The ultimate sailor chicks - The Yngling Girls (aka: Three Blondes in a Boat) of Great Britain have won the sailing gold medal in the Yngling class at the 2008 Olympics in China!
Sailing off Qingdao in the medal race in 11-16 knots of wind. With the current ripping downwind and pressure running high, the Yngling Olympic sailing team from Great Britain sailed to glory and won their gold medals.
The USA Yngling sailing team got to compete in the medal race, but tacked short of the windward mark layline and hit the mark on both laps of the race. They were flagged for kinetics just at the finish and had to do a penalty, finally finishing in tenth. They had made comebacks after each penalty but overall encountered too many obstacles to rescue the race. This team had high hopes for a medal, but ended the event in seventh overall out of fifteen Ynglings.
Check out more Olympic sailing news about the Yngling:
- Olympic Sailing
- Yngling Class
- Yngling Class Sailboats
- Sailing at the 2008 Olympics - Yngling Race Results
- Yngling Medals at the Olympic - Great Britain takes the Gold
Read More about the Yngling medal race here: Olympic Sailing Yngling Medals - Great Britain takes the Gold
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