The Olympic Test Event in Japan has been concluded yesterday. All but the 470 women Medal Races were abandoned because of insufficient wind. ------ Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA finished first again and are the superior winners in the 470 woman ahead of Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR and Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL. ----- In the 470 men, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS earned Gold followed by Anton Dahlberg/Frederik Bergström SWE and Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP. Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA are on 4th. ----- Berecz Zsombor HUN was the premature winner in the Finns before the last day already. Nicholas Heiner NED and Giles Scott GBR followed on 2nd and 3rd. ----- Jesper Stalheim SWE finished on top of the Lasers Standard ahead of Tom Burton AUS and Hermann Tomasgaard NOR. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Emma Plaesschart BEL left the Olympic Champion Marit Bouwmeester NED on rank 2. Maria Erdi HUN took Bronze. 7th is Sarah Douglas CAN and 8th Erika Reineke USA. ----- All ranking lists, the results of all North Americans, the US Sailing Report and the report.

The Olympic Test Event will be concluded today with the Medal Races of the 470s, the Lasers and the Finns. Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA (470 men), Erika Reineke USA and Sarah Douglas CAN (both Laser Radial) will participate. The results will be available during the morning UTC and we shall inform immediately. ----- Light winds - as yesterday - have been forecast. ----- Zsombor Berecz HUN is the premature winner in the Finns with a 23 point advantage. ----- The official preview.

The races of the day in Japan are over, the first half of the 10 Olympic classes have finished their competitions. As expected Yunxiu Lu CHN was able to hold the top of the RS:X-Windsurf women. Thanks to victory in the Medal Race Charline Picon FRA replaced Katy Spychakov ISR on rank 2. Chinese victory in the RS:X-Windsurfer men as well: Mengfan Gao CHN won ahead of Mattia Camboni ITA and Piotr Myszka POL. In the 49er the Olympic winners Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL won ahead of Lukasz Prszybitek/Pawel Kolodzinski POL and Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR. Changes on the podium of the 49erFX: Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA won gold ahead of Marie Roningen/Helene Naess NOR, Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR fell back to rank 3. Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA remained on the 10th place. In the Nacra 17 Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA took gold ahead of John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR and Ben Saxton/Nicola Boniface GBR. ----- All rankings. ----- Please find here the full list of all North American results and the US Sailing Team report.

The 5 other classes completed yesterday their qualifications for the Medal Races of today. Stuart McNay/David Hughes USA (470 men), Erika Reineke USA and Sarah Douglas CAN (both Laser Radial) will participate in the Medal Races of today. For all other North Americans, the Olympic Test Event came to an end. The results of all North Americans and the US Sailing Report. ---------------------- Here the overview on top-ranked by class: ----- Already overall winner is Berecz Zsombor HUN in the Finns, he leads by 23 points. Nicholas Heiner NED and Giles Scott GBR, who is one point behind, will fight for silver and bronze. ----- Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS are 2 points ahead of Anton Dahlberg/Frederik Bergström SWE in the medal race of the 470 men. Jordi Xammar/Joel Rodriguez ESP have already secured the bronze medal. ----- In the 470 women, Camille Lecointre/Aloise Retornaz FRA have taken the lead, Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre GBR are only one point behind. ----- In the Lasers Standard, the first 5 are only 7 points apart: Jesper Stalheim SWE leads ahead of Tom Burton AUS and Hermann Tomasgaard NOR. ----- The Lasers Radial also remain exciting: Emma Plaesschart BEL is only 2 points ahead of Marit Bouwmeester NED. 3 points apart are Maria Erdi HUN and Manami Doi JPN on rank 3 and 4. ----- See all rankings and the report.

The races of the day in Japan are over, the first half of the 10 Olympic classes have finished their competitions. As expected Yunxiu Lu CHN was able to hold the top of the RS:X-Windsurf women. Thanks to victory in the Medal Race Charline Picon FRA replaced Katy Spychakov ISR on rank 2. Chinese victory in the RS:X-Windsurfer men as well: Mengfan Gao CHN won ahead of Mattia Camboni ITA and Piotr Myszka POL. In the 49er the Olympic winners Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL won ahead of Lukasz Prszybitek/Pawel Kolodzinski POL and Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR. Chnges on the podium of the 49erFX: Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA won gold ahead of Marie Roningen/Helene Naess NOR, Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR fell back to rank 3. Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA remained on the 10th place. In the Nacra 17 Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA took gold ahead of John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR and Ben Saxton/Nicola Boniface GBR. ----- All rankings. ----- Please find here the full list of all North American results and the US Sailing Team report.

