Olympic Radial Sailing

I’ve just been watching the Ladies Olympic Radial sailing, and the second race (I didn’t see the first) of today, was pretty special.

We all watched the big countries fighting at the front, but at the first mark, suddenly another boat that nobody thought of or commented on appeared and passed first. The Paraguay sailor took a massive gamble and went a very long way to one side of the course after an awful start, and it turns out that she paid off. She lead most of the race, dropping one place to France towards the end, and picked up a second, which is an amazing result.

Returning to the first race, Penny Clark, the British sailor,  took second with a solid start, which is great news, and hopefully she’ll still be on course for a medal, even after the less-than-amazing placing in the second race.

Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images

I found the photo on the Guardian website, covering the first race.

Britain are seventh in the medals table as of today, with two golds and a bronze.