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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke

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Colour photograph of two men sitting on the side of a boat with a blue sail with red stars on it.

Peter Burling (right) and Blair Tuke compete in a race in the men’s skiff 49er class at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. They eventually won silver, their third Olympic medal in this event.

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Joseph Romanos, Olympic and Commonwealth games – The early 21st century at the Olympics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47624/peter-burling-and-blair-tuke (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joseph Romanos, published 21 March 2022, updated 1 June 2023.