Irish Olympic hopefuls face six-hour storm delay before action begins at world championships

Either or both Irish boats must reach the gold fleet to be in contention for Olympic qualification.

A storm sweeping across Auckland Harbour forced a six-hour delay to the start of racing in the 49er world championship today.

The championships are the second major qualification opportunity for Irish sailors to win a berth for Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Men’s skiff event.