British Team at 2019 Finn Gold Cup - Day 4
by British Sailing Team 19 Dec 2019 01:52 PST
16-21 December 2019
Giles Scott - 2019 Finn Gold Cup day 4 © Robert Deaves
Headlines:
- Action resumes on day four after 40-degree heat puts paid to third day
- Giles Scott up to second with two days remaining
- Reigning Olympic and European champ Scott disqualified from opening race - but result overturned after evidence proves he was wrongly identified
- Both Scott and team mate Ed Wright bank race wins
- Wright moves up to 13th overall
- Henry Wetherell down one place to 26th
- Last day of fleet racing on Friday; regatta concludes with double points medal race for top 10 on Saturday
What they said:
Ed Wright, 42, Bournemouth, Dorset: "When we went out today we had eight to ten knots, then ten minutes before the start it got up to about 15 knots. There was a real scramble for people to change settings but we got away on time and I was able to win the first race. I got off the line, held my lane and extended from there. It was a nice feeling.
"The second race wasn't so easy, and then in the last race I was fifth at the top mark when my mainsheet jumped out of the block. I capsized but still managed to pull through. Not a bad day after all that."
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