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Olympics-Sailing-Dinghy medal races pushed back to Wednesday with breeze in flux

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By Alexander Smith
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – The men’s and women’s dinghy Olympic medal races were postponed to Wednesday, with officials eventually deciding there was not enough wind for them to proceed, after sailors in both events had waited for hours for the breeze to stabilise.

Gold and silver in the women’s event had been effectively wrapped up by Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands and Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark on Monday, with only the bronze medal still to be decided.

In the men’s dinghy, Australian Matt Wearn and Cypriot Pavlos Kontides are set for a potential head-to-head tactical ‘match race’ for Olympic gold.

Wearn, 28, leads with the lowest points score in the series going into the double-points medal race, with Kontides, 34, the only sailor in the 10-boat fleet who can theoretically beat him to gold. Sailing operates on a low-points scoring system.

(Reporting by Alexander Smith; Editing by Ed Osmond)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content.

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