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Ashley wins third Kiwi gold |
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Written by NZ Herald
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
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QINGDAO - New Zealand boardsailor Tom Ashley today won gold by the smallest of margins at the Olympic Games regatta off Qingdao. Ashley had to beat Julian Bontemps of France and Nick Dempsey from Great Britain to take the gold, and did just that in finishing third in the medal race. It was the third New Zealand gold medal of the Beijing Games and the first sailing gold since 1992, when boardsailor Barbara Kendall won off Barcelona. Ashley's path to victory was made easier when Bontemps dropped his sail at the first mark. He finished the regatta on 52 points, with Bontemps on 53. An upset Bontemps was in tears after the finish, hurling his sunglasses into the sea. Ashley was one point off the lead heading into the medal race, won by King Yin Chan of Hong Kong. Shahar Zubari of Israel was second in the medal race, a result which gave him the bronze on 58 points. Ashley was second to Chan around the first mark, 35 seconds clear of Bontemps. However, Bontemps came back hard, cutting the margin to just 12 seconds at the finish. | | |
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Written by Klubkiwi team
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
Gold: Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell, rowing, double sculls.
Gold: Valerie Vili, athletics, shot put.
Gold: Tom Ashley, yachting, boardsailing.
Silver: Hayden Roulston, cycling, 4000m individual pursuit.
Bronze: Mahe Drysdale, rowing, single sculls.
Bronze: Nathan Twaddle and George Bridgewater, rowing, pairs.
Bronze: Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan and Jesse Sergent, cycling, 4000m teams pursuit.
Bronze: Bevan Docherty, triathlon.
Bronze: Nick Willis, athletics, 1500m | | |
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Saturday, 04 November 2006 |
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Saturday, 12 June 2004 |
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