Off Track ..... Belgian Brouwer in the emotional mix

A Dutchwoman, competing for Belgium, is chasing gold alongside her former boyfriend. Their biggest rival is her fiance. Step forward Carolijn Brouwer, the only female skipper in the Olympic Tornado fleet.

The 35-year-old multihull sailor starts her third Olympic Games regatta on Friday, her first for Belgium, in harness with Sebastien Godefroid. The pair finished second in the 2007 World Championships.

Lining up against them will be Brouwer's Australian fiance - six-time world champion Darren Bundock, one of the favorites for gold with Glenn Ashby.