Paris 2024: Great Britain’s Emma Wilson wins women’s IQFoil bronze

Emma Wilson has won Great Britain’s first sailing medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics with bronze in the women’s IQFoil event.

The 25-year-old was guaranteed a windsurfing medal after dominating the opening series off the Marseille coast.

But Wilson had to settle for bronze in the final as Italy’s Marta Maggetti won gold and Israel’s Sharon Kantor took silver.

It is Wilson’s second Olympic medal having also won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the RS:X event, which has been replaced by IQFoil.

Wilson slumped on to her board in disappointment at the finish, having been unable to reproduce her fine form from the preliminary races.

She had finished well clear at the top of the standings after winning eight of the 14 races, coming outside the top three in just one.

That secured a bye to the final while Kantor and Maggetti went straight through to the semi-final after being second and third respectively.

The duo earned the two spots alongside Wilson in the final and the Briton started well, holding a narrow lead round the first and second marks.

But Maggetti then charged from third place to lead round marks three and four, before holding off Kantor to the finish to claim her first Olympic medal having been fourth at Tokyo.