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Grae Morris is hoping his first Olympic medal isn’t his last after the young Sydney windsurfer snared silver in a high-velocity final in Marseille. The 20-year-old bagged Australia’s first medal in the event since Lars Kleppich brought home bronze from Barcelona more than 30 years ago, finishing behind Israel’s Tom Reuveny in their three-sailor win-take-all showdown. Dutchman Luuc van Opzeeland, looking for his country’s fourth successive Olympic title in the event, took the bronze medal.
After the sailors were recalled for a second start, racing in the final got underway in perfect, top-end wind. In iQFOiL windsurfing, the sailors fly off the water at high speed, the boards lifted by a foil with athletes pushing speeds well above 20 knots . The three jostled for position in the early running with Morris just ahead at the first mark. But Reuveny made his move and emerged from the third buoy ahead of Morris, with the pair breaking clear of van Opzeeland.
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