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Meanwhile a second place silver medal in windsurfing.
Rio Olympics 2016: Windsurfer Nick Dempsey wins historic silver medal in RS:X
Dempsey won silver for the second Games in a row
Britain's Nick Dempsey retired on a high after becoming the first male windsurfer to win three Olympic medals.
Dempsey, 36, won silver in the RS:X at Rio 2016, following a bronze in 2004 and silver in London four years ago.
The two-time world champion was guaranteed second place behind Dutch gold medallist Dorian van Rijsselberghe going into Sunday's medal race.
Van Rijsselberghe capped his victory by winning the medal race, with Dempsey coming in fourth.
Dempsey, competing in his fifth Olympic Games, celebrated his 36th birthday on Saturday knowing he was already assured of a silver medal ahead of the final race of his career.
Van Rijsselberghe, 27, beat the Briton to gold in 2012 and had an unassailable advantage of 23 points going into the medal race.
Dempsey's coach Dom Tidey said: "What a way to go out. There was no stress and he could soak it all up. Hopefully it's not his last race at an Olympics, I'm going to try to convince him to do another!"
All the talk now is of whether British sailing’s golden couple try to add to the family haul — which now consists of two golds, a silver and the bronze which Dempsey claimed in Athens — in Rio de Janeiro in four years’ time.
Dempsey, whose windsurfing class has been controversially axed from the 2016 programme, a decision which is the subject of a legal challenge from the International RS:X Class Association, dropped a broad hint that he would at least like to try his hand at kite-boarding, the class which has replaced his own.
“I’m going to reflect and then I’m going to announce what I’m going to do,” he said before adding: “I have ordered some kites. I might go on a little kite-surfing holiday.”
But with Ayton also said to be hankering after a return to Olympic sailing, Dempsey admitted things were still up in the air.
He has already ruled out a joint assault on the new mixed catamaran class — “It would end in tears,” he said last week. “My tears.” — and says he couldn’t imagine calling time on his own career.
“I’m not sure I would,” he laughed when asked if he would be prepared to look after the children as Ayton has done. “She is a better parent than me. She is far better at looking after the kids than I am. I don’t really fancy being a full-time dad. I don’t know how she does it on her own. I could not do it. But yeah, we need to discuss that more.”
For now, he is just looking forward to spending at least some time with his family, and delivering on that promise to Thomas. “It [the medal] will hang on the end of his bed I’m sure and get thrown down the stairs,” he said.
Bryony Shaw, a bronze medallist in Beijing, finished seventh in the women’s RS:X but Britain’s sailors are well placed to pick up medals in three more classes. Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell, sailing in their first Games in the men’s 470, are assured of silver at least.
Heading into Thursday’s medal race they trail the Australian pair by just four points.
Their female counterparts Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark also lie second in class, four points behind the New Zealand pair with two more fleet races today before Friday’s medal race.
And the Match Race Girls, Annie Lush and Lucy and Kate Macgregor, are tied at 1-1 in their quarter-final with Russia. The best-of-five series will be completed on Wednesday.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36688211
Rio Olympics 2016: Windsurfer Nick Dempsey wins historic silver medal in RS:X
Dempsey won silver for the second Games in a row
Britain's Nick Dempsey retired on a high after becoming the first male windsurfer to win three Olympic medals.
Dempsey, 36, won silver in the RS:X at Rio 2016, following a bronze in 2004 and silver in London four years ago.
The two-time world champion was guaranteed second place behind Dutch gold medallist Dorian van Rijsselberghe going into Sunday's medal race.
Van Rijsselberghe capped his victory by winning the medal race, with Dempsey coming in fourth.
Dempsey, competing in his fifth Olympic Games, celebrated his 36th birthday on Saturday knowing he was already assured of a silver medal ahead of the final race of his career.
Van Rijsselberghe, 27, beat the Briton to gold in 2012 and had an unassailable advantage of 23 points going into the medal race.
Dempsey's coach Dom Tidey said: "What a way to go out. There was no stress and he could soak it all up. Hopefully it's not his last race at an Olympics, I'm going to try to convince him to do another!"
All the talk now is of whether British sailing’s golden couple try to add to the family haul — which now consists of two golds, a silver and the bronze which Dempsey claimed in Athens — in Rio de Janeiro in four years’ time.
Dempsey, whose windsurfing class has been controversially axed from the 2016 programme, a decision which is the subject of a legal challenge from the International RS:X Class Association, dropped a broad hint that he would at least like to try his hand at kite-boarding, the class which has replaced his own.
“I’m going to reflect and then I’m going to announce what I’m going to do,” he said before adding: “I have ordered some kites. I might go on a little kite-surfing holiday.”
But with Ayton also said to be hankering after a return to Olympic sailing, Dempsey admitted things were still up in the air.
He has already ruled out a joint assault on the new mixed catamaran class — “It would end in tears,” he said last week. “My tears.” — and says he couldn’t imagine calling time on his own career.
“I’m not sure I would,” he laughed when asked if he would be prepared to look after the children as Ayton has done. “She is a better parent than me. She is far better at looking after the kids than I am. I don’t really fancy being a full-time dad. I don’t know how she does it on her own. I could not do it. But yeah, we need to discuss that more.”
For now, he is just looking forward to spending at least some time with his family, and delivering on that promise to Thomas. “It [the medal] will hang on the end of his bed I’m sure and get thrown down the stairs,” he said.
Bryony Shaw, a bronze medallist in Beijing, finished seventh in the women’s RS:X but Britain’s sailors are well placed to pick up medals in three more classes. Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell, sailing in their first Games in the men’s 470, are assured of silver at least.
Heading into Thursday’s medal race they trail the Australian pair by just four points.
Their female counterparts Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark also lie second in class, four points behind the New Zealand pair with two more fleet races today before Friday’s medal race.
And the Match Race Girls, Annie Lush and Lucy and Kate Macgregor, are tied at 1-1 in their quarter-final with Russia. The best-of-five series will be completed on Wednesday.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36688211
Loool. I know what you did there.
GO TEAM GREAT BRITAIN.
. 1 gold medal away from China. 
