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.
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‘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.
From ‘useless’ to Australian sailing’s first medallist
Three years ago internationals cold shouldered him as a training partner because they didn’t think he was good. Now the youngest iQFOiL windsurfer at the Olympics is our first sailing medallist.
Waiting game for Aussie sailing medal as another champ takes lead
Grae Morris’ medal fight on hold, Aussie favourite Matt Wearn hit the lead, a new crew hits the water and shaking hands from one debutant on a dramatic day at the sailing
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Rank outsiders! How ‘cool’ sailors could save the day
Just one Australian is in a medal ranking position heading into the Olympic sailing regatta in Marseille but the cool kids of the sport could upset the numbers game.
‘Brain fried’: Heat warning for sailors after tough opening day
Soaring heat will turn the Olympic sailing competition into a test of survival as much as a test of skill with a heat warning in play at the Marseilles venue and sailors “brain fried” after one day.
Aussie sailors walk the walk after bike, scooter, bans
It could be the weirdest preparation for an Olympics our sailors have ever done – bushwalking. But it’s come in handy thanks to a ban on bikes and scooters at the sailing venue in Marseille.
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