No medal glory for US Olympic Sailing Team in 2012 London Olympic Games
Despite a strong start in the 2012 London Olympic Games sailing competitions, the US Olympic Sailing Team was unable to grab any medal at the end of several sailing classes. The squad members were able to maintain in the Top 10 in just two of the classes,
Star and Laser Radial.
However, in the rest of the classes, the team could not perform according to expectations and tumbled down. The teams had mixed results from the beginning shuffling podium positions during their Olympic regatta run but still failed to improvise accordingly
and tumbled down in the end.
One of the top contenders with a possibility to claim any of the medals was the Finn class sailor, Zach Railey. He did his best in the beginning and was able to hit the Top 10 fleet standings. The former champion was one of the top sailors to claim the gold
but he just dropped down in his performance and finished the regatta on 12th spot.
Meanwhile, Paige Railey showed comparatively better performance in the Laser Radial fleet and finished on a convincing eighth place. Despite the fact that she was the one expected to have a strong position in the regatta but she just was unable to maintain
her good form. She finished the event on eighth position.
Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih in the Star fleet were the best performers of US Sailing Team because they finished on seventh podium but they did not claim any of the titles.
Overall results:
12. Finn (Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy), Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) 10, 15, 13, 17, 2, 8, 11, 8, 12, 19 (completed Aug 3)
29. Laser, Rob Crane (Darien, Conn.) 35, 42, 30, 28, 16, 32, 19, 8, 33, (44)
20. Women’s RS:X Windsurfing, Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.) 22, 18, 18, 18, 20, 22, 23, 27[OCS], 16, 16 (completed Aug. 5)
22. RS:X Windsurfing, Bob Willis (Chicago, Ill.) 7, 10, 11, 25, BFD, 28, 24, 33, 11, 30 (completed Aug. 5)
7. Star (Men’s Keelboat), Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih (both Miami, Fla.) 5, 14, 5, 3, 8, 9, 5, 10, 3, 11, 6
8. Laser Radial, Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) 8, 5, 12, 17, 4, 9, [21], 20, 9, 8, 6 (12 points)
15. 49er, Erik Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) and Trevor Moore (Naples, Fla./N. Pomfret, Vt.) 6, 10, 16, 1, 7, 13, [20], 18, 2, 17, 5, 20, 17, 8, 17
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