Sailor Eve McMahon up to up to 14th overall in her impressive first appearance at the Olympics

Race management were left with no other option as flukey winds stymied a fair competition in Marseille

The Irish pair lie in second spot and very much in contention for a medal after a week in which they have shown admirable consistency

Tokyo gold medallists hit peak form at the right time as they look to defend title on Friday morning

Dublin pair battle challenging wind conditions to keep small lead over third-placed New Zealand

Irish crew lie second at the half-way stage of the Men’s skiff at the Olympics

Veterans of the Tokyo games, sailors Seán Waddilove and Robert Dickson are hoping to make their experience count in the double-handed skiff at the Olympics

In the Olympics, a stopwatch or a points tally will measure the distance between third and fourth, but that is a convenient lie: the distance between them is infinite

Irish Sailing has already succeeded in its target of qualifying three boat classes for Marseille, the sailing venue for next month’s Paris Olympics

Conor McLoughlin of Foynes Yacht Club went missing last week while sailing with his wife near Macdara’s Island off Galway coast

Irish Olympics selection trials at La Grande Motte see experienced duo Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove hold off challenge of Cork pair Séafra Guilfoyle and Johnny Durcan

Settling down scares Kate Ashe-Leonard more than crossing oceans

Carlow sailor narrowly misses silver after recovering from faltering opening race and steadily improving form as week progressed

Nineteen-year-old from Howth produces a brilliant display to qualify with a race to spare

Notable youth results at international level eyecatching for the sport in Ireland, but step change also taking place

This year Olympic sailing silver medallist Annalise Murphy won three Irish track cycling titles on a borrowed bike - now she wants to compete for Ireland in France

‘It’s nearly Christmas and we’re 20 nautical miles off the east coast of Australia.’ Kate Ashe Leonard hopes to make it to Sydney in time

Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove come third in the opening race of qualification round

Greystones-born skipper and her French team-mate Tiphaine Ragueneau are one of just three all-women teams in the Transat Jacques Vabre race

Junior and senior classes draw champions from all Irish coasts plus inland waterways but Wicklow capable of winning both events