Its over for some but not for all

Years of campaigning, travelling around the world focusing on one thing is over for all but 10 lucky males and 10 lucky females in the Laser and Laser Radial Class. Many people criticize the Medal Race but it does undoubtedly add extra tension and make the sport more marketable; and despite the tears of disappointment from many sailors (mostly the women) everyone will have bucked their ideas and will try and find a route to the water to watch the sailing tomorrow; a short course close to the land so thousands of Chinese people who don’t really understand what is going on can watch.

Many staff at Laser will have met some of the sailors, mostly the men, so here is an unofficial low down on the top ten ladies going into the medal race.
1. Anna Tunnicliffe: Married to crazy Brad Funk and originally from the north of England, lovely girl and can be seen on the blog doing the victory Vs that everyone was doing yesterday. Sponsored my Magic Marine and all together one of the nicest girls in sailing, I don’t think anyone would have a bad word to say if she walked away with Gold, also she has the most muscular physique in the fleet so you would not want to see her in a dark alley as she would probably kick your head in.
2. Gintare from Lithuania: Always smiling and very very good looking, going out with Robert Scheidt and has steadily improved from consistent top 20 finishes over the last three years to be sat here in second going into the last day; can she handle the pressure, we hope so and even if she does slip out of the medals she will do so with a lovely smile on her face as she always does
3. Lijia Xu: It would be fantastic for sailing and for Laser if she got a medal here, she is one of the few sailors on the Chinese Olympic team and is doing very well especially as light winds are not her bag normally
4. Sarah Blanck: Very quiet, sometimes sails at Tom’s club in Australia but a cool girl, she was on the winning team at the Skandia Docklands Invitational in the SB3, coached by former World Champion Michael Blackburn
5. Sarah Steyaert: Current Radial World Champion and has a lovely smile, doesn’t speak English all that much but everyone is looking forward to seeing her on the last night!
6. Evi from Belgium: can be a bit of a moaner, her coach is officially crazy but he does add something to the equation that you need at events, she was expected to get a medal and will be disappointed not to be in medal contention; but on the whole a good looking girl with a cracking smile, also sponsored by Magic Marine
7. Jo Aleh: I think she will medal in Weymouth, her coach Peter Fox is a great guy and she has had the weight of a nation on her shoulders since the beginning of the year; great technique and a joy to watch sailing, a former youth 420 world champion.
8. Nathalie Brugger: Got her tongue pierced, need we say anymore?
9. Katarzyna from Poland: Don’t sit on her boat, or she will kill you! Been sailing Radials for donkeys years, controversially she was against the boat becoming Olympic, wonder what she thinks now she is in the top ten at the Olympics!
10. Penny Clarke: A true professional, at the moment she is saying she is never going to sail a Laser again after this event but I think the lure of the games in her home country could pull her back.
Live the dream and we will get back to you all with news from tomorrows racing as soon as it happens!