Aussie sailors win silver despite man overboard
When sailor Will Ryan fell into Rio's Guanabara Bay, he wasn't just worried about the polluted waters.
He had the silver medal on his mind.
Ryan and teammate Mat Blecher were dealt a blow after Ryan found himself bending back off the boat.
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The Australian had lost his balance with his feet slipping off the edge of the boat.
Gusts of wind kept the boat's momentum moving, making things even harder for Ryan as his body kept swinging behind Belcher.
With the waves crashing over his head, Ryan manages to just hang on.
Lucky for the Australian pair, the fall wasn't big enough to unseat both sailors with Belcher making a one arm grab and pulling his teammate into safety.
But quick as flash the Australians recovered, overtook the Greek pair and claimed the second spot on the podium.
"I just slipped and fell straight in. Obviously Mat (Belcher) pulled me back out of the water one-handed really quickly and got me back in the boat and back into it," Ryan said.
Belcher was happy to joke about the speed with which he came to the aid of his teammate afterwards.
"I was worried about the water quality," he said of Guanabara Bay which came under fire in the lead-up to the Games because of its high levels of pollution.
Belcher now has two Games sailing medals after his 470 win in London.
"It's disappointing we didn't win. We came here to win. But to come away with silver is a great achievement," Belcher said.
Croatia won gold in the 470, while New Zealand had already wrapped up gold in the 49er before the medal race.
