LAST UPDATE | 27 Jul 2021
IRISH SAILORS ROBERT Dickson and Sean Waddilove made a perfect Olympic debut in the 49er class, winning their opening race this morning.
The race was delayed because of the shifting wind conditions at Enoshima harbour, but the Dublin duo made light of the upheaval to finish first in a time of 28.40, narrowly ahead of Team GB pair Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell in second place.
Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel of Germany finished third.
This was the first of a gruelling 12-race schedule, at the end of which the top 10 best-ranked teams will progress to the medal race currently fixed for Monday, 2 August.
The second and third races, initially fixed for today, have been postponed and will begin tomorrow.
Please please get andrew moran in we need some exciting talent give us a lift
@Sèan: agree and surely he’s club mate sammi smzodics deserves a call up also. He has started the season in brilliant form.
@Paully kells: we agree on something wow haha
Why is the Gibraltar game so far from Gibraltar, 4 hrs drive away? Will no closer Spanish stadium host them?
Nope. Why should they? Gibraltar claims to be British, even though it’s in Spain, let them go & sheite