Paris 2024 Sailing: All results, as Italy sail to back-to-back Olympic mixed multihull gold

Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti clinched back-to-back Olympic titles after winning gold in the mixed multihull on Thursday, 8 August.

After success at Tokyo 2020, the Italian duo sailed into the history books in Marseille after becoming the first athletes to win two golds in the event since its introduction at Rio 2016.

"We are very happy," Tita said. "We knew before starting this cycle the first thing was to win again the Games (Olympics). We did it with purpose, we made it.”

The medal race was initially scheduled for Wednesday but was pushed back 24 hours because of a lack of wind.

"Yesterday I was so tired, it was very hot, we waited for two hours in the water," Banti explained. "I think we recovered well and this morning we were ready to go out and do our best medal race."

Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco won silver, their nation’s first medal in the event in eight years, as Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson earned New Zealand their first medal in the event after crossing the line to take bronze.

"I think we probably had one of the best weeks in our sailing careers, both of us," an emotional Majdalani told reporters. "We sailed at a level we’ve never done, in this week, so it’s amazing."

The New Zealand pair finished ahead of John Gimson and Anna Burnet of Great Britain, who were punished in the medal race for being on the wrong side of the starting line and finished fourth overall.

Team GB were among the favourites to medal but a dejected Burnet said after the race, "Obviously, it was a brutal moment, but that's sport and life goes on".

Sailing: Mixed multihull podium

Gold: Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti, Italy

Silver: Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco, Argentina

Bronze: Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson, New Zealand

All results on Olympics.com