Veterans of the Tokyo games, sailors Seán Waddilove and Robert Dickson are hoping to make their experience count in the double-handed skiff at the Olympics
Veterans of the Tokyo games, the two members of Howth Yacht Club are hoping to make their experience count in the double-handed skiff at the Olympicsregatta in a double-handed skiff, still Seán Waddilove can take some inspiration perhaps from his former classmate Ciarán Frawley as his preparations continue this week in France.
“But there’s myself from Skerries, and also in the Rugby Sevens there’s Hugo Lennox, who qualified for Tokyo as well. So this is his second Olympics too. Skerries is a relatively small town, and to have two Olympians for the second time is unbelievable.”Daragh Walsh quietly confident for Ireland men’s hockey team at Paris Olympics
They had risen to seventh overall by that halfway stage, then dropped back to 13th. Although they still won their final race, they missed out on the medal showdown race. “What happened basically was, we had tested the harnesses, but it was a few months beforehand. It has a hydrophobic layer, so basically they were soaking up more water, and it ended up 90 grams too heavy. So very, very little, but that was enough, and they disqualified us from two races because of it.”
What is certain is that experience will stand to them in Marseille, home to the Irish Sailing squad for much of the winter. Ten years ago, Waddilove and Dickson also spent their transition year in La Rochelle, staying at a boarding school during the week and a host family at weekends“I think it made a big difference in our sailing careers,” says Waddilove.
Dickson agrees: “I think a good balance is good, especially the personalities inside the boat. Whenever you’re communicating together a lot, it’s good to get different perspectives as well.
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