Sailing at the Olympics - Tornado Race Results
Qingdao, China - The Tornado catamarans took to the waters of Qingdao today for the first race of what may be the last Olympics for this class. Though fast and popular with spectators, the Tornado class is not scheduled for the London games, and the sailors of this speedy cat have a lot to prove. Unfortunately, Qingdao has little to offer these performance boats, as the light winds of the 2008 Olympic sailing venue - which have been wreaking havoc with the race schedule, and causing several class events to be postponed yesterday and to be cancelled today - are simply not enough to push these boats to their usual jaw-dropping performance.
Of course, for the competitors, it's not about the show they put on, but the competition. Sure, they'd likely rather be pushing their crafts to the extreme, but this is the Olympics, and you have to use what you've got. It's technical racing this year across all classes, and while the action isn't exactly compelling, the sailing has been exceptional. It's easy to sail in the right breeze, but it takes extreme skill to sail and win in the freaky, light, unpredictable conditions at these Olympics. Fast sailing may get you to the top of the leader-board in Qingdao, but consistently good sailing is what will keep you there.
After nearly three hours waiting, Race 1 of the Tornado Class started today in the weird air of Qingdao. Despite the lack of flying hulls and cartwheels, the Tornado class was able to turn in a good race today, and the results show some startling upsets, including Austria's 12th place finish. Greece and Spain put on quite a fight, with Spain coming up from 20 seconds behind for the win. Said Fernando Echavarri of the winning Spain team after today's race: "Today the wind was very difficult and, if these conditions continue, we will suffer a lot."
Olympic Sailing Race Results
Tornado Olympic Class - After 1 Race
1 ESP Fernando Echavarri, Anton Paz Blanco
2 GRE Iordanis Paschalidis, Konstantinos Trigonis
3 NED Mitch Booth, Pim Nieuwenhuis
4 UKR Pavel Kalinchev, Andriy Shafranyuk
5 AUS Darren Bundock, Glenn Ashby
6 GBR Leigh McMillan, Will Howden
7 FRA Xavier Revil, Christophe Espagnon
8 CAN Oskar Johansson, Kevin Stittle
9 CHN Youjia Luo, Xiuke Chen
10 GER Johannes Polgar, Florian Spalteholz
11 BEL Carolijn Brouwer, Sebastien Godefroid
12 AUT Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher
13 ARG Santiago Lange, Carlos Espínola
14 USA John Lovell, Charles Ogletree
15 ITA Francesco Marcolini, Edoardo Bianchi
- B. Hampton for YachtPals.com
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Tornado Class Sailing at the Olympics - Tornado Class Results
Two races for the Tornado class catamarans were held off the coast of Qingdao today.
The Olympic sailing team of Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz Blanco of Spain are currently in the overall lead in the Tornado class after 3 races. Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby of Australia sit at second in the standings, with Santiago Lange and Carlos Espínola of Argentina just one point behind them at third.
Tornado Class Overall Olympic Results
After 3 of 11 Olympic races
1 SPAIN
Fernando Echavarri
Anton Paz Blanco
1, 6, 1
8
2 AUSTRALIA
Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
5, 4, 3
12
3 ARGENTINA
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
13, 1, 1
15
4 GREECE
Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigonis
19
5 FRANCE
Xavier Revil
Christophe Espagnon
19
6 CANADA
Oskar Johansson
Kevin Stittle
20
7 NED
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis
24
8 UKR
Pavel Kalinchev
Andriy Shafranyuk
25
9 BELGUIM
Carolijn Brouwer
Sebastien Godefroid
27
10 GREAT BRITAIN
Leigh McMillan
Will Howden
27
11 ITALY
Francesco Marcolini
Edoardo Bianchi
15
9
4
28
12 GERMANY
Johannes Polgar
Florian Spalteholz
28
13 USA
John Lovell
Charles Ogletree
33
14 AUT
Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher
36
15 CHINA
Youjia Luo
Xiuke Chen
39
The Tornado class catamarans will be racing again at the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao on Sunday, when they have three races scheduled.
Olympic Tornadoes - Results Update
The Tornado Class standings show the results from Span and Argentina's protest and redress due to the race committee changing the course mid race. Spain's single point over Australia, and Argentina position being tied for fourth, are AFTER this adjustment which gave both Spain and Argentina wins for Race three.
