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Rochdale sailor Stuart Bithell joins forces with ex-rival to clinch heart-thumping Olympic gold

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Sign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond Stuart Bithell nearly called time on his Olympic dream after missing out on selection but five years later, with the rival who pipped him, he struck gold.

Bithell is one of the most popular characters in the British Sailing team, winning silver at London 2012. And on a famous day on the waters of Sagami Bay, British sailors securing double gold and a silver, there were few more popular winners.

This regatta largely goes unnoticed for the first week of the Games - races are staged, weather delays, points are accumulated and bad results discarded.

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