GILES Scott has won Olympic gold, Britain’s second sailing medal of Rio 2016, in the Finn heavyweight dinghy class today.
Scott, who is based on Portland, went into today’s double points medal race knowing that, providing he successfully competed in today’s race, he could not be knocked off the top of the podium, with a 24-point lead over Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) in silver medal position.
And a second in the race, which was won by Caleb Paine (USA), confirmed Scott’s gold medal on his Olympic debut, with a final 32-point victory margin.
Scott’s victory means that Britain has now won the Finn men’s heavyweight dinghy class as the last five Olympics.
Zbogar was confirmed as winning the silver medal, after finishing sixth in today’s Medal Race, while Medal Race winner Paine claimed bronze.
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