What an inspiration, her strength, her pasion, dedication and determination gives her legendary staus, she is officially a superwoman. In a class of her own gargantuan in spirit, guts and grit.
The young people at The Official Test Centre will be so in awe of Emma Wilson and her haul of Olympic medals will only lift her higher into the stratosphere of super-human Olympians.
Here at The Official Test Centre we are so proud of Double Medal Winning Olympian Emma Wilson and she will go down in the history books of this sport.
As her heart weighs heavy with one lay line, one tack, our hearts are bursting with pride and admiration for our Emma and we hope all the positivity we are sending her will lift her spirits and remind her that she has so much support, love and admiration in all those that follow her incredible journey.
By Emma Nicholson.
British Sailing Team windsurfer Emma Wilson was triumphant in achieving a bronze medal in the women's windsurfing medal race off the coast of Marseille.
Emma had dominated the windsurfing races at the Marseille regatta, winning eight of the 14 qualifiers to seal a direct place in the delayed final.
Wilson was cheered on at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy by members of the British sailing team including her training partners and previous coaches as well as fellow sailors and windsurfers. Her family cheered her on in person in France.
Islay Watson is a fellow windsurfer who trains with Wilson. She said: "That was a rollercoaster to watch. Obviously, so proud of of her and that she has got her second Olympic medal.
"Devastated to watch her come across that line and have those feelings. She was head and shoulders over everyone else, and she has worked so hard to make sure that she is on that leading positioning so to have it come down to just that one lay line, one tack, is just really hard to watch.
"She will be proud of herself but that first gut reaction will be really difficult because she has put so much work into winning this."
Barrie Edgington, who coached Wilson for her Tokyo Olympic run said: "This year was the first one I have watched on this side of the TV (rather than in person).
"I am absolutely gutted for Emma. She has been the dominant sailor in this new class for the last couple of years and never lost a medal race.
"I know she is absolutely wedded to that Gold because that is who she is. It is really tough but she should be proud.
"I know her she will bounce back, she is an absolute legend."
Emma said: “It’s not OK to put people in this position every time. I had a 60-point lead at the World Championships, and a 30-point lead here. I don’t know how many times you can come back"
“I think it’s obvious I’m at a disadvantage, and I think they (sailing officials) should think about it, and think about people’s mental health as well,” said a clearly emotional Wilson afterwards.
“It’s not OK to put people in this position every time. I had a 60-point lead at the World Championships, and a 30-point lead here. I don’t know how many times you can come back. I think I’m done with the sport.
“I just made a mistake on the lay line,” added Wilson, referring to the calculation required to reach the next mark, or buoy, in the quickest time. “I hadn’t done a race yet and all these girls knew where the lay line was.
“These girls are amazing, Marta’s an amazing friend and sailor and it couldn’t have gone to a nicer person. I’m really happy for her but I’m just not sure I can keep putting myself through that format.
“I just hope I can inspire some kids. What I’ve done this week, I feel like I’ve shown that you can dominate a sport and if you show them that you can work hard and that’s what happens, that’s a win. I’d love to go home with gold medal but I suppose bronze will have to do.”
A World Sailing spokesman told the PA news agency: “The decision was made following a recommendation by the World Sailing events committee, and voted on by the World Sailing council, which is comprised of elected officials from national sailing federations.”
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