Sailor Matt Wearn was made to wait before winning Australia’s 15th gold medal of the Paris Olympics with victory in the men’s dinghy final
Sailor made to wait before successful defence of Tokyo crownAustralia has won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men’s dinghy sailing, after sailor Matt Wearn defended his Tokyo gold medal in light Marseille conditions on Wednesday afternoon.
The Australian’s skill over eight qualifying races gave him a 14-point lead over Cyprus’s Pavlos Kontides, meaning Wearn could do no worse than finish with the silver medal on the waters of Marseille. But his dominance in the class was again on show, Wearn putting in a canny performance to win the race and secure the gold medal.
Kontides got a slight jump on Wearn in the opening stages, with the London 2012 silver medallist passing around the first marker in second, seven seconds ahead of his Australian rival. Wearn dropped a position on the run to the second marker, before a clever tack around the third marker saw him overtake Kontides – who seemed to protest, but to no avail.
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