Tokyo Olympics 2021, Matthew Wearn, men‘s laser sailing, gold medal, when is the medal race, why hasn’t he won gold yet?

Matthew Wearn is Australia‘s latest Olympic golden boy.

Effectively, kind of, positively, however not simply but.

All Wearn should do to seal a crusing gold medal within the males‘s Laser class on Sunday afternoon is just flip up.

That‘s it. Wearn simply has to start out and end the ultimate double factors race, in any order, and gold is his.

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Wearn took an unassailable lead Friday, placing him within the uncommon place of profitable a gold medal 48 hours earlier than actually profitable it.

Norway’s Herman Tomasgaard trails in second, however by such a big margin that Wearn can cruise residence final on Sunday afternoon and nonetheless win gold.

All he must do is race clear and race to the tip, such is the magnitude of his 22-point lead via 10 races.

Wearn will clinch three consecutive gold medals for Aussies within the males‘s laser, following on from Tom Slingsby in London and Tom Burton in Rio.

Wearn completed quickest in races 7 and eight on Thursday, earlier than eighth and twelfth on Friday had been sufficient to substantiate his commanding, gold medal-winning place.

It‘s a singular place for a would-be medallist at these Video games. Let’s hope Wearn enjoys protected passage on Sunday afternoon and enjoys the type of victory lap solely afforded Tour de France winners on the ultimate stage.