OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 - Rio de Janeiro BRA - Day 2

Light winds prevailed on the second day of the Rio Olympic Regatta. The Lasers and RS:X windsurfers continued their programs with the races 3 and 4, respectively 4 to 6. In addition, the Finns sailed their first two races. All three race courses were inside the Guanabara Bay, and above all for the Finns sailing close to the shore near the Sugarloaf Mountain, the conditions were very shaky.
Vasilij Zbogar SLO has taken the lead in the heavy-weight single-hander with the day ranks 1 and 3. Surprising are the ranks 2 and 3 with Alican Kaynar TUR and Facundo Olezza ARG. The Argentinian even won a race in his first Olympics.
Not easy were the conditions also for the Lasers sailing on the western end of the Bay. Thanks to a race win, Julio Alsogaray ARG is now the sole leader in the Lasers Standard 6 points ahead of Tonci Stipanovic CRO. Sam Meech NZL advanced on rank 3.
Strong-nerved was the defending Olympic Champion Lijia Xu CHN in the Lasers Radial. Having lost a race win due to a disqualification the day before yesterday, she came back strongly with the ranks 1 and 3 and moved up on top of the overall rankings. Surprising is the second place of big-breeze specialist Annalise Murphy IRL, who never was successful in light winds before. The leading trio is closely followed by the favorites Tuula Tenkanen FIN, Marit Bouwmeester NED and Evi Van Acker BEL.
In the RS:X-Windsurfern, the duel between Nick Dempsey GBR and Dorian Van Rijsselberghe NED keeps on as four years ago at the London/Weymouth Olympics. Dempsey leads 3 points ahead of the Dutchman. New on rank 3 is Piotr Myszka POL.
Flavia Tartaglini ITA dominated yesterday the RS:X women windsurfers with the ranks 1/1/4 and took the overall lead, but Charline Picon FRA is only one point behind. The young Stefaniya Elfutina RUS keeps the 3rd place.
Today, six events are on the program. In addition to the two Laser classes and Finns, the Nacra17 and the two 470 fleets will be racing. We shall follow the competition live on this website starting at 17h UTC.