Steyaert 65 36

10 ARG Cecilia Carranza Saroli 60 40

Men's Laser Class Results - Top 10 - After 5 Olympic Sailing Events

1 ITA Diego Romero 60 24

2 SWE Rasmus Myrgren 41 25

3 SLO Vasilij Zbogar 50 26

4 GBR Paul Goodison 42 27

5 FRA Jean Baptiste Bernaz 47 28

6 RUS Igor Lisovenko 44 30

7 POR Gustavo Lima 60 33

8 NOR Kristian Ruth 51 34

9 CYP Pavlos Kontides 58 34

10 ARG Julio Alsogaray 65 37

Olympic Laser Update - Standings after 6 Laser Class Races

On August 17th, 2008 YachtPals says:

Men's Laser Class Results - Top 10 - After 5 Olympic Sailing Events

1 GBR Paul Goodison
49 34

2 SLO Vasilij Zbogar
61 37

3 ARG Julio Alsogaray
66 38

4 FRA Jean Baptiste Bernaz
57 38

5 SWE Rasmus Myrgren
54 38

6 POR Gustavo Lima
66 39

7 ITA Diego Romero
75 39

8 NOR Kristian Ruth
59 42

9 RUS Igor Lisovenko
70 44

10 CYP Pavlos Kontides
70 46

Women's Laser Radial Class Results - Top 10 - After 5 Olympic Sailing Events

1 LTU Gintare Volungeviciute
30 17

2 USA Anna Tunnicliffe
29 23

3 NZL Jo Aleh
46 24

4 CHN Lijia Xu
66 37

6 BEL Evi Van Acker
55 39

7 AUS Sarah Blanck
59 40

8 GBR Penny Clark
67 45

9 CRO Mateja Petronijevic
64 45

10 SUI Nathalie Brugger
75 53

Olympic Laser Classes - US and UK go for Gold

On August 18th, 2008 YachtPals says:

The US and Britain look like they're headed for Olympic Gold in the Laser Classes, with Anna Tunnicliffe of Team USA in first for the Women's Laser Radial Class, and GBR's Paul Goodison 18 points in the lead for the Men's Laser. Only nine races were completed for each class, and tomorrow's medal races will decide the victors.

Women's Laser Radial Class Results - Top 10 - After 9 Olympic Sailing Events

1 USA
Anna Tunnicliffe
48 33

2 LTU
Gintare Volungeviciute
61 40

3 CHN
Lijia Xu
68 44

4 AUS
Sarah Blanck
73 54

5 FRA
Sarah Steyaert
90 61

6 BEL
Evi Van Acker
89 71

7 NZL
Jo Aleh
94 72

8 SUI
Nathalie Brugger
102 80

9 POL
Katarzyna Szotynska
121 97

10 GBR
Penny Clark
121 98

Men's Laser Class Results - Top 10 - After 9 Olympic Sailing Events

1 GBR
Paul Goodison
60 45

2 SWE
Rasmus Myrgren
85 63

3 POR
Gustavo Lima
93 66

4 SLO
Vasilij Zbogar
91 67

5 ITA
Diego Romero
105 69

6 NZL
Andrew Murdoch
119 79

7 ARG
Julio Alsogaray
115 84

8 FRA
Jean Baptiste Bernaz
126 92

9 NOR
Kristian Ruth
131 93

10 CAN
Michael Leigh
123 95

Laser and Laser Radial Class Olympic Medal Races

On August 19th, 2008 YachtPals says:

The medal races for the Laser class (Men's) and Laser Radial Class Women's) ran it Qingdao today. Great Britain wins Laser Class, and USA wins Laser Radial Class at the 2008 Olympics. Read the full stories here: