"I knew that defeats could happen at the Olympics and how you deal with them will be important. But I didn't expect the defeats to come so hard and so thick," said a visibly disappointed Sebastian Kördel, summarising his Olympic debut so far after six of a maximum of 20 races. He is currently in 19th place and still has a chance of making the Medal Races he has to make it into the top 10
Ahead of the next five iQFOiL races for men and women scheduled for Wednesday, Kördel said: "I'll see how I deal with it and what works tomorrow." The forecast for Wednesday promised little change, only slightly lighter conditions. To make matters worse for Kördel, the maximum of 20 targeted races up to the final rounds will hardly be feasible after the total cancellation on day one. After six unsatisfactory races, he has at best ten more races left to turn the tide. After all, that would still leave more than 60 per cent of the races to go.
Sebastian Kördel's team and club mate Theresa Steinlein finished the Olympic endurance test on Tuesday on an upward trend. The iQFOiL windsurfer from Wörthsee finished second in the last heat of the day after a gruelling three slaloms and two course races with a long wait for course alterations. Physically, it must have been one of the toughest days that the windsurfers had to master.
Steinlein remains in the top 10 after a tough day
Sebastian Kördel's team and club mate Theresa Steinlein finished the Olympic endurance test on Tuesday on an upward trend. The iQFOiL windsurfer from Wörthsee finished second in the last heat of the day after a gruelling three slaloms and two course races with a long wait for course alterations. Physically, it must have been one of the toughest days that the windsurfers had to master.
The iQFOiL marathon demanded a lot from all Olympic athletes that day. "It was a long and tough day on the water," said the youngest athlete in the national sailing team at 22. After finishing 12th, 16th, 16th, 13th and 2nd on Wednesday, the windsurfer from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein will start her third day at the Olympics in ninth place, after the opening event was also cancelled for the windsurfers. A place in the top ten is extremely important in the iQFOiL class, as only the top ten are allowed to compete for the medals on the final day. It is then even possible for the tenth-placed team to win the gold medal. We have summarised how the special mode works here.
Here you can take a look at a beautiful portrait of the current leading Brit Emma Wilson.
