But a third across the finish was sufficient for Brazil to win the gold medal.
Victoria Travasco and Maria Sol (ARG) won the Medal Race by a long distance from Norway. However, up the final windward leg the Dutch pulled back two critical places, enough to get them ahead of Tamara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelo (ESP) for the bronze medal. The Dutch were now at the back, in 10th and out of the medals. On the first downwind leg, the Netherlands were fighting with Germany and Spain for the silver and bronze but Bekkering and Duetz got stuck on the outside of a slow mark rounding at the leeward gate, held up by the French team. Only three points off the lead were Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (GER).īrazil were struggling for a lane out of the start but found a gap at the committee boat in the last 10 seconds and tacked out to the right on a lonely path while the other nine boats carried on towards the left.įirst around the first mark was Argentina, Norway in second with Brazil in third and the Netherlands in fifth – advantage Brazil.
Going into the 49erFX Medal Race two high-class teams shared top spot on equal points – the Dutch double World Champions up against the Brazilians looking to defend their Olympic title from five years ago. Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) have won gold in the 49erFX with Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke (GER) taking silver and Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) bronze. It was a sensational day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition on the day that IOC President Thomas Bach experienced the sport for himself.īrazil repeated Rio gold in the Women’s Skiff – 49erFX, Italy claimed Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 gold, and Great Britain won gold medals in the Men’s Skiff – 49er and Men’s Heavyweight One Person Dinghy – Finn by the skinniest of margins.Īustralia has also all but secured gold in the 470 Men a day before the Medal Race.