Tornado Class Overall Olympic Results
After 4 Olympic races
1 ESP
Fernando Echavarri
Anton Paz Blanco
12 12
2 AUS
Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
13 13
3 GRE
Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigonis
26 26
4 ARG
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
27 27
5 NED
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis
27 27
6 CAN
Oskar Johansson
Kevin Stittle
29 29
7 ITA
Francesco Marcolini
Edoardo Bianchi
30 30
8 BEL
Carolijn Brouwer
Sebastien Godefroid
33 33
9 GER
Johannes Polgar
Florian Spalteholz
33 33
10 FRA
Xavier Revil
Christophe Espagnon
35 35
11 GBR
Leigh McMillan
Will Howden
35 35
12 UKR
Pavel Kalinchev
Andriy Shafranyuk
38 38
13 USA
John Lovell
Charles Ogletree
44 44
14 AUT
Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher
46 46
15 CHN
Youjia Luo
Xiuke Chen
55 55
Tornado Class Olympic Sailing Update and Results
The Olympic sailing team from Spain (Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz) remain at the top of the standings in the Tornado class after 7 sailing races, but are now tied at 20 points with Glenn Ashby and Darren Bundock of Australia.
Behind the leaders in the Tornado class are, GRE, ARG, ITA, GER, and NED - all closely matched.
Tornado Class - Open - Overall Olympic Results (after 7 races)
1 ESP (SPAIN)
Fernando Echavarri
Anton Paz Blanco
1, 6, 1, 4, 7, (13), 1
Points Total and Net: 33 20
2 AUS (AUSTRALIA)
Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
5, 4, 3, 1, 5, (9), 2
Points Total and Net: 29 20
3 GRE (GREECE)
Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigonis
2, 5, (12), 7, 2, 12, 4
Points Total and Net: 44 32
4 ARG
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
(13), 1, 1, 12, 4, 6, 9
Points Total and Net: 46 33
5 ITA
Francesco Marcolini
Edoardo Bianchi
(15)9, 4, 2, 8, 4, 6
Points Total and Net: 48 33
6 GER
Johannes Polgar
Florian Spalteholz
Points Total and Net: 45 34
7 NED
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis
Points Total and Net: 47 34
8 CAN
Oskar Johansson
Kevin Stittle
Points Total and Net: 56 41
9 BEL
Carolijn Brouwer
Sebastien Godefroid
Points Total and Net: 57 44
10 FRA
Xavier Revil
Christophe Espagnon
Points Total and Net: 64 48
11 AUT
Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher
Points Total and Net: 63 49
12 GBR
Leigh McMillan
Will Howden
Points Total and Net: 63 49
13 UKR
Pavel Kalinchev
Andriy Shafranyuk
Points Total and Net: 76 61
14 USA
John Lovell
Charles Ogletree
Points Total and Net: 85 70
15 CHN
Youjia Luo
Xiuke Chen
Points Total and Net: 87 71
Races 8, 9 and 10 for the Tornado class are scheduled for Wednesday August 20th in Qingdao.
Go Aussie Go!!!!!
Good Luck Gashy and Bundy!!! With you in spirit!!!
Yahoooooo... go get em,!!!!!!
Love Cous Chips!!!!!
Olympic Update - Tornado Heads for Medal Race
The Tornado Class Catamaran is heading into tomorrow's medal race. Only the top 10 teams will compete for the podium.
Tornado Class - Open - Overall Olympic Results (after 10 races)
1 ESP
Fernando Echavarri
Anton Paz Blanco
49 36
2 AUS
Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
48 39
3 ARG
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
57 44
4 GER
Johannes Polgar
Florian Spalteholz
65 52
5 CAN
Oskar Johansson
Kevin Stittle
72 57
6 NED
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis
71 58
7 ITA
Francesco Marcolini
Edoardo Bianchi
73 58
8 GRE
Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigonis
73 60
9 GBR
Leigh McMillan
Will Howden
80 66
10 AUT
Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher
82 68
11 FRA
Xavier Revil
Christophe Espagnon
85 69
12 BEL
Carolijn Brouwer
Sebastien Godefroid
88 72
13 UKR
Pavel Kalinchev
Andriy Shafranyuk
114 99
14 CHN
Youjia Luo
Xiuke Chen
118 102
15 USA
John Lovell
Charles Ogletree
129 114
Olympic Tornado racing concludes with the Medal Race scheduled for Thursday, the 21st of August.
Olympic Tornado Final Results.
Click here to read about the Medal Race and Final Results for the Olympic Tornado Catamaran.
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