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Six world championships in the 49er skiff and a gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics have made them the crew to beat. Add in a double America’s Cup triumphs with Team New Zealand where Burling has risen to be skipper, and they enjoy a profile that few Kiwi athletes can match. With that comes expectations and the pair carry huge hopes every time they put a foot on a boat. Those expectations undoubtedly carry through to their team mates with Burling and Tuke at the forefront of Yachting New Zealan...

There is one last chance for a sailing medal on Wednesday as the mens 470 crew of Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox had a good final day of fleet racing with a sixth and a third. That lifted them to fourth on the table for the medal race featuring the top 10 crews, and they are only six points off a bronze medal Burling and Tuke went into the medal race with a four point lead on the table. They ended on the same points as Great Britain after the medal race which had double points on offer, but...

Mark Geenty20:42, Jul 30 2021 Phil Walter/Getty Images Another Olympic gold medal is looming into view for Kiwis Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Few, if any yachties across the globe possess Peter Burling and Blair Tuke’s skill and sense of timing. The six-time 49er world champions, Rio 2016 gold medallists and America’s Cup winners sailed right into gold medal contention on Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Friday, as the Tokyo Olympics regatta reaches the business end amid a mixed regatta for the ...

Our sailors are about to get underway in the waters off Enoshima Our sailors are about to get underway in the waters off Enoshima 30 July 2021 49er defending champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke r have 3 races today and are 4th overall going into race seven. Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox in 470 are currently 5th overall, going into races five and six today. Sam Meech in the mens Laser has his last two races today, currently 14th overall needs to be in the top 10 to make the medal race....

NZ Olympic Finn class sailor selected Josh Junior was third at this months Finn Gold Cup. Photo: Robert Deaves. ); } else { // } Josh Junior knows how significant it is to have earned selection for the Tokyo Olympics in the Finn class. The 31-year-old was selected ahead of close friend and training partner Andy Maloney for the one position available to New Zealand in the heavyweight dinghy on the back of his consistently high results at pinnacle events. In 2019 he be...

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Stuff sports reporters07:30, May 28 2021 ROBERT DEAVES Josh Junior is the only New Zealander to win the Finn Gold Cup, claiming the golden goblet at the last championships held in late 2019. Sailor Josh Junior is “honoured and excited” after becoming the latest athlete to be selected for the New Zealand Olympic team, eight weeks out from the games. The 31-year-old was selected ahead of close friend and training partner Andy Maloney for the one position available to New Zealand in the heavy...

Josh Junior Photo: PHOTOSPORT Junior has been selected ahead of Andy Maloney, who also just missed out of making the Rio2016 Olympic team. The 31-year-old Wellingtonian received the nomination off the back of his consistently high results at pinnacle events. In 2019 Junior became the first Kiwi to win the Finn Gold Cup (World Championships) since its introduction in 1956. He followed that result with bronze at this months Finn Gold Cup in Portugal. Maloney won the world title in Portugal, not ...

Friday, 28 May 2021, 6:54 am Josh Junior knows how significant it is to have earned selection for the Tokyo Olympics in the Finn class. The 31-year-old was selected ahead of close friend and training partner Andy Maloney for the one position available to New Zealand in the heavyweight dinghy on the back of his consistently high results at pinnacle events. In 2019 he became the first Kiwi to win the Finn Gold Cup (world championships) since its introduction in 1956 and he followed that with bro...