Bitter France lodge protest against Team GB gold medal sailors and accuse Mills and McIntyre of CONSPIRING with Poland

FRANCE lodged a protest against Great Britain’s gold medal sailors Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntrye, accusing them of CONSPIRING with Poland.

Team GB retained their Olympic title in the women’s 470 event as Mills and McIntyre navigated a tricky final race to clinch the title.

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Leocointre and Retornaz protested the result immediately after the final race[/caption]

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Mills and McIntyre were elated to secure another sailing gold for GB[/caption]

Elsewhere on the podium, Poland managed to pip French duo Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz to the silver medal.

But immediately after the medals were settled, France submitted a protest against the British and Polish contingent.

The accusation made was that Team GB and Poland had colluded and were ‘team racing’ at the final mark in order to push the French down into bronze.

But the protest was swiftly dismissed by the stewards, so the result stands.

Meanwhile, Mills and McIntyre had already jumped into the water in celebration of their gold medal before they heard anything about a protest.

Mills became the greatest Olympic female sailor of all time as she retained her 470 title at Tokyo 2020.

Welsh star Mills arrived in Tokyo with a London silver and Rio gold already in her locker.

She had previously won the 470 event alongside Saskia Clarke and has now gone on to secure back-to-back Olympic titles with different partners.

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Alongside McIntyre, 33-year-old Mills completed her dominant run at Enoshima Bay to win by 16 points.

It is the third sailing gold of the Games for GB, making it the country’s second most successful sport so far behind swimming.

Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell won the gold medal in the men’s 49er to kick things off on Tuesday.

And then Giles Scott defended his title in the Finn class to become a double Olympic gold medallist.

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