Inside secret program churning out Aussie sailing gold medalists
He’s Australia’s latest Olympic champion but Matt Wearn is also a product of a sailing factory with closely guarded secrets mining gold medals at four consecutive Olympic Games
Sailing
Wearn’s extraordinary comeback from couch to sailing gold
Two years ago Matt Wearn was struggling to get off the couch, find motivation and eat enough food to stop kilos falling from his lean body. Today he is a gold medallist after a crazy day at sea.
Helmet, knife, impact vest! New Olympic sport debuts with a bang
Helmet, knife, impact vest. Check. About the only things missing from Australian sailor Breiana Whitehead’s James Bond style sailing kit are a microchip implant and a martini shaker.
‘We’re up for the fight’: Aussie sailing crew emerge in medal hunt
They are besties from way back and while without a big win in an international regatta together this crew of Aussie battlers could be in with a show of a surprise medal in Marseille.
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Vinegar, Vaseline: Household items helping Aussie sailors foil rivals
They are things you could find in any kitchen, bathroom cupboard or home tool kit and they are part of Australia’s mission to rule the waves in Marseille.
Dressed for danger! Super-fast windsurfers steal sailing show
The newest Olympic sailing class – where guns dress for danger with impact vests and helmets – kicked off in a light breeze but the coolest kids in the sport still stole the show.
Drones and spying eyes, one of the most watched Aussies in Paris
Drones, cameras, boatloads of coaches. Our top medal hope in sailing at the Olympics is used to being a marked man and nothing has changed in Marseille.
Game on! Everything a competition for sailing debutant
Cards, monopoly, putting up a tent. This Olympic debutant can’t help turning everything into a competition and it could be the secret of her success as she hunts breeze and history in Paris.
From ‘idiot’ to top gun in chase for historic sailing medal
The youngest member of our sailing team has roared into top spot in the race for a historic gold but its oldest and youngest female are out of the chase for a podium at the Paris Games.
‘I’ve got to stop being an idiot’ Sailor foiled by 60 second rule
In a sport where you can still win even when last in a race and its often better to go the long way than the direct route, sailing threw another curve ball at one of Australia’s medal hopes.
‘30 knots to zero’: Handy item a horror hazard for our sailors
It’s more dangerous than a multiple Olympic champion or young gun on a hot streak. What our sailors fear most during their campaigns off Marseille.
Rugby tactics foil bruising crashes
Grae Morris loves nothing more than cracking a crash highlight reel by pushing himself to the limits in the edgy new foiling windsurfer class – as long as it not at the Olympics.
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