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Jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the men s 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germany. mere centimetres between them. right on the line! great britain win the medal race and with it the gold medal in tokyo 2020! if that wasn t enough drama for you, giles scott was up next in the men s finn, a class gb has won consecutively for the last six olympics. he didn t have the best of starts but quickly made up time. giles needed a top five finish to retain his gold medal. he has to start overtaking. his experience showed in the final stretch as he sailed into fourth place. giles scott at the line holds onto the gold medal! ..and into the history books. jess softley, bbc news. ....
Gold for norway, 45.94. the norwegian smashing his own world record by the best part of a second, leaving commentators reaching for the superlatives. that performance by karsten warholm is possibly the best i ve ever seen. i can t believe the time, a lot of time i ve been asked about the perfect race, i said it didn t exist, but this is the closest thing i ve ever done. a time and a talent to go down in olympic history. andy swiss, bbc news. team gb won two golds in the sailing within the space of an hour this morning. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell got first place in the men s 49er, after a nail biting race to the finish line with germany. it s the first time great britain have won a gold medal in that classification. and shortly after giles scott defended his gold medal in the men s finn. ....
Winning two gold medals within an hour. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell won the men s 49er, and then giles scott successfully defended his olympic finn title. jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the men s 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germany. mere centimetres between them. right on the line! great britain when the medal race and with it the gold medal in tokyo 2020! if that wasn t enough drama for you, giles scott was up next in the men s finn, a class gb has won consecutively for the last six olympics. he didn t have the best of starts but quickly made up time. giles needed a top five finish to retain his gold medal. he has to start overtaking. his experience showed in the final ....