Sailing: Hopkins continues to shine

By David Branigan

With just two races remaining at the Laser Radial World Championships in Japan this morning, Aoife Hopkins has moved into 41st place overall in the 55-strong Gold fleet finals series. The windiest day of the regatta so far saw the Howth, Co Dublin sailor start too eagerly and was disqualified before going on to score a 25th place in the next race.