Olympic sailors compete in Japan

ENOSHIMA, Japan — The U.S. Sailing team was in Japan, Sept. 11-16, to compete at the 2018-19 World Cup Series at Enoshima, located on the coastal outskirts of Tokyo. Olympic sailors used the international regatta to compete against their world-stage equivalents while also testing one of the expected venues of the 2020 Tokyo Games. “The World Cup Series events are spaced out well which allows our athletes to complete training blocks in between events and then use World Cups to measure their progress in certain areas of focus,” Malcolm Page, U.S. Sailing’s Chief of Olympic Sailing, said in a released statement. “The ultimate measurement might not always be in the results, but in the overall process they are working on with their coach.” More than 30 Olympic medalists and eight recent world champions were among the 450 sailors from 45 countries competing in the World Cup Series event. “Our primary goal at the events in Enoshima, Japan this year is to learn the Olympic environment,” Page said. “While great results are always welcome, they aren’t our main focus right now. We’re working to get comfortable on the Enoshima race course to help picture what it will look like in two years’ time during...