‘It’s Just Not a Good Feeling’: Dickson and Waddilove Talk Anguish of Missing Out on 49er Medal in Paris 2024

26th October 2024

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Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove in Marseille for the 49er competition at Paris 2024 Credit: Robert Deaves

Writing in Saturday’s Irish Times (26 October), Malachy Clerkin tells “the agonising story” of how Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove lost out on an Olympic medal at Paris 2024.

The 49er duo finished one place shy of the podium after a tremendous performance throughout their week in Marseille only blemished by a miscalculation in the medal race, believing they’d made a false start when in fact they hadn’t.

“It was pretty tough,” Dickson told Clerkin about the end result. “It was especially tough because of the position we were in all week. We had the blue bibs for second place the whole way through the whole week. It definitely felt like we were sailing so well that we could get a medal.

“And I felt like I was confident that we would go out and do it. But then obviously it didn’t happen. It was really a tough, tough thing to happen. I don’t know what else there is to say. It’s just not a good feeling.”

The Irish Times has much more on the story HERE.

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