After 9 races, Jessica Crisp now lies in 5th place behind Italy, China, Spain & Great Britain. Just race 10 (possibly on Tues) and the Medal Race (Wed) to go. The points are close with only 11 separating 1st & 5th – anything could happen in the next couple of days.
The mark roundings are posted LIVE to the website.
http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php?raceid=42
Jessica Crisp dropped to third place today in the windier conditions on the olympic course. China still holds onto 1st with Italy 2nd. It’s still up in the air as to who will be the final medalists with Spain, New Zealand and Great Britain not far behind.
http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php?raceid=38
It is early days yet, but after winning race 5 in the Womens RS:X class, Jessica Crisp is placed 2nd overall. Keep up with her results at http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php?raceid=38
Here’s the main olympic sailing site and other links that may be of interest.
http://www.sailing.org/olympics
http://sailjuice.com (blog)
Results Alert (rss feed)
The AWA Annual General Meeting is coming up in late June, 2008.
AWA delegates to vote on their State/s preferred option of Olympic Board choice for London 2012 : RS-X vs FWOD (Formula Windsurfing One Design)
Background : AWA has the option to submit an opinion to Yachting Australia (YA) voting delegates on the Australian windsurfing community’s (ie : AWA membership) opinion on their preferred option of London 2012 Olympic equipment to be voted on at ISAF meetings November, 2008
Please add your comments to this article so that we can make an informed decision.
AWA may then submit the AWA consensus to the YA members who carry votes at the Olympic equipment selection ballot/s for their consideration.
Why is this important ? Because the IWA fully support and endorse the FWOD concept. Because YA delegates have a significant number of the votes in this process, yet operate fundamentally with yacht background experience, with little or no first hand or current understanding of the real sport of windsurfing. (exception here is YA’s Phil Jones, who has a previous history in BiC Techno in UK – and is Vice President of the ISAF Windsurfing Community).
Without the clear input from the Australian Windsurfing community (ie : AWA membership), the YA delegates will vote with their best intentions, but they may NOT reflect the Australian Windsurfing community. Even WITH our submission, they may still choose their own vote, but cannot do so ignorant of the concensus of the AWA.
In Australia it is even more important, as most other member nations have a more direct input and representation to their ISAF office/rep than we do in AUS (being somewhat isolated from YA affairs.)
Please note, although a lot of debate over finer equipment details can ensue (and with some merit !), the vote (and thus AWA discussion and decision making) is very simple : the RS-X solution or the FWOD solution.
For more information on the FWOD concept and proposal, please see the full background info at
http://www.star-board.com/2008/pages/news/news.php?readmore=351
PowerPoint file
www.star-board.com/2008/pages/downloads/star-board-presentation.pps
Formula One Design video clip
http://2008p.star-board.com/2008/video/p_olympic.php
Formula One Design (Allison’video clip)
http://2008p.star-board.com/2008/video/p_new_olympic_v2.php
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