Olympics day seven

8:01am Friday 3rd August 2012 in Sport

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  • With the Poole match race girls on a rest day, our sailing focus will be on races nine and 10 in the Star and Finn classes.
  • Ben Ainslie got himself back in contention for the Finn gold yesterday, while Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy are leading the Star standings.
  • In the women's volleyball, Poole's Lucy Wicks and the team face the Dominican Republic at 4.45pm where a win could seal their passage into the quarter-finals.
  • With no funding, that would be a monumental achievement.

7:01pm

GB women lose in straight sets.... A great effort in sets two and three, but a massive ask for them to qualify now. Will have to beat Japan on Sunday.

6:31pm

Dominican Republic take the second set 25-18... GB have it all to do now.

6:25pm

GB making a better fist of this set.... Within five points of the Dominican Republic now...

6:01pm

Dominican Republic take the first set 25-9 - really disappointing for GB.

5:52pm

Dominican Republic look very good here.... 10 points up at a time-out in the opening set. Not looking good for Wicks and GB.

5:27pm

Incredible atmosphere inside Earls Court as the two teams are introduced....

5:16pm

Lucy Wicks and Team GB next on court.... The Turkey v Korea game has just finished....

4:54pm

The Turkey v Korea match is going to a fifth set so Wicks and co will have to wait for their big moment....

4:37pm

Lucy Wicks and Team GB's women due on the volleyball court shortly, after the Turkey v Korea match which is on at the moment.

3:51pm

3:32pm

The Brazilians were third, so its an eight-point lead for Sherborne's Simpson and skipper Percy going into the medal race. It should be gold again for the Brits.

3:30pm

IAIN PERCY AND ANDREW SIMPSON WIN RACE 10 OF THE STAR CLASS.

3:15pm

Simpson and Percy still winning race 10 in the Star with the Brazilians fourth - if it stays like this, surely the Brits will take gold again.

3:10pm

PJ Postma finishes second, with Jonas Christensen third. Sunday's medal race is now essentially a match race for gold between Ainslie and Christensen.

3:09pm

BEN AINSLIE WINS RACE 10 OF THE FINN CLASS - HE NOW NEEDS THE DUTCHMAN TO STAY IN FRONT OF JONAS HOGH-CHRISTENSEN

2:57pm

Ainslie rounds in first.... Still well in front of Christensen, but has slowed him down enough to bring the Dutchman into play and he's now passed the Dane into second.

2:51pm

Star class positions unchanged as they round the second mark... All good for Percy and Simpson.

2:47pm

Ainslie is now slowing up at the front of the fleet.... Looks like he is going to go for the Dane and try and push him down the fleet.

2:41pm

Ainslie rounds the third mark a huge 180m in front of Hogh-Christensen...

2:38pm

Jonas Hogh-Christensen gets himself into second place behind Ainslie, although he's a long way behind the Brit.

2:37pm

Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson round the first mark in the lead, with the Brazilians back in seventh..... Turning into the perfect day for GB's sailors.

2:30pm

Ben Ainslie now leading race 10 in the Finn class as the fleet rounds the second mark.... Jonas Hogh-Christensen back in fourth and, as it stands, Ainslie is in the gold medal position for the first time in the regatta.

2:30pm

Ben Ainslie now leading race 10 in the Finn class as the fleet rounds the second mark.... Jonas Hogh-Christensen back in fourth and, as it stands, Ainslie is in the gold medal position for the first time in the regatta.

2:24pm

Ainslie round the first mark in second but Hogh-Christensen is gaining on him.....

2:19pm

2:08pm

Great start from Ainslie and Hogh-Christensen had a nightmare, being forced to tack right to get some clear air... Ainslie second as it stands.

2:05pm

Ben Ainslie about to get under way in the 10th race of the Finn class - the final race before the medal race on Sunday.

1:29pm

Percy and Simpson finish fourth in race nine of the Star class - The Brazilian crew win the race to cut the Brits' overall lead to six points.

1:11pm

Ainslie finishes sixth and Hogh-Christensen fifth - that's a decent result for Ainslie considering his poor start to the race.

12:56pm

HUGE crowds on the Nothe watching the Lasers.... Superb turn-out down in Weymouth.

12:56pm

Round the fourth mark and Ainslie is still ninth.... Hogh-Christensen still fourth. Ainslie going to have some work to do in the second race of the day later.

12:48pm

Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson sixth in the Star class round the second mark

12:39pm

12:39pm

Ben Ainslie ninth at the third mark and Jonas Hogh-Christensen is fourth..... Damage limitation now for Ainslie it seems....

12:34pm

Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy round the first mark in sixth place in the Star class....

12:27pm

12:27pm

Ainslie now eighth round the second mark.... Needs to make the most of this down-wind leg.

12:20pm

Ben Ainslie in 11th as they round the first mark - Jonas Hogh-Christensen in fourth.

12:10pm

12:03pm

Ben Ainslie under way in the Finn class (race nine) - another crucial day for the Lymington man.

11:14am

11:12am

It really is a key day for Lucy Wicks and the women's volleyball team. If they can beat the Dominican Republic this afternoon, they'll be in the quarter-finals of the Games!

Bearing in mind the ZERO funding they had ahead of these Olympics, it's a remarkable story.

Our sports man Neil Meldrum has just got off the phone to Lucy's former Wessex Volleyball Club coach Geoff Allen, who has given his thoughts on the journey these players have been on. Read the piece in tomorrow's paper whatever the result of this afternoon's game.

11:10am

Lymington's Ben Ainslie will be under way in race nine of the Finn class at 12pm today down in Weymouth - really getting into the business end of the regatta now ahead of Sunday's medal race.

Andrew Simpson, meanwhile, will be aiming to become Sherborne's second London 2012 gold medallist after Peter Wilson's shooting success yesterday.

Sherborne has a population of 9,350 yet could boast TWO Olympic champions amongst its residents! Remarkable....!

11:01am

10:56am

10:53am

The Bayside Festival in Weymouth has closed.

The festival, which hosted live music and entertainment across two stages, was due to run for 17 days alongside the Olympic Sailing in Weymouth & Portland.

The company said today: “Due to dire visitor numbers to Weymouth, Bayside Festival organisers have elected to voluntarily liquidate the business and close the site.”


Traders were told this morning that the attraction near Weymouth Pavilion was not financially viable and would close immediately.


But traders who have paid thousands of pounds for pitches at the festival village are demanding that it is reopened immediately so they can continue trading.

9:44am

A round up of ten reasons why the Olympics have been awesome:  we agree entirely

8:43am

And here's the stamp the Royal Mail have issued to commemorate Peter's gold.

 

The Royal Mail commemorative stamp

8:41am

So although it was a great day for Dorset's Peter Wilson (as he will now be forever known), it wasn't so good for some of our other Team Dorset athletes. Here's our round up of the day's action yesterday.

 

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