It’s no longer a breeze for Annalise

In breezes which were lighter than forecast, Annalise Murphy may have had her bubble of supremacy pricked but the Irish sailor still leads the Laser Radial class at the 2012 Olympic regatta off Weymouth and Portland in Dorset.

Earlier in the week Wednesday was predicted to be bringing the biggest winds of the week and torrential rain. Instead the breezes proved only moderate but it was the big shifts in wind direction, brought by the occasional rain clouds, which made for some big gains and losses on the Laser courses.

Murphy came ashore after an eighth and a 19th to go into her class’s first allocated rest day today still at the top of the fleet but her margin had shrunk to only two points ahead of Belgium’s Evi van Acker and seven ahead of Holland’s 2010 World Champion Marit Bouwmeester.