Andy Rice reports from the Olympic Sailing in Tokyo 2020 on the heart break of just missing out on the top of the podium and the mental fortitude required to make it in the cut and thrust of Olympic competition.

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Italy's Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti completed a dominant Olympic Sailing cycle in the mixed multihull to take gold in Tokyo 2020

The Italian pairing of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti have been the standout performers in the Nacra 17 class since …Continue reading »

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The Brits beat favourites New Zealand in the 49er Olympic Sailing regatta, while Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze make it two in a row in the 49erFX

The Men’s and Women’s Olympic Skiff fleets saw some tense racing for their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing medal races, with …Continue reading »

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Giles Scott takes the last ever Finn Olympic Sailing gold medal in a highly tense and close final medal race, completing 21 years of British dominance

Iain Percy, Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott. These three British sailors have now between them taken every gold medal in …Continue reading »

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Pellew is the largest Falmouth pilot cutter launched in Britain for more than 150 years, but represents something even greater, as James Stewart discovers

The upper reaches of the River Truro are not an obvious source of sailing innovation. No foiling cats fly over …Continue reading »

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