In Enoshima, the skiffs, windsurfers and Nacras 17 have finished their qualifications for the Medal Races of today. The first medallists are already known: ----- Yunxiu Lu CHN, leading in the RS:X women windsurfers by 17 points has a medal guaranteed. Only Katy Spychakov ISR could replace her on top theoretically. ----- There will probably be a Chinese victory in the RS:X men windsurfers as well, as Mengfan Gao CHN has a solid 16 point lead. ----- In the Nacra-17 catamarans, Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA are only 2 points ahead of John Gimson/Anna Burnett GBR. ----- In 49ers, the Olympic champions Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL lead with 13 points and the Gold Medal is almost in their hands. ----- In the 49erFX, their will be a fierce duel between Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA and Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR leading by one point only. ----- All rankings.

The 470s, Laser and Finns will be sailing their last qualifying regattas today. The battle for the top ten is coming to a head and North Americans are deeply involved to make the cut: Erika Reineke and Sarah Douglas CAN are 8th and 9th in the Lasers Radial, Chris Barnard and Charlie Buckingham are 11th and 12th in the Lasers Standard, and Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea are 10th in the 49ersFX. ------------------- Here the overall leaders in the classes concerned. In the 470 men, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS lead only 3 points ahead of Anton Dahlberg/Frederik Bergström SWE. ----- Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN are still leading the 470 women. ----- In the Lasers Standard, Jesper Stalheim SWE was able to defend his 1st place. ----- In the Laser Radial, Emma Plaesschart BEL kept her first position. ----- In the Finns, Berecz Zsombor HUN increased his lead to 16 points. ----- All rankings.

Racing has been underway in Japan this morning UTC with the Windsurfers, Nacra 17 and 49er Skiffs concluding the qualifications for the Medal Races of tomorrow. The conditions are similar to yesterday with an initial 10kn wind increasing to 18kn during the day. ----- The preview. The updated results will be posted during this morning UTC on the event website. The full list of all North American results will be updated currently during the day as well.

Progress was noted for the North American sailors again on the third day of the Olympic test event in Enoshima JPN. ----- Stu McNay/Dave Hughes advanced on rank 6 in the 470 men, Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea entered the top-10 with rank 8 in the 49ersFX, Christopher Barnard is 9th in the Lasers Standard and Erika Reineke on 9th in the Lasers Radial remains in the top-10 as well. ----- To be mentioned the excellent performance of Sarah Douglas CAN jumping on rank 2 in the Lasers Radial. ----- Please find here the full list of all North American results and the US Sailing Team report. ----------------------------- The top-ranks per class after day three are as follows: ----- In the 470 men, Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS extended their lead on 5 points. ----- In the 470 women, Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN have taken the lead. ----- As best of the day with the ranks 2/3/2, Jesper Stalheim SWE took the lead in the Lasers Standard. ----- Leader change in the Lasers Radial with Emma Plaesschart BEL, best of the day, on top. ----- As best of the day, Beresz Zsombor HUN moved up on first in the Finns. Finishing 3/2/2, Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL were the best in the 49ers. ----- In the 49ersFX, Charlotte Dobson/Sakia Tidey GBR increased their point advantage. 4 races were held by the Nacras 17 with Rugero Tia/Caterina Banti ITA on 1st controlling the fleet. ----- Yunxiu Lu CHN has now an 11 point lead in the RS:X women. ----- Chinese lead in the RS:X men as well with Mengfan Gao CHN on top. ----- Good sailing conditions with an up to 15kn breeze prevailed yesterday in Japan, but on the challenging, tactically difficult courses, some surprises occurred. ----- All ranking lists and the daily news.

Sailing three races yesterday, the Lasers catched up with the program. ----- As best of the day with the ranks 2/3/2, Jesper Stalheim SWE took the lead in the Lasers Standard, 9 points ahead of Sam Meech NZL. New on rank 3 is Matthew Wearn AUS. ----- Christopher Barnard USA is 9th, Charlie Buckingham USA 14th and Robert Davis CAN 27th. ----- Leader change in the Laser Radial, with Emma Plaesschart BEL, best of the day, on top. Sarah Douglas CAN advanced on rank 2. Maria Erdi HUN dropped on rank 3. Erika Reineke USA is 9th, Paige Railey USA 16th and Maura Dewey CAN 40th. ----- All ranking lists and the daily news.

Contrary to the weak wind forecasts, Enoshima today had a decent, albeit unconstant, Seabreeze between 8 and 15 knots. In half of the classes there was a change of leader. See all rankings and read the report. The updated day 3 results of all North Americans are avaiable as well.

Contrary to the weak wind forecasts, Enoshima today had a decent, albeit unconstant, Seabreeze between 8 and 15 knots. In half of the classes there was a change of leaders. Sarah Douglas CAN moved up on 2nd overall ! See all rankings,the video of the day and read the report. The updated day 3 results of all North Americans are avaiable as well.

