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Emirates Team New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke laid down a marker after dominating yesterday’s opening day of racing for the double-handed 49er fleet at the Summer Olympics in Rio. The 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award wi...

Cameron Pimentel produced a solid day’s sailing after finishing 39th and 34th in yesterday’s Laser class in Rio. It was a much-improved display by Pimentel who placed 45th and 42nd in the previous races on Wednesday in the worst conditions of his car...

Tyrone Smith said he felt completely lost as he ended his Olympic Games career in desperate disappointment after missing out on the long jump final. Smith hoped to challenge for a medal in his third and final Olympics but could only finish sixteenth ...

Artemis Racing sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen will start the defence of their Olympic gold medal in the 49er class today in Rio de Janeiro. The Australian pair won the gold medal at the previous Olympic Sailing Regatta in Weymouth and Port...

DeVon Bean hopes he can be a “lucky charm” for Bermuda long jumper Tyrone Smith at the Olympic Games. Bean has been identified as a long-term successor to Troy Douglas, the Bermuda head coach, and is serving as a sounding board for Smith and sprinter...

Tyrone Smith is clueless about Cup Match, does not care for codfish breakfast and would not be seen dead in a pair of Bermuda shorts. More “all-American kid” than “backatawn bie”, Smith admits he does not share the same reference points of island lif...

Rebecca Heyliger said she was disappointed with her performance in the 50 metres freestyle after failing to set a personal best at the Olympic Games today. The 23-year-old posted a time of 26.54 sec — her personal best is 26.13 — to finish sixth in h...

Shelley Pearson has qualified for the C/D rowing final after finishing second in today’s semi-final at the Lagao Rodrigo de Freitas at the Olympic Games. Pearson finished the 2,000 metres women’s singles sculls race in a time of 8min 5.78sec and will...

Tyrone Smith will have the words of Carl Lewis ringing in his ears when he competes in the long jump qualifying at the Olympic Stadium tomorrow. With his regular coach Kyle Tellez unable to travel to Rio because of illness, Lewis — one of the greates...

Rebecca Heyliger is living out her Olympic dream in Rio alongside her boyfriend and Denmark swimmer Mads Glaesner. The couple met 3½ years ago as team-mates for Trojan Swim Club at the University of Southern California and soon made a pact to try and...