Yachting: Olympic berths to be decided today
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The New Zealand Olympic sailing selection trials are set for a tense final day off Torbay in Auckland today.
In the men's boardsailing, Thomas Ashley and James Wells are tied on 19 points going into the final race.
Former kiwi number one Jon-Paul Tobin is out of contention.
In the men's 470s, Andrew
Brown and Jamie Hunt have a narrow one point lead over their nearest contenders.
In the women's 470s, Jan Shearer and Melinda Henshaw are equal with Shelley Hesson and Linda Dickson heading into their last race.
In the men's Lasers, Hamish Pepper leads Andrew Murdoch by two points with one race remaining.
Meanwhile, in the Europe class, Sarah Macky has become the second sailing athlete to have qualified for Athens after Barbara Kendall.
- Newstalk ZB
