Sailing Talk Podcast - Olympic Regatta Days 3 & 4

Today a new national hero emerged, a loser from China earns a shot at redemption, an Olympic Champion saw hope of any medal evaporate, and we have four women - none of whom have won an Olympic medal - level pegging in the Radial fleet. On Monday, three of them will stand on the podium, and one will be left with nothing. All of this discussed by Andy and Justin on today’s podcast from Weymouth....

Australia became the most successful sailing nation at the Olympic Regatta after Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page secured gold ahead of GBR in the men's 470. Then it was New Zealand's turn for gold, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie winning the medal race of the women's 470, with Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark having to settle for silver, with the Dutch team taking bronze. The Olympic Regatta is nearly over, bar the women's match racing, as Justin and Andy look back at today's light-wind drama....

Sailing never gets any coverage in the national newspapers, particularly not a tabloid 'red top' paper like The Sun. But with Justin away with his bucket and spade on Weymouth beach, Andy asks The Sun's reporter Bob Harris why Olympic sailing has finally caught the imagination of the general public. Listen out too for Kate Laven of The Daily Telegraph who gatecrashes the interview....

The Danes won a tense battle for bronze in the 49er Medal Race in the lightest winds yet seen in Weymouth since the start of the Olympic Regatta. Justin and Andy discuss the 49er race, the match race that's in store between GB and NZ in the women's 470 a couple of days from now, and the failure of the USA to win a single medal at this Olympiad. The winner of the most sailing medals in the history of the modern Games, the last American hope vanished with the surprise exit of Anna Tunnicliffe's match racing team at the quarter final stage....

Controversy surrounded the Medal Races for the RS-X windsurfing today, and no, it wasn’t the presence of British prime minister David Cameron. Zofia Noceti-Klepacka had won the bronze medal but then found herself being protested by the Ukrainian sailor - for the most bizarre of reasons. Questions too about the Australian 49er. Justin and Andy dig behind the headlines in Weymouth....