Olympics: Okada, Yoshioka win mixed dinghy sailing silver for Japan

The Japanese mixed dinghy duo of Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka won sailing silver at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, finishing third in the ultimate "medal race" to jump up one place in the standings.The silver is only Japan's third Olympic sailing medal and its first since a bronze in the men's 470 class in Athens 20 years ago."I'm happy, if a little tired," said Okada. "I wanted to run our own race in the medal race, so made sure to choose the wind we wanted."The Japanese pair, ranked second in the world, started the day on the waters off Marseille Marina third behind Jordi Xammar Hernand…READ FULL ARTICLE