Kingussie sailor Fynn Sterritt moving up the leaderboard in 49ers at Paris Olympics
Kingussie’s Fynn Sterritt and teammate James Peters have advanced to eighth overall in the 49er (Men’s Skiff) at the Olympic Games.
The pair banked much improved sixth, fifth and fourth in their three races yesterday and are now at the halfway point of their event at Marseille.
Sterritt said: “We were feeling good after Monday. Obviously the scores looked a bit tricky but we felt like we were doing quite a lot of things well.
“And then in these races it felt like more of the luck went our way.
“We were executing on our plan really, really well and dominating the starting areas that we needed to. It felt like everything we were doing on Monday sort of paid off today, so I'm happy.”
James said: “I think the momentum is there for us now and we're building up through.
“We're just going to keep doing what we're doing. So much can change. Those guys at the top currently look very strong but it can all go wrong very quick.
“We’ve got to be there putting pressure on and they're seeing that top teams like us starting to come through and they're going to be looking at us over their shoulders.
“We're going to just keep applying that pressure and keep doing what we're doing.”
Three more races are scheduled for today with race 7 due to get underway at around 1.35pm.
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