Today at the Games: July 28

We have lift-off – and although the opening day of the Paris 2024 sailing competition wasn’t as action-packed as we’d all have hoped due to a distinct lack of breeze, our 49er and 49erFX crews were able to bank three races each. 

49erFX
The privilege of opening the Paris 2024 sailing competition went to the 49erFX fleet. As always with light-wind racing there were plenty of mixed results, and our pair of Freya Black and Saskia Tidey finished the day in a solid 10th on the back of a ninth, a 16th and an eighth.

49er
James Peters and Fynn Sterritt suffered at the hands of the weather gods. An 18th in race one wasn’t what they’d planned for their Olympic debuts – but an 11th in race two having had to take a penalty turn showed their ability to come back from adversity. A 13th in race three sees them start day two in 14th overall. 

iQFOiL women and men
They went out to great cheers from the watching crowds – and after a bit of bobbing about they came back again. The iQFOiL needs eight knots to get flying, and sadly it never materialised. A frustrating day for Sam Sills and Emma Wilson, but both remain prepped and ready for the moment the starting gun does fire. 

Full results can be found here.