Sailing: Law has qualifying success
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.DEFENDING champion Chris Law yesterday beat co-favourite Gavin Brady in his final pair of qualifying matches at the Hoya Lymington Cup. For good measure, Law then caught the man who had been second overall, Bertrand Pace, in their pre-start manoeuvres.
It was the French former world champion's second such mistake of the day, the first conceded to Brady, as the 14 rounds of knock-out matches for the 12 competitors were completed. Law then won the match at a trot. These three topped the rankings to find the top six who sail each other for today's semi-final places.
There was a delay to allow the light south-westerly to develop on the 600-yard track inside Hurst Spit, off Keyhaven. Britain's Andy Green was knocked out, but Ian Williams, made the cut behind Per Petterson of Sweden and Murray Jones of New Zealand. Law's pace was then disrupted as he lost to Williams in his first semi-final qualifier.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments