Lynch sails into history books with silver
The 16-year old took advantage of his nearest rivals’ battle for the gold medal at the back of the Laser Radial boys’ fleet to finish ninth on the day, good enough to move up from third overall and secure the silver medal.
Australian Mark Spearman, lying second going into the final day, set out to beat American race leader Mitchell Kiss into last, or almost last place, which would dump him out of top spot. Lynch was aware of the showdown behind him and while Spearman clinched his gold by finishing one place ahead of Kiss in 51st place, the Irish sailor was busy working his way back up the field from 30th place. The devastated Kiss dropped off the podium entirely.
