ALISON Young moved into the overall top 10 of the Laser Radial before insisting she would scrap to the end in Rio.

Scores of seventh and 10th on the huge swell of the South Atlantic Ocean moved the former Southampton University graduate into ninth place overall with two races of their opening 10-race series to come today before Monday’s scheduled Medal Race.

With that Medal Race worth double points, Young knows that two great results today could keep her in the hunt for silverware on the final day of racing.

She is determined to keep her regatta going to the end.

Young said: "With two more races I need to scrap it out and fire myself up for it. It's been a disappointing regatta so far, but there's still plenty to fight for.

“A lot of people are up and down across the fleet, so there are opportunities out there and I'll need to nail it (on Saturday)."

Reflecting on yesterday’s races, she added: “There were opportunities on the racecourse so I managed to make some gains back, but could have given myself a bit more of a chance if I'd started a little bit better.

"It was pretty wavy out there and it was an okay day, but it wasn't great. If you round the windward mark outside the top 15, then it's going to be fairly hard work. I had to scrap pretty hard to get some results.”

The Laser Radial class is scheduled to contest an 11 race series, with two races per day on 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 August before the final one off medal race on Monday 15 August.