into second place. by the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in. so did they. mcintyre had emulated her father mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the record place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it is mad. it is absolutely mad. growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. and thousands of miles away at cardiff bay yacht club, the celebrations could also begin.
and they were soon up into second place. by the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in. sinking in, so did they. mcintyre had emulated her father mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the record place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it is mad. it is absolutely mad. growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before and eilidh this time, i have had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. and thousands of miles away at cardiff bay yacht club, the celebrations could also begin.
sailing to glory, and jumping forjoy. a golden day for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre. and for mills, it was also an historic one. they had begun their final race with a title in their sights. all they had to do was finish the top seven and they were soon up into second place. by the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in, so did they. mcintyre had emulated herfather mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the record place with two golds while for mills there was a place in the record books with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it is mad. it is absolutely mad.
andy swiss reports. sailing to glory, and jumping forjoy. a golden day for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre. and for mills, it was also an historic one. they had begun their final race with a title in their sights. all they had to do was finish the top seven and they were soon up into second place. by the final buoy, they had dropped back to fifth, but they held their nerve, and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in. sinking in, so did they. mcintyre had emulated herfather mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills there was a place in the record place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it is mad. it is absolutely mad. growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before
and held on for victory. hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, it is gold for great britain. delight for the duo and as their achievement started sinking in, so did they. mcintyre had emulated herfather mike who won sailing gold in 1988, while for mills, there was a place in the record place with two golds and a silver, now the most successful female sailor the olympics has ever seen. it s mad. it s absolutely mad. growing up, you know, i obviously like, a lot of olympians dreamed of being here one day and standing on the podium and to do it twice, with saskia before and eilidh this time, i ve had two incredible crews to sail with, and ijust feel really lucky. and thousands of miles away at cardiff bay yacht club, the celebrations could also begin. for hannah mills family, particularly her parents, it was just as special. i was so relieved for them both, they have worked so hard,