2:51 AM Sun 30 Jan 2011 GMT
It was 'do or die' today for sailors in the final medal races of US Sailing?s Rolex Miami OCR. Reserved for top-ten fleet racing finishers in Finn, 49er, Men?s 470, Women?s 470, Laser, Laser Radial, Men?s RS:X, Women?s RS:X and Star classes, the medal races also included 'knock-out' Finals and Petit Finals, with two boats each, from the Elliott 6m (women?s match racing) class. The racing formats replicate those that will be used at the Olympic Sailing Regatta in the 2012 Games, and as so designed, they did not fail to deliver a final punch of excitement to six days
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by Dana Paxton
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