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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 Zealand’s high-performance program. They didn’t deliver gold, but they did deliver the team’s first...

There is one last chance for a sailing medal on Wednesday as the men's 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 the British won the tie-breaker by virtue of finishing ahead of the Kiwis in the race that mattere...

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 Kiwis. New Zealand’s sailing giants had third, sixth and second placings in three races to move t...

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 men's Laser has his last two races today, currently 14th overall needs to be in the top 10 to make the medal race. Alex Maloney and Molly Meech are 9th overall, as they head into races seven, eight and nine today.