Bouwmeester most decorated female Olympic sailor

Marit Bouwmeester of nan Netherlands has go nan astir dressed up female Olympic sailor by claiming dinghy gold.

Bouwmeester, 36, has overtaken Britain's Hannah Mills, who won 3 Olympic medals - 2 golden and 1 metallic - crossed 3 Games betwixt 2012 and 2020.

Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom won metallic successful Marseille pinch Norway's Line Flem Hoest taking bronze.

"It's bully to yet decorativeness it disconnected - it hasn't sunk successful yet," Bouwmeester said.

"I person truthful overmuch respect for Line and Anne-Marie, we push each different each nan way."

Bouwmeester won metallic astatine London 2012, golden astatine Rio 2016 and bronze astatine Tokyo 2020.

In nan men's dinghy event, Australia's Matt Wearn made it back-to-back golden medals pursuing his occurrence successful Tokyo.

Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus picked up his 2nd metallic astatine his 5th Games, and bronze was claimed by Peru's Stefano Peschiera, contempt collecting respective penalties successful nan final.

Team GB's Michael Beckett, appearing astatine his first Olympics, vanished 10th.