Olympics-Sailing-Skiff medal race a bonus for NZ's Aleh and Meech

Paris 2024 Olympics - Sailing - Women's Skiff - Marseille Marina, Marseille, France - July 31, 2024. Molly Meech of New Zealand and Jo Aleh of New Zealand in action. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

MARSEILLE (Reuters) - New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Molly Meech thought their Games were over and were celebrating their last sail, until an official told the duo they had made the women's skiff medal race.

"We were coming in thinking it was our last sail in the (49er) FX, so when we got ashore and someone came to us and said we're going to take your boat to quarantine, we were like, 'oh ... we made the medal race," Meech, 31, told Reuters.