Tokyo 2020 – Big drama as Giles Scott overcomes false start to win Finn class gold at Olympics

Giles Scott survived an all-powerful fear to defend his Finnish title at the Tokyo Olympics.

Scott won the title in Rio, and he will go down in history as the final winner of the Finn category at the Olympics, as she will no longer appear after Tokyo.

He did it the hard way, having entered the Medal Race with a huge advantage.

Scott had been totally dominant throughout the event, and only one mistake would have kept him from winning gold.

And at the right time, Scott made a mistake at the start – a big mistake – crossing the line before the start and was forced to turn around and restart his race.

A roar of frustration summed up Scott’s feelings, as he then chased the rest of the pack.

He made superb ground upwind to take the first mark in fourth, but slipped to seventh downwind.

He turned at the third mark in the sixth and that wouldn’t have been enough to take the glory.

There was an almighty scramble after the final score of the short concluding section, with Scott out of the medals at this point as Hungarian Zsombor Berecz – who started the day second – took the lead.

Somehow Scott regained places in the final section and crossed the line in fourth position to win gold.

Berecz won silver, with bronze going to Spain’s Joan Cardona Mendez.

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