RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The last guy who won the Olympic gold medal in sailing's Finn class was knighted by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace a few months after the London Olympics.
So imagine the pressure on Britain's Giles Scott, who at 29 is making his Olympic debut and following in the enormous wake of Ben Ainslie.
And if being the overwhelming favorite wasn't heavy enough, crazily shifting and then dying wind coming off hulking Sugarloaf Mountain caused mayhem in the opening Finn race of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday. Scott finished 17th, which, coupled with his third place in the second race, has him sitting 10th overall.