#sailforgold – As Ireland's Annalise Murphy collects Bronze in the Laser Radial medal race this afternoon the Irish 49er pairing of Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern have increased their lead to 10 points over GBR's John Pink and Simon Wheeler with one more race to go in Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth.
Murphy adds this third successive medal in the Eurosaf circuit to two Gold medals earned in Holland and Italy in the past month.
The Chinese had already created enough of a points lead to guarantee gold and silver and the odds were in Ireland's favour as four of the five sailors vying for that final podium spot were Irish. Having been given the opportunity to sail in the Women's Radial event at this regatta, some of the world's top youth sailors including Irish U18s Finn Lynch, Fionn Lyden and Seafra Guilfoyle competed. The young Irish trio and Annalise battled it out against the UK's Chloe Martin for the coveted medal in the final race with Annalise ultimately winning and claiming the bronze followed closely by Finn Lynch in second (4th overall) and Fionn Lyden in third (5th overall).
Six Irish sailing teams were racing for medals at Sail for Gold regatta today.
More 49er details as we have it from Weymouth.
