Star boys proud after silver medal show
Written by RYA | 06 August 2012
Despite admitting their disappointment at missing out on a gold medal in yesterday’s final, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson tell us why they are still proud of their efforts
Percy and Simpson went into the medal race with an eight point advantage over nearest rivals, Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada (BRA), and 12 points ahead of Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen (SWE), in third overall.
But with a number of boats catching a final gust into the line, the Brits could not hang on to their position and agonisingly came eighth in the race, to finish two points behind Loof and Salminen with Scheidt and Prada taking bronze.
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