Sailing


Page signs off on golden high as Australia toasts its finest Olympic regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Mens sailing_470_class_10_AugustAugust 10 - Malcolm Page rounded off his illustrious sailing career at the age of 40 with a final gold in Weymouth as he and his partner in the 470 class, Mathew Belcher, overcame the home challenge of Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell to achieve a result which confirmed London 2012 as Australia's most successful Olympic sailing regatta.



Future of Irish sailor in betting scandal still uncertain

From Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London


Peter OLeary_of_IrelandAugust 1 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today declined to shed further light on an investigation into Irish sailor Peter O'Leary over an alleged bet he made against himself at the 2008 Beijing Games.




Ainslie hits the water and misses gold at pre-Games regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Ben Ainslie_Melbourne_June_10June 9 - Britain's three-times Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie demonstrated that even the greatest of performers can sometimes get it wrong when he capsized on the final day of the last pre-Games regatta, thus losing his chance of winning in the Finn class at the Skandia Sail for Gold event at the Olympic course in Weymouth and Portland.





Britain’s Dempsey settles for silver as wind cancels racing

By Mike Rowbottom

Nick Dempsey_March_29March 31 - British windsurfer Nick Dempsey (pictured left) was denied the chance to upgrade his second place on the leaderboard into a gold medal finish when strong winds put paid to racing on the final day of the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.


Miami Nice for Britain's sailors as they claim eight medals

By Mike Rowbottom

Lucy Macgregor_Annie_Lush_and_Kate_Macgregor__in_Miami_January_2012January 29 - Britain's sailors got their Olympic year off to a hugely promising start at the Miami World Cup regatta, where Nick Dempsey, Paul Goodison and the women's match racing trio of Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor (pictured right) took the British total of gold medals to eight with their efforts on the final day.