Tokyo 2020: Lange and Carranza ran out of medal chances and left 'sad but with high heads'

08/01/2021 5:06 AM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 08/01/2021 5:07 AM

"We are

sad but with our heads high,

" summarized the sailor Santiago Lange after

resigning

in the Argentine morning of this Sunday

any possibility of getting a medal

at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the Nacra 17 sailing class in which he competes in society. with Cecilia Carranza Saroli.

"

We did something wrong

these days in Tokyo", accepted the Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016, who anyway appreciated having reached a new final in a JJ.OO.

Lange-Carranza Saroli qualified for the Medal Race next Tuesday but

they will not be able to aspire to a place on the podium

, so they will resign the gold medal that they hung five years ago in Brazil.

Lange and Carranza will not be able to repeat a medal.

Photo EFE / Lavandeira Jr

Just on the least opportune day, the Argentine duo had a performance

below

what their performance had been during most of the races, thus completing, to add insult to injury, a second half that in general was

far from what was expected

for the

races.

Olympic champions standards.

It is that after adding a

second, a fourth and a fifth place

in the first six races, in the second half of the competition they

barely achieved a sixth place

and in the three of this Sunday morning in Japan they

did not go beyond eighth

.

Thus, despite finishing

seventh in the general table

and ensuring the presence on the last day, where the 10 best boats arrive, the number of points will not reach them and they will not be able to keep any medal.

They came from being nothing less than Olympic champions in Rio 2016.

"This is sport. The truth is that

this week we sailed worse than during all the preparation.

There are no excuses, we had everything to be able to reach the height. In time we will have to review what we could have done differently," said Lange in dialogue with

TyC Sports

.

The faces of the Argentine flag bearers say it all.

Photo REUTERS / Carlos Barria

For his part, Carranza Saroli acknowledged: "This week

the rivals were better than us

and

we

have to accept it. The feeling is sad but we have to turn the page and move on".

"During our preparation we did not lack anything, we had everything to train, we gave everything and

that leaves us calm,

" he concluded.

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