Australia has won its 14th gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics after sailor Matt Wearn won the Laser class.
He secured a record-breaking fourth gold medal for Australia on Sunday following two wins in the pool and another in the BMX freestyle.
Wearn’s dominance throughout 10 regular races meant he only needed to attempt to finish the final race on Sunday to win gold.
Watching back home in Perth, his family revealed Wearn had missed his sister’s wedding to compete in Tokyo.
It was also revealed Wearn enjoyed a pre-race beer on Saturday night after setting up an unassailable lead.
Sailor Matt Wearn celebrates after another gold medal for Australia on Sunday
Wearn’s fiancee and partner of seven years, Belgian Emma Plasschaert was the 2018 world Laser radial champion.
The minor medals were up for grabs in Sunday’s race, where Croatia’s Tonči Stipanović cliched silver while Norway’s Hermann Tomasgaard claimed bronze.
It is Australia’s third consecutive Olympic sailing gold medal in the one-man class, with the 25-year-old following in the footsteps of Tom Burton (Rio 2016) and Tom Slingsby (London 2012).
Earlier on Sunday, Emma McKeon became Australia’s most successful Olympian with two gold medals within 45 minutes by winning the 50 metre freestly before teaming up with Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges and Cate Campbell in the 4x 100m women’s medley relay.
Queenslander Logan Martin then made history by winning the first Olympic Old medal in
Australia has overtaken Russia on the overall medal tally with 14 gold, three silver and 14 bronze.
More to come.
