O’Leary misses out on Weymouth medal final

PETER O’LEARY’S hopes reaching the medal race final at Weymouth were ended yesterday when he and David Burrows finished the Star class series in 12th overall after a disappointing day. Annalise Murphy won her penultimate race in the Laser Radial and begins the medal race in third overall this morning.

O’Leary and Burrows began yesterday ninth overall but were soon under pressure when they were amongst eight boats disqualified under the Black Flag rule to prevent premature starts.

The eight included top sailors such as the legendary Brazilian Robert Scheidt, Sweden’s Freddie Loof and Britain’s Iain Percy.