Tokyo 2020: Curtain call for Finn Class

The Finn, the Men’s Heavyweight Dinghy event, is the oldest boat at the Olympic Games, making its debut at the 1952 edition when Denmark’s four-time Olympic Champion Paul Elvstrom won the event in Helsinki. But that run comes to an end at the Tokyo Olympics as the event did not fit into the reconfigured sailing program for Paris 2024.

For the past two decades, Great Britain has won this event at every Games since 2000 when Iain Percy took gold on Sydney Harbour. Sir Ben Ainslie won three consecutive gold medals from 2004 to 2012 before passing on the baton to Giles Scott who won in Rio 2016. While Scott was the clear favorite for the last Games, this time the Briton really has his work cut out if he’s to defend the title…

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