Laser Medal Races; Rio 2016

The race is on!
Gary Jobson and Randy Smyth are commenting.
Wind is medium; small waves
Sweden is first around the windward mark, Ireland second and GBR third
 
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Sweden still ahead through the gate; she is not in a medal position.
 
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Light wind now
Second time around the windward mark:
GBR has taken the lead
NED has dropped down to 8; her gold medal is in danger... IRL may have a chance
 
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No; it didn't happen. GBR ended up winning the race; she passed SWE close to the gate.
NED finished in 7th place, enough for the GOLD
IRL got the SILVER and DEN the BRONZE

Several of the sailors jumped in the bay, apparently not afraid of whatever may be in the water.
 
Men's race
CRO (the leader) had to do a penalty turn and started last
Medium wind going upwind
GUA first around the mark; BRA second; NZL third
CRO still last, but ARG was over early and has to retire
 
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Through the gate
BRA (Scheidt) first
FRA second
NZL third
CRO still last but apparently still in gold medal position (according to the commentators)
 
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Scheidt (BRA) looking strong going upwind for the second time
Nicely ahead around the windward mark; then
FRA
NZL
GUA
AUS
NED
 
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Laser Men
GOLD - Tom Burton (AUS)
SILVER - Tonči Stipanović (CRO)
BRONZE - Sam Meech (NZL)
 
Finish:
BRA (Scheidt)
FRA
AUS; which makes Burton the GOLD medal winner!

Note: Burton (AUS) match raced Stipanovich (CRO) prior to the start and CRO committed a foul (the umpires were watching). As a result, AUS was next to last across the starting line with CRO last. During the race, AUS was able to pass a number of boats, CRO didn't.

I noticed: the umpire boat was watching the match racing very closely and a wave from their boat may (!) have pushed CRO into AUS (both were sailing backwards). Agree or disagree?
 
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Wavedancer said:
the umpire boat was watching the match racing very closely and a wave from their boat may (!) have pushed CRO into AUS (both were sailing backwards). Agree or disagree?
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After re-watching the footage many times, I can't tell. The contact would have probably taken place anyway, although that wave (some of which actually ended up in Stipanović's cockpit) maybe sped up the process.

In any case, Stipanović wasn't "keeping clear" by the RRS definition. Furthermore, there's a sailing instruction that says, "No proceedings of any kind may be taken in relation to any action or non-action by an umpire."
 
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