The Women’s Dinghy competition concluded today in Marseille –sailing venue of Paris 2024 Olympic Games– with fantastic news for our European representatives, achieving all three Olympic medals for the third time in a row, reaffirming their worldwide dominance in the ILCA 6 class.
Marit Bouwmeester NED managed to win her second Gold medal today and the fourth one in a row (Gold in 2016 and 2024, Silver in 2012, and Bronze in 2020) to become the most successful female Olympic sailor ever, surpassing Great Britain’s two-time Olympic champion, Hannah Mills.
I have so much respect for Line and Anne-Marie, we push each other all the way. There’s a mutual respect between us –Marit Bouwmeester NED.
Defending champion Anne-Marie Rindom DEN secured Silver, marking her third consecutive Olympic medal and completing her set (Gold in 2020 and Bronze in 2016).
It’s huge just to get to an Olympic Games so to secure a medal is amazing. It’s really hard to perform at an Olympics and it’s been nerve-wracking, but I kept fighting right to the end. I don’t think this was my last race – Anne Marie Rindom DEN.
Bronze went to the first-ever Olympic medalist Line Flem Høst NOR, meaning also the first medal for her country in women’s dinghy sailing.
You never know what can happen in a race so I tried to keep it cool and stay where I thought it would be best and on the last downwind I saw it was going to go my way and that was amazing – Line Flem Høst NOR.
In addition, eight out of the top ten sailors competing in today’s Medal Race represented European countries, finishing the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the following places:
- Marit Bouwmeester NED 🥇🇳🇱
- Anne Marie Rindom DEN 🥈🇩🇰
- Line Flem Host NOR 🥉🇳🇴
- Maud Jayet SUI 🇨🇭
- Chiara Benini Floriani ITA 🇮🇹
- Elena Vorobeva CRO 🇭🇷
- Emma Plasschaert BEL 🇧🇪
- Sarah Douglas CAN 🇨🇦
- Erika Reineke USA 🇺🇸
- Louise Cervera FRA 🇫🇷
Congrats, girls!!!
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The EurILCA Team
Report by Agustín Argüelles – EurILCA | Photos by World Sailing / Lloyd Images / Sander van der Borch.
