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Matt Belcher and crew Will Ryan secured gold in the Men s 470 Olympic Sailing competition in style winning the medal race. Andy Rice reports.
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) have won gold in the Tokyo 2020 470 Men’s Olympic Sailing regatta, with Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom (SWE) taking silver and Jordi Xammar and Nico Rodriguez (ESP) bronze.
Out of the start it was even between the leading contenders for silver and bronze – Spain and Sweden. Both teams made good starts in the light wind conditions, the crews working hard to power the boat through the waves using kinetic bouncing.
Mat Belcher has become Australia s most successful sailor in Olympic history after teaming up with Will Ryan to win the men s 470 gold medal in Tokyo.
Mat Belcher and Will Ryan have secured Australia s second sailing gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in style, winning the 470 medal race that served as a ceremonial victory lap.
Belcher and Ryan held an unassailable lead at the start of Wednesday s finale, as was the case when fellow sailor Matt Wearn secured one of Australia s four gold medals on a record-breaking Sunday.
Mathew Belcher (left) and Will Ryan of Team Australia celebrate winning gold in the Men s 470 class on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Enoshima Yacht Harbour
Great Britain, Australia add more gold as sailing wraps up
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Hannah Mills (left) and Eilidh McIntyre float with the flag after winning gold Wednesday on the last day of Tolyo Olympic sailing competition.
By: Beau Dure
and last updated 2021-08-04 03:39:51-04
The gold medals were essentially formalities Wednesday on the last day of sailing competition of the Tokyo Olympics, but the other medals were in doubt up until the very end.
Australia s
Mat Belcher and
Will Ryan needed to do little more than make it safely around the course in the men s 470 medal race but went out and won it anyway for an emphatic finish. Sweden s
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