Irish Olympic hopefuls sail through fourth day of Japan qualifiers

The fourth day of the Olympic qualifier at Laser World Championship Gold fleet in Japan today marked moving day for the event as the two Irish sailors started their Gold fleet final series for the top 52 boats in the 156-strong regatta.

On his first ever appearance at a senior-level world championship Ewan McMahon (Howth, Co. Dublin) showed good boatspeed throughout in what is already a strong debut for reaching the Gold fleet.