Irish sailor took halfway lead before race was abandoned
Finn Lynch ends resailed race in eighth place and in 10th position overallNevertheless, Lynch had reached the qualification criteria for the medal race final and while he could at best only finish seventh or eighth overall, finishing his second Olympic appearance on a high with his best individual race score became his new goal.
Suddenly, the wind shifted direction 40 degrees and the race committee decided it was unfair to continue so they abandoned it. In the resailed race that followed Lynch got a clean start but could not find a passing lane to the front and ended in eighth place and his 10th overall position was unchanged.
“I would have liked to have got the last two fleet races in on Monday, my form had come around so I could have closed the 20-point gap more and been in with a chance at the medals,” he said after racing. “It was a cool experience to lead the medal race until they abandoned it after there was a 40 degree wind shift.”Brian Flanagan to become new Kildare football managerKellie Harrington: ‘The next chapter is going to be my life chapter.
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