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Emirates Team New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have achieved their mission at the Rio Olympics with a race to spare.
The reigning male ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award winners secured the gold medal in the Men’s 49er class on...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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Tre Houston might not have achieved his ambitious aim of reaching the 200 metres semi-finals, but he took plenty of satisfaction from knowing he had fulfilled his Olympic dream.
Not for a second has Houston considered himself an Olympian despite spen...
DATE: Aug 17, 2016
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Tom Slingsby is expected to resume training with his Oracle Team USA team-mates this month.
The Oracle sailing team manager, helmsman and tactician is on the mend after having surgery to replace a damaged disc in his back at the DISC Sports & Spine C...
DATE: Aug 17, 2016
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The Barra Olympic Park might be the epicentre of the Rio Games, but the heart and soul can be found 20 miles away in the vibrant and colourful Copacabana.
Measuring 1.18 million-square metres, the sprawling Olympic Park is the main hub and meeting po...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016
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Tre Houston is determined to make sure his Olympic Games are not over in a matter of seconds having already spent two weeks in Rio.
Houston said he has soaked up the Olympic experience at the athletes village in Barra da Tijuca, making the most of hi...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016
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Tre Houston will have to adopt the mindset of a hunter and ruthlessly chase down the pack if he is to achieve his 200 metres semi-final objective.
That is the view of Troy Douglas, the Bermuda head coach, who knows all about the treacherous and unfor...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016
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Tre Houston finished sixth in heat seven of the 200 metres in a time of 20.84sec at the Olympic Stadium today.
Houston, whose personal best is 20.42, had set himself an ambitious target to finish as one of the top two qualifiers to reach the semi-fin...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016
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Cecilia Wollmann admits it will be confusing switching back to sailing catamarans as part of Bermuda’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup squad now her Olympic Games are over.
Wollmann said she will have to reset her mind when she returns to Bermuda after ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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Cameron Pimentel is leaning towards committing to the next Olympic cycle in a bid to qualify for the 2020 Toyko Games after insisting: “I have so much more to give.”
Pimentel has only competed in the Laser class for two years but punched above his we...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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Shelley Pearson never truly feels alone in the single sculls thanks to a pair of socks she wore in each of her races at the Olympic Games.
A gift from her best friend and former team-mate, Mary MaGinnis, the unremarkable-looking white socks have a sy...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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