Alison Young faces tough task to get into medal contention
Alison Young admits she has a job on her hands just to get back into medal contention at the Olympic Games.
The Wolverhampton sailor suffered a poor second day on the waves in the laser radial class, crossing the line in ninth and then 20th in her two races on Monday.
Young sits a lowly 15th overall and a first Olympic medal at her third Games appears a tall order, even if there are six races and then the crucial medal race still to go.
Young returns to the water on Tuesday and is determined to right the wrongs of the regatta so far, as she bids to reverse her fortunes from London 2012 and Rio 2016 and finally claim a podium.
She said: “I am pretty crushed and pretty disappointed at the moment. I made some errors in the lats race and haemorrhaged quite a few boats.”
The changing winds caused havoc on the seas at Sagawa Bay but it be dwarfed by Tuesday’s expected weather.
A typhoon is on the way to Japan’s east coast and though it is not thought to be as menacing as the name might suggest, it has already wreaked havoc with the rowing schedule.
“We had some pretty big pressure differences, 20-30 degrees of shift out there today,” Young added.
“There were opportunities for gains and losses all around the track. It will be a different set of conditions tomorrow. I will get settled into what they are.”
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