admits he has enjoyed the 鈥渉uge luxury鈥� of having two days to reflect on his achievement after he sailed to Finn gold in Rio聽yesterday (Tuesday 16 August).
Southampton alumnus Scott went into yesterday鈥檚 medal race knowing that, providing he successfully competed, he could not be knocked off top spot, with his nearest rival Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) 24-points behind.
The 29-year-old was never going to聽simply cruise around Guanabara Bay and, just as he has throughout the entire regatta, proved his dominance downwind as he moved from fourth, at the first mark, to second at mark two, where he stayed.
Yesterday’s medal聽race was won by Caleb Paine (USA), who claimed bronze, while Zbogar claimed the silver medal, with a final 32-point victory margin for the Brit.
Scott said: 鈥淚t’s not often you can say you’ve won an Olympic聽medal before the Medal Race. We knew coming into Rio that the racing wasn’t going to be easy and regardless of form, it was always going to be a hard week, and it certainly was that.
Scott鈥檚 victory means that Britain has now won the Finn men鈥檚 heavyweight dinghy class聽at the last five Olympics 鈥� Iain Percy (Sydney 2000), Ben Ainslie (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012) and Scott (Rio 2016).
“I’m going to have a few weeks off, but then the whip will come out I’m sure. I’m just looking forward to getting back home after the Olympic closing ceremony.” Scott commented.
and Nicola Groves went into Tuesday’s Nacra class medal race knowing a podium finish was a long shot and so it proved as they crossed the line ninth in the race to confirm the same position in overall standings.
鈥淭he whole Olympic experience is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before, so I think you can take so much out of that and onto whatever you decide to do next.” said Ben.