Australia has won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men’s dinghy (laser) sailing, after sailor Matt Wearn defended his Tokyo gold medal in light Marseille conditions on Wednesday afternoon.
The nation’s remarkable winning run began at London 2012, through Tom Slingsby, before Tom Burton won gold at Rio 2016. Wearn, now 28, first won gold in the class three years ago at the Tokyo Games, before a composed performance in the final saw him sail away as Olympic champion once more. He is the first man to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the dinghy class.
