(QINGDAO, September 12) – Saturday, September 13, is the final day of the Paralympic Sailing competition with medals to be decided in each of the three classes; the 2.4mR single-handed, SKUD 18 double-handed and Sonar three-person keelboat.

    2.4mR single-handed

    - The ever-changing leaderboard changed again on Friday when Paul Tingley (Canada) reclaimed the series lead he lost on Thursday.

    - Tingley has only a five point lead over Thursday's series leader John Ruf (United States) with Heiko Kroger (Germany) and Jens Andersen (Denmark) a further point away.

    - There is one day of racing remaining and any of the current top seven overall can win the medals in what has been enthralling competition from Day 1.

    - The medals will be decided and handed out Saturday afternoon following the final race.

    SKUD 18 double-handed

    - Nick Scandone/Maureen McKinnon Tucker (United States) mathematically clinched the gold medal on Friday, after it was determined there would be only ten races in their series.

    - There is only one point between John McRoberts/Stacie Louttit (Canada) and Dan Fitzgibbon/Rachael Cox, so the two look set to fight out silver and bronze as the others are too far behind on points to be realistic threats.

    - Saturday's weather predictions are for a replica of Friday's fluky winds, so anything is possible.

    Sonar - 3-Person Keelboat

    - Bruno Jourdren, Herve Larhant and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary are likely to do well in the pressure cooker of the final day.

    - The Australians, Germans, Greeks and Norwegians are less than seven points behind the French and the medals could be determined by a wind shift or a current change.

    - The teams that have been extra conservative for the past two days, hoping to discard the two deep races that they had at the beginning of the regatta, can breath a sigh of relief.

    - If two races are sailed on Saturday, expect all but the top three to go for broke in the eleventh and deciding race for this very tight fleet.