Star Class open brightly in Beijing

Sailing : A promising sixth place for Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne in the Star class at Qingdao marked their start to the…

Sailing: A promising sixth place for Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne in the Star class at Qingdao marked their start to the Olympic Games and the return of wind to the Yellow Sea venue.

However, the racing concluded for Finn single-handed Tim Goodbody who ended his series in 21st overall, down on his own target of 15th or better in this, his first Olympic outing.

Britain's Ben Ainslie appears set to take Gold in the medal race final and is guaranteed silver at least with American Zach Railey hunting in the runner-up place.

Meanwhile, Ciara Peelo produced her best result of the series so far in the Laser Radial with a seventh place that brings her to 15th overall and tantalisingly close to the top ten.

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Another back-of-fleet result for Ger Owens and Phil Lawton in the 470 leaves the 470-crew in 14th place.

David Branigan

David Branigan

David Branigan is a contributor on sailing to The Irish Times