Maud Jayet comes away empty-handed in the final medal race of the ILCA-6 class. The Vaud native finished seventh and, in fourth place overall, missed out on the first Swiss Olympic medal in sailing for 56 years.
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Jayet's deficit on the podium was ultimately a whopping 15 ranking points. Marit Bouwmeester from the Netherlands was already crowned Olympic champion before the final tenth race. Silver went to the Danish world champion Anne-Marie Rindom, the Olympic champion from Tokyo. Bronze went to Norway's Line Flem Höst.
Jayet still had legitimate hopes of a medal before the medal race for the top ten, which had to be postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday and then by another two hours due to the light winds. In fourth place in the intermediate classification, the Vaud native was five points short (3 places in the double-counting medal race) of ousting Flem Höst from third place. However, after the patience game, the Northerner left nothing to chance and secured the medal with a confident 2nd place.
Jayet would have had to finish ahead of the Norwegian and hope that two more boats would finish in between. The 28-year-old from Lutry therefore took a lot of risks with her line choice right from the start, but the wind was not on her side.
Jayet had dreams of an Olympic medal three years after her Olympic debut in Tokyo, when she finished 19th in the same class (then still Laser Radial), and after winning two World Championship silver medals at the Games in Paris. She, who first emulated her brother Adrian on a boat at the age of seven and has been infected by the sailing virus ever since, had wanted to be the first to bring Swiss sailing a podium place at the Summer Games after many years of waiting. The last time Swiss Sailing was crowned was in 1968, when Bernhard Dunand, Louis Noverraz and Marcel Stern won silver in the 5.5 m class.