Tom Slingsby (AUS) Wins Men's Laser Sailing Gold - London 2012 Olympics

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[antonmalmcrona]

I love sailing and i think its a very underrated sport

[oggybennett]

This was a summer i'll never forget, this makes me proud to be british.Every single london 2012 video i watch brings a gut wrenching feeling that its gone, so many happy memories of our small island nation coming together and showing the world we love

[KrasimirNaumovKBN]

9 months ago the bellow comment was a dream. 5 Days ago I got my first medal on Laser Standard. Current weight 84.900 kg !! Thank you for the inspiration!

[RSSST]

Man I miss racing lasers and 470's! The starts were always very chaotic as we all jockeyed for the best start position, everyone yelling 'STARBOARD!", near misses and sometimes crashes. I truly enjoyed the strategy of the sport as well, stealing wind, looking for good wind and smoother water. Nothing beats the sound of a humming centerboard on a fast broad reach!

[goodsailing]

15:45 start
23:10 1st mark
26:15 2nd mark
33:40 3rd mark
36:00 4ht mark
42:40 5ht mark
46:05 6ht mark
46:59 finish

[franckmorel]

45 secondes d'écart entre le 1er et le dernier, c'est dire le niveau, chaque mètre, chaque seconde, chaque manoeuvre tactique comptent, c'est vraiment le haut niveau

[divisioneight]

How cool is this. My very first and own sailboat was a Laser. I learned how to sail on that little fast boat. I never was able to make it fly like these pros did, but it was a blast to sail in all conditions.

[toshinaritakayanagi]

Very beautiful tacking of Tom at 30:00.

[Acho-jl]

creo que una de las regatas mas completas y bonitas que uno puede ver...gracias contides gracias tom slingsby...los dos sois maravillosos.gracias.

[kentsailmaking]

Just love the sailing duel's in this video.

[shutterskor]

Man I'dlove some captions on this, the ambient/course audio is so loud that I can't reasonably listen in while working *studiously* in the office.. I swear I am working hard on this fresh and beautiful Friday!

[mihuuuu]

epic broadcast oh my god, the technology

[julianlevash]

12:28 that was a sweet double tack by sweeden.

[sdcofer]

Once again, my favorite Frostbite video

[Dexi]

Near the end when he was starting to say it was inevitable, I was worried Slingsby might do a death roll. I'm glad I got to see one, at least kinda. :)

[Cal_Testi]

Drones would make this much better for viewing.

[eddielikespies]

i went and watched the medal race for the finns it was fantastic would have loved to seen the lasers too as thats what i sail

[Tomdogful]

So good to watch again and get some inspiration to go hard LOL

[jonassrlie]

Oh, that herre OL was my best a good 12 Place ;)

[KrasimirNaumovKBN]

I `m trying to get back to Sailing after long break and  i wonder if i should go back with Laser Standard or with a Finn .I Started to hit the gym pretty hard so i can shape up and i`m currently 94kgs with aim to get 85 lean. I may be able to get Lase cheaper than the Finn so could you please advise if 85 kgs is good for laser i`m 182 tall .
Thanks