Wolverhampton's Alison Young makes medal race
Alison Young made no bones of the fact she doesn't deserve to be competing at the front of the Olympic regatta in Tokyo.
The Wolverhampton sailor hasn't had it all her own way with high winds and Typhoon Nepartak no less striking the Enoshima venue.
She did just enough to make the medal race, sitting in tenth position ahead of the crucial final test on Sunday.
But any momentum Young might take into that race to end the regatta on a high fizzled out when she finished 27th in Friday's final race, the score that will be 'dropped' and not counted against her name.
"We had change of conditions today, some light airs, patchy pressure, very tight racing in a tense fleet," said the 34-year-old.
"In the first race I executed my start well and gave myself a chance. The second race I didn’t start so well and didn’t find the avenues back through.
"It’s a tough, tight fleet and the girls at the front thoroughly deserve to be there, I’ve just not been good enough but there’s still a medal race to take on."
What the future holds for Young is uncertain beyond Sunday's race as she reflects on a third Olympic Games, having finished fifth at London 2012 and eighth at Rio 2016.
Young will take more than a crumb of comfort from the success of her fellow British crews at the Games.
Windsurfer Emma Wilson has secured a medal and five other crews occupy top three positions at the regatta.
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