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With seven years as a member of US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee, and double that as an industry insider, many see former Olympic hopeful Josh Adams as ideally qualified to take over leadership of the U.S. Olympic Sailing program. Others feel his appointment will perpetuate the philosophies that left the U.S. Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider without a medal in the 2012 Olympics.

American hopeful Zach Railey made critical mistakes in the opening races of the 2012 Olympics, and as the days wore on, took bigger risks to no avail and the silver medalist from China will sit out Sunday's Medal Race.

Whether Ben Ainslie can claim his fifth medal has long been the story line of the 2012 Olympic Regatta, and Danish Finn sailor Jonas Hoegh-Christensen is the one big man standing in his way. It will all come down to the Medal Race on Sunday. The British press can hardly contain itself.

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen

Though close soon after the start of today's second race, the U.S. and British 49er teams had drastically different fortunes. The GBR team of Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes won both races and are now in second. The U.S. team of Erik Storck and Trevor Moore finished 20th and 18th and dropped from seventh to 13th and are currently not in medal contention.