Rio Olympic Women: Sailing cousins Lisa Darmanin and Jason Waterhouse race to silver

JUST two days ago Lisa Darmanin left the water in tears. On Wednesday morning she left it to go and collect a silver medal. Our Play of the Day.

Cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin after winning their silver.

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JUST two days ago Lisa Darmanin left the water in tears.

On Wednesday morning she left it to go and collect a silver medal with her cousin and skipper Jason Waterhouse.

The Sydney sailors finished second in the new Olympic mixed class, the Nacra 17, in Rio after a gritty fightback in the polluted Rio waters.

And for this she earns Swoop Play of the Day.

Australia’s Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin win the silver medal in the Nacra 17 mixed class.

The cousins ended up just a single point off gold but their comeback for silver was still quite remarkable.

A bad day earlier this week saw the cousins plumett from first to fourth and put their challenge for a medal of any colour in serious jeopardy.

But rallying, the pair came out hard in the final, double-points medal race, to finish the regatta with a silver.

The medal comes at their first Olympic Games together and bodes well for Tokyo in four years time.

Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin celebrate after winning the silver medal in Rio.

Earlier team mate Tom Burton ended a three day drought to win gold in the single-handed Laser class.

“It is a little bit bitter sweet,’’ Darmanin said.

“I am not going to lie. But we sailed an incredible medal race. We could not have done any more out there.”