Austrian duo win gold in mixed-gender dinghies on scheduled last day of sailing Olympics
Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr of Austria celebrate after the 470 mixed dinghy medal race during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Marseille, France. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr of Austria won gold Thursday in a very tight medal race in the mixed-gender dinghy, a new Olympic sailing category.
Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Japan won silver and Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson of Sweden took bronze in the event, also known as 470.
The 470 and the multihull Nacra 17 are mixed-gender events in the 2024 Olympics, the first with equal medal opportunities for men and women.
Italy’s Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti of Italy won the mixed multihull race later Thursday in Marseille. Mateo
Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco of Argentina got silver while Britain’s John Gimson and Anna Burnet took the bronze.
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