Gold for Dorset sailor at Tokyo 2020

Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre have claimed another win for Team GB at this summer's Olympics

Published 4th Aug 2021

Sailors Hannah Mills and partner Eilidh McIntyre have won gold in the sailing at Tokyo 2020.

The pair came first in sailing's 470 class, winning Team GB their 14th gold medal in the competition.

Poole's Hannah Mills has now become the most successful Olympic sailor.

In Rio she won gold in the same class and silver at London 2012.

She was also the flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympics this year. She carried the union flag along with rower Mohamed Sbihi.

In an interview before Tokyo 2020 started, Mills told us it was an honour to be chosen as flagbearer:

"To be asked to carry the flag for Team GB at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is not a sentence I ever thought I’d say.

"When I was told I had been chosen, it was completely overwhelming and when I had a moment to think about what it meant I got pretty emotional.

"It is the greatest honour in my career and I hope more than ever before that this games can lift our country and deliver some incredible sporting moments to inspire the nation."

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