Giles Scott of Britain lived up to the enormous pressure of being heir apparent to Sir Ben Ainslie, the most-decorated sailing Olympian of all time with four golds and a silver, when he clinched gold in the Finn class before the medal race was sailed.
TOKYO EXPECTATIONS: Lange, now 59 and in his seventh Olympics, and Caranza will try to defend their gold medal in the Nacra 17, which is now a foiling boat, when the regatta begins at Enoshima Yacht Harbor.
ATHLETES TO WATCH: After falling just short of becoming the first sailor to win six medals in an Olympic career, Brazil’s Robert Scheidt is back to try again at age 48.
GOLD MEDAL MOMENTS: Medal races are July 31: Men’s and women’s windsurfing; Aug 1: Men’s Laser, women’s Laser Radial; Aug 2: Men’s 49er, women’s 49erFX; Aug 3: Men’s Finn, foiling Nacra 17 mixed catamaran; Aug 4: Men’s and women’s 470.