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Pieter-Jan Postma of the Netherlands had a bronze in his pocket, but gave it up to take a shot at gold in the medal race.

Would you risk an Olympic medal for a shot at immortality?

With just a few hundred meters left in the Finn class medal race Pieter-Jan Postma of the Netherlands was comfortably in position for the bronze medal. But dangling just a boatlength ahead was the silver, possibly the gold. All he had to do was get inside of Daniel Slater of New Zealand for the final mark rounding before a short reach—a parade in almost any condition—to the finish.

© Stuart Streuli

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen (right) and Ben Ainslie (left) at the finish of Race 9 in the Finn class. Will the order be reversed in today's medal race?

On Tap for Today:

Medal Races: Finn at 1300, Stars at 1400, on the Nothe Course

Women’s 470: Race 5 on Weymouth Bay West, no earlier than 1400, Race 6 on the Nothe Course, approximately 1530

49er: Races 12 and 13 on Weymouth Bay West Course, starting at noon

RS:X Women: Races 9 and 10 on the Portland Harbour Course, starting at noon

RS:X Men: Races 9 and 10 on the Portland Harbour Course, starting at 1330

Weather:

© Stuart Streuli

Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan reach into the finish of Race 1 on Day 2 of their Olympic regatta.

How’s this for an exciting set up for a medal race? The top four sailors in the Laser Radial class will enter the medal race on Monday in a virtual dead heat. Lijia Xu of China, Marit Bouvmeester of the Netherlands, Annalise Murphy of Ireland, and Evi Van Acker of Belgium have either 33 or 34 points after 10 races.