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Qingdao China - August 19, 2008 - I won the Laser Radial Olympic Gold Medal today! As I stood on the podium this afternoon for the medal presentation, I had this flashback. I was standing in the same position as I had a year ago when I won the pre-Olympic regatta in Qingdao. But this time it was real!
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For a great slide show of my Olympics, mostly the Medal Race, go to http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/USA/Anna+Tunnicliffe/222031 and then click on Photo Gallery.
For results go to http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php and click on Laser Radial Women in the left-hand column. This site will also allow you to follow leg-by-leg places.
For a slide show of competition on Day One of the Laser Radial competition, go to http://www.sailing.org/olympics/news/24706.php
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Qingdao China - August 18, 2008 - With only one day remaining before the Olympic Medal Race, the fickle Qingdao weather came good on us today and the Laser Radials completed three races to bring the total for our series up to nine races.
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Qingdao China - August 16, 2008 - I sailed another solid race today in typical quirky Qingdao conditions and added a sixth to my pattern of consistent good finishes. However the discard rule kicked in after our race today and the scoreboard landscape altered as two of my major competitors dropped high-point scores and moved up to first and second places.
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Qingdao China - August 15, 2008 - For the second day running, Qindao’s unpredictable weather permitted only one race on the Laser Radial course. I had an up and down day but fought my way back from 16th at the first leeward mark to fifth place at the finish. I’m still overall leader in the class, with a small cushion of five points to my nearest competition.
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Qingdao China - August 13, 2008 - Another very light air day on the waters of Fushan Bay and after a two hour wait for the breeze to settle we only completed one Laser Radial race. I nailed a nice conservative sixth-place finish on a day when favorites were finishing all over the place and I extended my first place overall lead to seven points.
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Qingdao China - August 12, 2008 - Two conservative races on the opening day of Women’s Laser Radial competition have netted me the position of point’s leader by a small margin. Racing in a very competitive fleet of 28 boats, my finishes of fourth in the first race and fifth in the second gained me a low point score of nine points, just two points clear of my nearest challenger.
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Qingdao China - August 11, 2008 - It’s the eve of racing for the Laser Radial and man, am I ever ready to get out there and sail. As of today, seven fleets have started racing. For me, it’s like that feeling when you’re hanging around someone who has their birthday two days before Christmas and they get all their presents then, and all you want is for your day to come so you can get yours.
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Qingdao China - August 6, 2008 - Just a quick note to say hi to everyone and let you all know that everything is going very well here. We got our boats, training has been going well, measurement was quick and easy, and the opening ceremony is approaching very quickly.
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