Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Rochdale sailor Stuart Bithell experienced the darker side of leading an Olympic regatta but held on to top spot in Tokyo.
Having won Tuesday’s fourth and final race to lead the standings, Bithell and Dylan Fletcher were marked men and Spain’s Diego Botin le Chever and Iago Lopez Marra got a little bit too close for comfort.
Bithell, who won Olympic silver in the 470 class in London, finished 12th in that race but the score was ‘dropped’, as the Games format allows.
They came back to finish second in the sixth race and keep the lead. “We had a target on our backs when we were leading, a lot of boats tacking on us and we weren't quite as prepared for that as
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