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Laser sailing update
By Jacqueline Hewett
Photo credit: Clive Mason/Getty Images
Just a quick post to give you an update on the Laser sailing class at the Olympics - and its great news for us here in the UK. Paul Goodison has won the gold.
I’ve been following the progress of the Laser sailors since phoning up the Royal Yachting Association last week and this morning I was delighted to see the BBC broadcasting the triumphant scenes of Goodison crossing the line and being met by his team-mates. There are also pictures on the Beijing Olympics website.
The result is all about points accumulated over a number of races. In the case of sailing, it’s the person with the least number of points who is leading. So, going into today’s double points medal race, Goodison led by 18 points and knew exactly where he had to finish to take the title. The full results page for the Laser class is here.
Goodison’s is Britain’s fourth sailing medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Penny Clark in the Laser Radial finished a very respectable 10th place overall. The full results page for the Laser Radial class is here.
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