Sailing

Page signs off on golden high as Australia toasts its finest Olympic regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Mens sailing_470_class_10_AugustAugust 10 - Malcolm Page rounded off his illustrious sailing career at the age of 40 with a final gold in Weymouth as he and his partner in the 470 class, Mathew Belcher, overcame the home challenge of Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell to achieve a result which confirmed London 2012 as Australia's most successful Olympic sailing regatta.

Future of Irish sailor in betting scandal still uncertain

From Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London


Peter OLeary_of_IrelandAugust 1 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today declined to shed further light on an investigation into Irish sailor Peter O'Leary over an alleged bet he made against himself at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Ainslie hits the water and misses gold at pre-Games regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Ben Ainslie_Melbourne_June_10June 9 - Britain's three-times Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslie demonstrated that even the greatest of performers can sometimes get it wrong when he capsized on the final day of the last pre-Games regatta, thus losing his chance of winning in the Finn class at the Skandia Sail for Gold event at the Olympic course in Weymouth and Portland.