Sailing: Oz take two-hander 470 gold
Australia took gold in the postponed men's two-hander 470 sailing class at the London Olympics, while New Zealand took gold in the women's event.
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Sailing: Owens and Flanigan finish 23rd
Today was the final day of competition for the Irish sailors at the 2012 London Olympics. Last to sail on the Weymouth racecourses were Ger Owens and Scott Flanigan in the 470 class.
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Sailing: 470 Class
Ger Owens and Scott Flanagan had technical difficulties on Day 1 of their 470 Class
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Owens and Flanigan win Delta Lloyd regatta
Ger Owens and Scott Flanigan won the Delta Lloyd regatta in the 470 class.
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470 pair still chasing Olympic berth
Ger Owens and Scott Flanigan are still in contention to secure a place for an Irish boat in the 470 class at the London 2012 Olympics at the ISAF World Sailing Championships in Perth.
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Irish crew enjoy another victory
Irish sailors Ger Owens and Phil Lawton have won their second race in the 470 class.
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Irish pair claim race victory
Ireland's Ger Owens and Phil Lawton have won the second race of ten in the 470 class at the Olympic sailing venue at Qindao.
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Sailing gold for USA and Britain
Britain's Ben Ainslie took sailing gold in the Finn class today, while in the 470 Americans Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham came out on top.
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Greek women secure sailing gold
Greece's Sofia Bekatorou and Aimilia Tsoulfa won the first gold medal of the Olympic regatta today after taking an unassailable lead in the women's 470 class.
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Irish sailors positioned down the fleet
There was little joy for Irish sailors in the opening two races of the 470 and Finn classes today in Athens.
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Irish sailors hopeful of Olympic qualification
Irish Sydney 2000 hopefuls Tom Fitzpatrick and David McHugh have made the first of 3 qualifying standards at the 470 World Championships in Hungary.