Paris 2024: Lynch eyes 2028 bid as Games come to end

Ireland's Finn Lynch finished eighth in the men’s dinghy medal race today, and 10th place overall, at the Olympics but said he "wanted one more crack" at the Games with his eye on Los Angeles in 2028.

The 28-year-old "was sailing for pride" and had no realistic chance of finishing on the podium after he had a false start in the final race before today’s medal race.

Sailing got under way this afternoon after a series of postponements today and over the last couple of days.

However, there was some drama at the starting line between the two main contenders for the gold medal, Australia and Cyprus.

Whistles, verbals, bumping could be seen and heard between the Cypriot and Australian sailors, but the Australian Matt Wearn got away clean with Cypriot Pavlos Kontides delayed.

Kontides needed to finish ahead of Wearn in order to take gold, but he was unable to overtake the Australian throughout the race.

It turned out to be a fourth laser class gold on the spin for Australia, and a second consecutive top spot for Wearn.

Kontides, who won the Mediterranean islands first ever medal in 2012, took silver, while Stefano Peschiera hung on to claim bronze for Peru.

Lynch was eighth on the day, coming in ahead of Peschiera and the British sailor.

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Speaking after the medal race, he admitted it had been a difficult week for him in Marseilles where the event took place but added he "wanted one more crack at it".

"Halfway through it wasn’t looking so hot, I was 25th and we had to rearrange my