Eleven different nations won medals at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

The whole fleet takes to the water for the medal race at the National Sailing Centre and competitors are not permitted to discard the result.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark was a surprise spectator at the Youth Olympic Games sailing regatta on Tuesday.

After waiting for the wind to fill in, a tantalising 12 knot breeze called out to the sailors in the morning of day six of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Austria's in form Byte sailor, Lara Vadlau, has been spending her break days training her mind for competition by playing computer games.

Israel's Mayan Rafic enjoyed the perfect day at the National Sailing Centre on Monday, winning both races to stretch his lead in the Techno 293 Boys class - and doing so in front of his mother Michal, who had flown in from Israel to watch him.

The winds at the National Sailing Centre (NSC) on day five of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore looked promising early in the morning.

Wearing her crop top, board shorts, sunglasses and sports cap, recently retired New Zealand windsurfing legend Barbara Kendall could still pass for a competitor, but in Singapore she is staying on shore as a Youth Olympic Games athlete role model.

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Douglas (CAN) learnt to sail with her older brother Gregory Douglas (CAN) at the Island Yacht Club In Ontario.

As American windsurfer Margot Samson gets used to the media spotlight at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, she is paying particular attention to one reporter - her little sister Charlotte.

Byte sailor Nicole Van der Velden is writing her own chapter of Olympic history as the first to sail for Aruba since her country became full members of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge praised the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games on Saturday as the Games passed their halfway point in Singapore.

Prince Albert of Monaco continued his enthusiastic endorsement of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games when he took an inspection cruise of the sailing courses on Saturday.

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Rayroux has been sailing for less than two years and trains at the Societe Nautique de Geneve, where she is coached by the Argentine Ezequiel Schargorodsky.

"Oh! SIN has dropped her sail once again and ISR is closing up". Ko Jia Yun (SIN) tweets furiously from the Techno girl boat, alerting spectators to the drama unfolding on the course at the National Sailing Centre.