After the rough, windy opening day, light winds prevailed yesterday Sunday in Japan and only a reduced program could be held on day 2 of the Olympic test event in Enoshima JPN. ----- Progress has been made by the North Americans: Christopher Barnard is 4 ranks up on 7th in the Lasers Standard, Stuart McNay/David Hughes advanced on 8th in the 470 men, Erika Reineke stays on 6th and Sarah Douglas CAN on 13th in the Lasers Radial, not to forget Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA as 12th in the 49ersFX. Please find here the the full list of all North American results and the US Sailing Team report. --------------- The top-ranks per class after day two are as follows: Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Ogar POL won the only 470 women race and advanced on rank 1. ----- Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP defended their lead in the 470 men . ----- In the Lasers Standard, Sam Meech NZL, only 15th, remained on first position overall. . ----- No change on top of the Lasers Radial: The leading three women sailed all their discard results and Maria Erdi HUN stays on the first place. ----- After the two races yesterday, Przybytek/Kolodzinski POL moved on rank 1 in the 49ers . ----- Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR defended their first place in the 49ersFX. ----- Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA extended their lead in the Nacra 17 on 7 points. ----- In the Finns , the Olympic Champion Giles Scott GBR is new on top. ------ Yunxiu Lu CHN won also the light wind race and her overall lead in the RS:X women after two days is already 11 points. ----- No change in the RS:X men with Thomas Goyard FRA remaining on rank 1. ----- All ranking lists and the daily news.

Two respectively three races per class were held on the opening day of the Olympic test event in Enoshima JPN in a fresh wind around 20kn and big waves. ----- The results of the North Americans were diverging. In the first half of the small fleets finished the Lasers Standard of Christopher Barnard on 11th and Charlie Buckingham on 15th, Stuart McNay/David Hughes as 10th in the 470 men, Luke Muller as 8th in the Finn, as well as Erika Reineke 5th and Sarah Douglas CAN 11th in the Lasers Radial. Please find here the full list of all North American results and the US Sailing Team report. ----------- The top-ranks per class after day one are as follows: ----- Finishing on the ranks 1 and 2, Sam Meech NZL took the lead in the Lasers Standard ahead of Matthew Wearn AUS and Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA. The Olympic Champion Tom Burton AUS followed on rank 6, Robert Scheidt BRA on 7th. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Maria Erdi HUN, ranks 1 and 2 as well, is on top. The Olympic Champion Marit Bouwmeester NED on 2nd is already 5 points behind. With Anne-Marie Rindom DEN and Allison Young GBR, two other favorites follow on the ranks 3 and 4. ----- In the 470 Men, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez ESP are on top of the rankings, 3 points ahead of the Olympic Champions Matthew Belcher/Will Ryan AUS. ----- In the 470 Women, Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN lead 3 points in front of Agnieszka Skrzypulec/Jolanta Hogar POL. ----- In the Finns, Zsombor Beresz HUN and Nicholas Heiner NED share the lead. ----- In the RS:X Men Windsurfers, Thomas Goyard FRA is on rank 1 followed by Tom Squires GBR. Yunxiu Lu CHN is on top of the RS:X Women ahead of Maja Dziarnowska POL. Finishing 2 of the 3 races on top, Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL are the clear leaders in the 49ers followed by Dylan Fletcher/Stuart Bithell GBR. Charlotte Dobson/Saskia Tidey GBR are first in the 49ersFX with 2 bullets in 3 heats, in front of Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze BRA. Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA hold the first place in the Nacra 17 ahead of Paul Kohlhoff/Alicia Stuhlemmer GER. ----- All ranking lists and the daily news. -------------------- The sailing conditions today Sunday are moderate with a 10kn breeze this morning UTC. Racing has been underway already and updated results should be available by noon, provided the organisers succeed to run the IT system properly.

The races of the day in Enoshima are over. With 15-18kn wind, big waves and hot temperatures two races could be sailed in all classes. Apparently there are technical problems on the Event-Website, no results are available yet. Only the Finn class is represented on site by its own journalist: In Finn Berecz Zsombor HUN leads ahead of Nicholas Heiner NED. Nils Theuninck SUI follows on rank 9 of the 22 participants. The report including the results (top 10) and a video.

Racing commences today at Ready Steady Toyko - Sailing with 355 athletes from 47 nations. The Canadian and USA Teams are represented with all Olympia candidates. Here the complete North American list of participants . ----- No results and information has been made available this morning UTC at press deadline. First results will be available around noon UTC on the event website. ----- With Typhoon Krosa passing through the island yesterday, today will see extropical cyclone conditions, with relatively strong south-southwesterly winds and waves gradually decreasing throughout the day.----- The official preview and the US Sailing Team facebook page.