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Yachting: Ashley survives as lone hope
And then there was one. Today's medal race in the men's RS:X boardsailing gives Tom Ashley the chance to bag what could be New Zealand's only medal from the Olympic regatta. After a horror 32nd in the 10th and final race of the...

Yachting: Murdoch robbed of medal, says coach
Frustrated team manager Russell Green was in no doubt that Andrew Murdoch was denied an Olympic medal because of the shortened Laser series. "I have no doubt that the inability of this regatta to run another race in the Lasers...

Yachting: Ashley slips to third, Murdoch fifth
QINGDAO - New Zealand boardsailor Tom Ashley will sail for an Olympic gold medal tomorrow just one point off the lead after his worst finish of the yachting regatta today. In light winds, Ashley finished 32nd in the 10th race...

Yachting: Ashley hangs on but other medal hopes are blown away
Tom Ashley is on course for a medal but New Zealand's other chances in the Olympic yachting regatta at Qingdao might be slipping away with the venue's fickle breezes. All week New Zealand have had high hopes of three medal chances,...

Yachting: Ashley extends lead in Qingdao
QINGDAO - New Zealand boardsailor Tom Ashley extended his Olympic lead as he maintained his remarkable consistency at the Qingdao yachting regatta today. Ashley finished sixth in the first race of the day in strong 20-knot winds...

Yachting: Kiwi sailors pray for high winds to stay
BEIJING - New Zealand's yachting team didn't know whether to curse or celebrate after high winds off Qingdao helped Tom Ashley seize the lead but provided a hiccup for Jo Aleh's gold medal hopes. The business end of the regatta...

Yachting: Threesome well placed
Tom Ashley, Barbara Kendall and Jo Aleh are all well placed in their fleets at the Qingdao Olympic regatta and remain the likeliest kiwis to get medals in sailing. Ashley leads in the RS:X boardsailing, after a fourth and a third...

Yachting: That sinking feeling at a windy regatta
When the committee boat begins to sink, you have to wonder whether the Olympic regatta is quite set up for high winds. That was the feeling after a sublime-to-the-ridiculous day at the Qingdao regatta when the venue's frustratingly...

Olympics: Black Sticks, Oly-Whites suffer heartbreak on hard day for NZ
BEIJING - After enduring 70 minutes of intense Spanish inquisition, the Black Sticks cracked with four seconds to play in their men's hockey pool game in Beijing last night. Had the game ended two seconds earlier, New Zealand would...

Sailing: Murdoch's effort shows the way
New Zealand Laser sailor Andrew Murdoch wore a grin as sunny as a Kerikeri day after leading the overall standings in the first two races of his class at the Olympics yesterday. Murdoch, originally from Kerikeri, led a good New...