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Olympic-Eights Gold leaves British cox jumping with joy but not in water

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Harry Brightmore, coxswain of Britain’s men's 8s team on the last day of rowing was ecstatic about the victory. However, he took care not to slip into the water before the ceremony. Brightmore, 30, led his team to victory. They dominated the race and cruised home in front of the Netherlands.

Olympics-Badminton-China's Huang leaves Paris with a gold medal and a diamond ring

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Huang Yaqiong, the Chinese gold medalist in mixed doubles, had just left the podium at the Paris Olympics when Liu Yuchen - the silver medalist from Tokyo for men's duals - got down to one knee. Huang, with her partner Zheng Siwei, defeated…

Dutch rower Florijn creates a golden moment for the Olympics with a simple plan

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Karolien Flijn, a Dutch woman rower who had dominated the competition for a whole week, went into the final of her single-sculls women's event with an extremely simple strategy. It paid off as she won gold ahead of New Zealand's Emma Twigg.

French hope that wind and tide can boost medal count

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

After years of studying the currents and wind swirling in the bay near Marseille, France's sailing teams has done all they can to maximize their Olympic advantage. The sailors are analyzing data about wind, tide, and past regattas to find the most effective strategies.

Olympics-Rowing-Florijn and Zeidler wins single sculls golds, Romania and Britain win eights

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Karolien Flijn, a Dutch rower, won the final of women's single-sculls in 7:17.28. Emma Twigg from New Zealand took silver while Lithuanian Viktorija Senkute was awarded bronze. Oliver Zeidler, a German world champion and neutral athlete from Belarus, won the men's delayed race.

Olympics-Multi-tasking cox is one over the eight

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

The coxswains may be the ones who put in the smallest amount of effort, but without them, the eights teams competing in the final on Saturday would have little chance to make the podium. Modern coxes are responsible for steering, instructing and executing the race plan.

The first cargo to be shipped from Mexico's Altamira Liquefied natural gas facility is for domestic consumption

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

New Fortress Energy, a U.S.-based energy company, plans to ship the first LNG cargo to a Mexican port this month. The gas will be used to generate electricity. After long delays, the LNG plant located at Altamira off Mexico's Atlantic Coast…

Olympics-Sailing-Spain sail to men's skiff gold after Dutch women survive scare to triumph

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Spain's Diego Botin, along with Florian Trettel won the Olympic gold medal in men's sailing skiff on Friday. The Netherlands' Odile Van Aanholt, and Annette Duetz took the overall win for the women's race despite an error made under pressure.

After medal winning, France's "Mama team" duo receives marriage proposals

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

When Sarah Steyaert, a French woman skiff sailor and Charline Pichon returned to shore after winning Olympic Bronze on Friday their partners proposed. Steyaert & Picon were both "oui", as their partners said, while they shared an emotional moment with their families at a nearby bar.

The British lightweight pair's Olympic-Tokyo suffering is transformed into Paris glory

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Imogen Grant, Emily Craig and the British pair in lightweight sculls were able to wash away the agony they felt after missing the podium in Tokyo by a hundredth of a sec on Friday when they took home the gold in dominant style. It was a sweet victory…

Olympics: Irish eyes in Paris smile as O'Donovan repeats it

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Ireland's Paul O'Donovan won the lightweight men's sculls for the second time in a single Games, thrilling the thousands of supporters in green who came to watch him create Olympic history for his country. O'Donovan, who won silver with his brother Gary in Rio in 2016…

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

The Olympics begin on Friday with the start of athletics. Home crowd favorite Leon Marchand will be aiming for his fourth gold at the Paris Games, and French judo legend Teddy Riner is chasing a fourth Olympic medal. Olympic champions in the…

Olympics-Rowing-Croatia celebrate, Irish dominate, Brits find redemption at Olympic regatta

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Valent Sinkovic, 36, celebrated his birthday by winning another gold in the men's pairs. Paul O'Donovan & Fintan Mccarthy of Ireland also won a convincing victory at the Paris Games as they closed out the era of lightweight sculls. Sinkovic…

Financial Times - Aug 2

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

These are the most popular stories from the Financial Times. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. After a lengthy investigation into accusations of corruption by UK listed commodity trader Glencore in Africa…

Olympics-Sailing-Wilson and Morris guarantee Britain and Australia medals in windsurfing finals

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

The women's final of windsurfing and the men's final were held on Thursday. Emma Wilson from Britain and Grae Moriss, an Australian, both secured Olympic medals. However the sailing medal race was postponed because two attempts to decide the men's skiff were abandoned.

Olmypics-Canoeing-Stunned De Gennaro says wait for gold longest 10 minutes of life

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

Giovanni De Gennaro’s gold medal win in the single kayak slalom finale on Thursday brought an end to three years of suffering for the Italian. He had finished 15th at Tokyo, a performance that fueled his success in Paris. De Gennaro, who was the last racer on the course…

Fincantieri to get Italy's chief auditor of state as its chairman

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

A company announcement said that the board of Fincantieri, Italy's state-owned shipbuilder, selected Biagio Mzzotta as its chairman. He is currently head of Italy's state audits, which reports to Italy’s Economy Ministry. Mazzotta replaces Claudio Graziano who passed away in June.

Telecom Italia CEO is confident about submarine units and tower stake sales

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

Pietro Labriola, the chief executive of Telecom Italia (TIM), expressed his confidence in the sale of Sparkle, the company that owns the submarine cables unit and TIM’s remaining interest in INWIT, the telecom towers firm. TIM wants to earn around one billion euro ($1.1 billion)…

Olympic Rowing-New Zealand's sculls lead the rowing gold rush in Paris Games

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

New Zealand, Romania and Netherlands won all the gold medals as the Olympic double sculls & fours competitions attained their climax in Paris on Thursday morning, after a thrilling race at Vaires-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium. The Kiwi team of Brooke Francis…

Olympics: Swedish athlete hopes to win gold with lucky flag manicure

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

Vilma Böbeck, a Swedish skiff sailer who has a longstanding tradition of matching the color of her nails with the kite sail's colour will hope that this ritual will bring the team Olympic Gold on Thursday. Bobeck, the Swedish woman's skiff's skipper…

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