Rechichi and Stowell Continue Their London Campaign
Elise Rechichi and Belinda Stowell went into the races seven and eight for the 470 women knowing that they would need to be towards the front of the fleet in both races to be in the fight for the medals on Friday.
Despite good starts the pair finished ninth and 14th and heading into Wednesday’s final two fleet races are ninth overall.
“It wasn’t an ideal day today,” said Rechichi. “We had to gain some points and we pretty much threw them away so tomorrow we’ll go out and we’ve got to take a few risks to try and nail two bullets or something like that. We’ll see how it pans out and maybe we can end up in the fight for bronze depending on how it goes.”
Stowell said that they got off the line well both races but unfortunately found themselves back in the pack on each occasion.
“Our starts and first upwinds were good,” said Stowell. “We rounded the top mark in good positions both times but just got a bit caught up on the downwinds, with our position and speed, we just weren’t as sharp as we needed to be.”
On Wednesday Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen will take an unassailable lead into the 49er medal race. The pair just needs to complete the race to claim Australia’s second sailing gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Australia’s 470 women and Women’s Match Racing crews will also be racing on Wednesday.