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RIO DE JANEIRO -- With the late-afternoon sun shining on his shaved head and the round mountains of Rio de Janeiro behind him, Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands stood in his coachs boat, smiled and flashed the hang loose sign with each hand.Van Rijsselberghe had just clinched his second straight Olympic gold medal in windsurfing. He still has to sail in the medals race on Sunday. Barring some kind of disqualification, itll merely be a victory lap before he collects his medal on the podium on Flamengo Beach, with Sugarloaf Mountain as a backdrop.For the second straight Olympics, he made it look easy.Man, can this Dutchman fly across the waves.Its unreal. I did it in London and I never expected it to happen again, said the 27-year-old van Rijsselberghe, who spends considerable time living and training in the Southern California sunshine. That it did happen again is just unreal.Britains Nick Dempsey clinched the silver. Its a repeat of the top two spots in London.The Dutchman and Briton congratulated each other after the 12th race of the series ended on the Atlantic Ocean.Van Rijsselberghe had finishes of first, first and sixth -- his lowest of the regatta -- for 23 points. Dempsey went 5-7-8 for 44 points.The bronze medal will be decided Sunday.Dempsey won three of the first four races to lead the first two days. Van Rijsselberghe won the third race and then took over, winning six of the final eight races.I was very fortunate that Nick went off like a cannon the first couple of races, because it really showed me, OK, its not going to be easy, van Rijsselberghe said. We never thought it was going to be easy, but he showed me that if you really want this, youll have to work for it. I tried, I worked for it, and I got it.Van Rijsselberghe spends considerable time in Laguna Beach, California, with his wife, Sasha, and their young daughter.The winds better in Newport, a little bit further up, and especially Long Beach, he said. The lifestyle is amazing there. The people are nice, theres mountain biking, surfing, good food, healthy. Sunshine. I like the sunshine.Van Rijsselberghe shaved his head for the second straight Olympics.Its a great excuse at the games, so my wife will allow it, he said.Does it make him go faster?No, not really, he said. Its a nice feeling. I like it. But not all the time.There were other big developments all over the boat basin.Evi Van Acker of Belgium, the first competitor to report falling ill during the games from sailing on polluted Guanabara Bay, had finishes of 12th and second as the Laser Radials returned after a day off. The defending bronze medalist, she jumped from 10th overall to seventh.Im doing better than two days ago, she said. I think I had a good day off yesterday. I was able to rest up and get some more energy. Today I had a 12th and a second so I gained some places in the overall ranking so Im pretty happy with that. Also, the conditions were a little bit lighter and not as physical as two days ago so that was good for me.Her coach believes Van Acker contracted a severe intestinal infection while training in Rio de Janeiro last month.In the mens Laser, 43-year-old Robert Scheidt went 4-5 to put himself solidly in podium position with two races to sail before the medals races. Scheidt is trying to become the first sailor and first Brazilian to win six Olympic medals. He has 50 points and is second behind Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia, who has 47 points. Tom Burton of Australia is third with 52.The womens 49er FX made its Olympic debut with Canadas Erin Rafuse and Dannie Boyd taking the lead after finishes of 5-4. Brazils Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze were tied for second with two other crews after going 9-1. Grael is the daughter of Torben Grael, who won five Olympic medals, including two golds.The mens 49ers opened with gold medal favorites Peter Burling and Blair Tuke winning twice. Racing was delayed for more than two hours due to a lack of wind, preventing a third race from being sailed. The Kiwis won the silver medal in London and then won 27 straight regattas before losing to the 2012 gold medalists, Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia, last month in the South American Championships.The Aussies had a rough opener, going 13-8 for 11th place.We havent lost the event but we definitely havent set the world on fire, said Outteridge, who also is helmsman of Swedens Artemis Racing in the Americas Cup. `It was a fine day, but were obviously looking to do better.Torben Graels son, Marco, and his crew, Gabriel Borges, are 12th.---Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at http://twitter.com/berniewilsonDenny McLain Jersey .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. 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He even considered bringing in a sports psychologist.I didnt want it to become more mental than it already was, White said Tuesday.So he waited until the offseason.Over the summer, White brought in renowned sports psychologist Spencer Wood to work with the Gators.If you can train your mind, use different methods to understand how to stay in that place -- whatever that place is for you or whatever that trigger word is for you -- or get you back into that place of calm, or confident, those type things, I think it can help you with the rest of your game as well, said White, whos in his second season in Gainesville.So far, its made a noticeable difference for Florida (2-0), which plays St. Bonaventure (1-0) in Lakeland on Thursday night.After ranking 323rd (out of 346 NCAA teams) from the foul line last season, shooting a meager 64.7 percent, Florida is up to 78.6 percent so far this season. Two games are hardly enough of a sample size to make White a believer, but he wants to think there is improvement.You hope that moving forward we can be in the same mindset, White said. Im not sure its fixed. I dont want to sit here and think were a great free throw shooting team. But what weve seen the first two games is what weve been in practice. You want that to continue, of course. Our guys are in a pretty good place.White said feedback was positive, especially from center John Egbunu, point guard Kasey Hill and forward Justin Leon. Egbunu (53.2 percent), Hill (53.8) and Leon (46.2) were among Floridas worst foul shooters last season. All three are above 70 percent through two games.ddddddddddddLeon said Wood worked with players to find their hype meter on a scale of 1 to 10, telling them they needed to play defense at a more frantic pace than offense, especially at the line.He gave me a lot of different breathing patterns, Leon added. So thats really been working for me. ... Its good to see it impact the game. That means the stuff weve been doing is working, and it shows weve taken the time to put the effort in the gym.Woods resume includes a number of college and professional teams. He worked with the Gators previously, getting invited by former Florida coach Billy Donovan before the 2010 season and helping that team deal with the psychological aspects of trying to get back to the NCAA tournament after a two-year absence. The Gators, led by Chandler Parsons, Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker, returned to the tournament.White blamed free throw shooting for his team missing the NCAA tournament last season. The Gators blew several leads, failing to put teams away late from the line, and had double-digit misses in 10 games.The Gators look considerably more confident this season. If not for newcomer Canyon Barry missing three of his first four underhanded free throws in the opener because of nerves, the Gators would have shot at least 80 percent from the charity stripe in both games.Very nice, very nice, White said. Knock on wood we continue shooting it this way. We have in practice. We just hope we continue to see that carry over. You can see it [in] their body languages, a little more confident at the foul line. ... Its a big factor for us. It kept up out of the NCAA tournament last year, single-handedly, and hopefully this year we continue shooting like this. ' ' '