Live stream information and how to watch Olympics sailing online and on television on Tuesday, August 16th.
Olympic sailing continues on Tuesday, Aug. 16, with more preliminaries in the men’s and women’s 49er skiff and medal races in both the men’s finn dinghies and the mixed nacra 17 multihulls.
Monday featured the final preliminaries in the men’s and women’s 470 dinghies and men’s and women’s 49er skiffs, as well as medal races in both the men’s and women’s laser radial dinghies.
On Sunday, Team Netherlands had a golden day indeed in the men’s and women’s RS: X windsurfers. On the men’s side, Dorian van Rijsselberghe came in first place for the Netherlands, followed by Ivan Pastor of Spain and Chun Leung Michael Cheng of Hong Kong, China. Van Rijsselberghe has been dominating the men’s RS: X preliminaries and it’s no surprise that he’s the gold medalist.
Meanwhile, the medal round of the women’s RS: X windsurfers featured a tight race between a group of women who all had strong showings in the preliminaries. Lilian de Geus of the Netherlands captured gold, followed by Charline Picon of France with silver, and Chen Peina of China with bronze. Brazilian Patricia Freitas came in fourth place.
Here is the full schedule for Day 11 of Olympics sailing:
12:05pm ET: Men’s 49er (skiff) Preliminaries Race 10
12:05pm ET: Women’s 49er FX (skiff) Preliminaries Race 10
12:05pm ET: Men’s finn (dinghy) Medal Race
1:05pm ET: Mixed nacra 17 (multihull) Medal Race
1:05pm ET: Men’s 49er (skiff) Preliminaries Race 11
1:05pm ET: Women’s 49er FX (skiff) Preliminaries Race 11
2:05pm ET: Women’s 49er FX (skiff) Preliminaries Race 12
2:05pm ET: Men’s 49er (skiff) Preliminaries Race 12
Here’s all the information you need to follow Olympics sailing on Tuesday, August 16th:
Date: Tuesday, August 16
Start Time: 12:05pm ET
Channel: MSNBC
Live Stream: NBColympics.com
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The sailing competition comes to an end on Thursday, August 18.