Murphy still well in hunt for gold

Ireland’s best remaining hope of a sailing medal, Annalise Murphy, goes into her final two Laser Radial fleet races today in second place.

Despite the difficult, shifty conditions she retained a high level of consistency — still not counting a score outside of the top 10 — after she finished second and 10th yesterday.

Even though she slipped off the top of the leaderboard, she is just one point behind Evi van Acker, the Belgian who is ranked world No 1 and still two points up on 2010 world champion Marit Bouwmeester. But the tight, smaller harbour course with its multiple rounds has not been as good for Murphy as the open sea track where the waves are bigger, the breeze stronger and more consistent.