China’s Xu Lijia sails to Laser glory

China’s Xu Lijia (picture) won the Olympic Games women’s Laser sailing gold medal yesterday with Dutchwoman Marit Bouwmeester taking silver and Evi Van Acker of Belgium winning bronze. Also yesterday, Tom Slingsby secured gold for Australia as he...

China’s Xu Lijia (picture) won the Olympic Games women’s Laser sailing gold medal yesterday with Dutchwoman Marit Bouwmeester taking silver and Evi Van Acker of Belgium winning bronze. Also yesterday, Tom Slingsby secured gold for Australia as he topped the men’s Laser podium by seeing off the threat of Pavlos Kontides, whose silver is Cyprus’s first medal in Olympic history.

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