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RIO DE JANEIRO -- There was no way Giles Scott could be a proper Briton and keep a stiff upper lip as he closed in on winning the gold medal in the Finn class in the Rio Olympics sailing regatta.Approaching the finish line, I just found myself welling up in tingles as it slowly dawned on me what I had done, Scott said Sunday.I wouldnt put myself down as the emotional sort, but I had a little cry to myself, which Id like to think I dont do that often. Just the emotions that kind of end up coming out of you in that situation, you cant really prepare yourself for.As he crossed the finish line, Scott put his head in his hands for a moment. He stood, raised both arms in triumph and shouted for joy. He sat down again, head in hands.Scott came in under the enormous pressure of being heir apparent to Sir Ben Ainslie, who was knighted a few months after winning the Finn gold at the London Games. It was Ainslies fourth straight gold and fifth games medal overall, making him the most successful Olympic sailor ever.Scott responded big-time, clinching the gold with the medals race still to be sailed on Tuesday. He still needs to sail that race before they put the medal around his neck, hoist the Union Jack and play God Save the Queen on Flamengo Beach, with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background.Ive managed to sail more consistently than anyone else at the top of the fleet and its just landed me in this kind of brilliant situation where Ive got the points cap for the medal race and its such a privileged situation to be in, Scott said.He finished eighth and second in the final two races of the 10-race preliminary series, for 32 points. Its the fifth straight Olympics a Brit has won the Finn.Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia is second with 56, Ivan Gaspic of Croatia third with 69 and American Caleb Paine of San Diego and Max Salminen of Sweden tied for fourth at 74.Scott, 29, is making his Olympics debut. Many people believed he would have won gold at London 2012, but he had to bide his time as Ainslie earned selection to the British team and rallied to win the gold.Scott remembers sitting on a hill in Weymouth, England, watching the medals race with my hat firmly over my eyes, effectively trying to hide a little bit. I wanted to see what was going on but didnt really want to be there. To come here and to win ...it kind of brings home just how hard Matt and I have worked trying to make this happen.Ainslie said he was delighted for Scott and his coach, Matt Howard.It was a totally dominant performance and extremely well deserved, Ainslie said in a text to The Associated Press.Scott said he and Howard had a plan to race flat-out and not go soft in any regattas we went to in the buildup toward Rio.That approach is great but it does put a target on your back, he said.Scott also sails with Ainslies Americas Cup syndicate, Land Rover BAR. Ainslie hopes to become the first Englishman to win the Americas Cup, which was taken from Old Blighty by the schooner America in 1851.That would round it off nicely, wouldnt it? Scott said.Thats the goal, Ainslie said.Scott said the only low point was that his dad, John, broke his knee in a bicycle accident and wasnt able to come to Rio.Hes gutted, Scott said.Paine is in medals contention after a jury reopened a protest against him and reversed its original decision to disqualify him from his second-place finish in Race 6.Its huge, said Paine, who was 10th and fourth Sunday. Its one of those things that its great that it could be righted and I got the position that I earned.Hes in his first Olympics after beating 2008 silver medalist Zach Railey in the qualification process.I look forward to finishing it off and getting a medal in the end, he said. I feel great. Ive always come from behind and I never stop fighting.Also Sunday, Charline Picon of France won the gold medal in womens windsurfing, with Peina Chen of China taking silver and Stefaniya Elfutina of Russia the bronze.In mens windsurfing, Pierre le Coq of France won the bronze medal. Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands already had clinched his second straight gold medal and Nick Dempsey of Britain had clinched his second straight silver. Van Rijsselberghe. celebrated with the Dutch royal family on a nearby yacht shortly after the finish.The U.S. womens 470 team of Annie Haeger of East Troy, Wisconsin, and Briana Provancha of San Diego finished fifth and second Sunday and are second overall, four points behind Great Britains Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark.Overall, we are happy with our day. Haeger said.At the London Games, the United States failed to win an Olympic sailing medal for the first time since 1936.---Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at http://twitter.com/berniewilson Bryan Trottier Jersey . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. 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The Big 4 of mens tennis is enthusiastic about the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, unlike their counterparts in golf.Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all have participated in the Summer Games in the past, all own a medal, and all talk about that events importance to their sport every four years -- even if it already has four Grand Slam tournaments every year.Consider what Britains Murray said when he was asked about Brazil the day after winning Wimbledon for the second time.Ive loved being in the two Olympics that Ive been at, said the No. 2-ranked Murray, who won a gold in singles at the 2012 London Games. Rio is obviously a big, big goal of mine, and hopefully I can perform well there.The No. 1-ranked Djokovic won a singles bronze for Serbia at the 2008 Beijing Games, then came up just short of a medal four years ago.No. 3 Federer won a gold for Switzerland in doubles with Stan Wawrinka eight years ago, and a silver in singles four years ago.No. 4 Nadal won a singles gold for Spain in Beijing, missed London because he was hurt, and appealed to the International Tennis Federation to allow him to compete in Rio after he failed to fulfill Davis Cup commitments because of injuries.Even if this quartet owns a combined 46 Grand Slam titles, the Olympics still matter to them. Much will be made of the contrast between this groups interest in the Summer Games and what happened in golf, which will be missing Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy in Rio.Olympic Games are the most renowned and most prominent sports event in the history of sport. No question about it. There is no bigger sports event than Olympic Games, Djokovic said. For me, as a professional athlete, its a huge honor to be part of it.Here are some things to know about tennis at the Rio Olympics:WHOS MISSINGThere are some noteworthy players who wont be there: seven of the top 20 men in the July 11 ATP rankings. That includes Wimbleedon runner-up Milos Raonic of Canada; Czech Wimbledon semifinalist Tomas Berdych; the top American man, John Isner; Australias best two tennis players, Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic; and Dominic Thiem, who would have given Austria a chance at a medal.ddddddddddddIXING IT UPNo one will know exactly who is competing in mixed doubles until everyone is in Rio. Thats because the sign-in happens there. Its limited to 16 teams, and the possibilities are intriguing. The expectation is that, if hes healthy, Federer will team with Martina Hingis. And Nadal -- if healthy -- will partner French Open champion Garbine Muguruza. The bad news: It sounds as if the Williams sisters will not enter that event.AGE IS JUST A NUMBERIf 34-year-old Serena Williams or 36-year-old Venus Williams wins a gold medal, either would be the third-oldest woman to collect an Olympic title in tennis. Winifred McNair was 43 when she won womens doubles for Britain all the way back in 1920, and Hazel Wightman was 37 when she won the same event for the U.S. four years later. Each Williams already owns four medals (all gold), so adding two more -- theyre both entered in singles and doubles -- would put either in first place for most tennis medals in Olympic history. Kathleen McKane won five medals (one gold) in the 1920s.MOST APPEARANCESIndias Leander Paes will be appearing in his record-extending seventh Olympic tennis competition, pairing in mens doubles with Rohan Bopanna. Paes owns one medal, a bronze in singles at the 1996 Atlanta Games. In Grand Slam action, he has won eight titles in mens doubles, and another 10 in mixed doubles.BACK-TO-BACK?No player has won two consecutive gold medals in singles. Murray and Serena Williams will try to change that this time.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich ' ' '