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Result Details

Event name: Olympics
Date: 09 August 2008
Type:
Club: Qingdao
Classtype:Finn , see more results

 

23 Ben Ainslie NonMedalRace.mp3

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SailJuice accuses Ben Ainslie of bullying in today's non-medal race. How does he plead? And what does he think today's attempt at deciding the medals did for sailing?

04 - Ben Ainslie-Olympics Day1.mp3

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Ben Ainslie on the first day of the 2008 Olympics

05 - ZachRailey on day 1

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Zach shares his thoughts on the first 2 races

06 - Zach Railey Day 2 Olympics.mp3

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Railey is sailing the regatta of his life, leading the reigning Olympic Champion Ben Ainslie. The American is modest but confident with progress to date...

09 - Ben Ainslie day 2 Qingdao.mp3

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The reigning Olympic Champion has got off to a much better start than he usually does in an Olympic Games. He sounds relaxed, but knows that he has a long way to go. And he's noticed that other sailors will do anything to stop him repeating his gold from Athens...

11 Ainslie Olympic Day 3.mp3

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Ben Ainslie takes the lead at the halfway stage of the Finn regatta in Qingdao. Even so he wasn't that happy with his day. He talks about being a marked man, and is trying to keep his nose clean, but hints that we might see a more aggressive Ben towards the end of the event.


News from the 2008 Games

Rank Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R11 Nett
1 BEN GBR (10) 1 4 1 1 10 2 2 no result 33
2 Zach RAILEY USA 2 5 2 2 7 8 7 (19) no result 64
3 Guillaume FLORENT FRA 5 8 20 3 4 6 4 (21) no result 79
4 Daniel BIRGMARK SWE 14 (17) 1 6 12 3 3 5 no result 75
5 Christopher COOK CAN 8 3 7 10 (23) 5 15 3 no result 90
6 Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN DEN 16 6 12 16 (25) 4 5 7 no result 95
7 Gasper VINCEC SLO 9 11 6 5 3 (13) 8 10 no result 85
8 Ivan KLJAKOVIC-GASPIC CRO 7 10 10 8 (16) 9 1 13 no result 92
9 Rafa TRUJILLO ESP 12 4 3 14 20 20 (27) OCS 1 no result 107
10 Rafal SZUKIEL POL 3 2 19 12 10 14 (22) 12 no result 104
11 Giorgio POGGI ITA 17 7 14 (21) 6 12 9 9 no result 95
12 Dan SLATER NZL (21) 19 18 4 9 7 13 6 no result 97
13 Eduardo COUTO BRA 6 16 (27) DNF 7 2 17 14 27 OCS no result 116
14 Pieter-jan POSTMA NED 19 15 16 (22) 15 2 10 16 no result 115
15 Emilios PAPATHANASIOU GRE 1 (27) DNF 5 27 DNE 18 15 27 DNE 8 no result 128
16 ANTHONY AUS 11 (22) 8 17 13 21 11 20 no result 123
17 Eduard SKORNYAKOV RUS (24) 20 17 13 8 18 12 14 no result 126
18 Tapio NIRKKO FIN 18 9 9 9 19 (22) 16 22 no result 124
19 Peer MOBERG NOR 23 (27) DSQ 11 19 22 1 27 DSQ 4 no result 134
20 Kemal TUFEKCI Ali TUR 20 (21) 13 18 14 19 6 17 no result 128
21 Tim GOODBODY IRL (22) 13 15 15 17 16 21 15 no result 134
22 Haris PAPADOPOULOS CYP 13 18 21 11 24 11 17 (27) OCS no result 142
23 Singh JOHAL Nachhatar IND 4 (24) 23 24 11 24 18 24 no result 152
24 Peng ZHANG CHN 25 23 24 20 5 (26) 23 11 no result 157
25 Michael MAIER CZE 15 14 22 (25) 21 23 19 23 no result 162
26 Senen BILBAO BANDE Jhonny VEN (26) 12 25 23 26 25 20 18 no result 175
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