Olympics-Sailing-Swede hopes lucky flag manicure helps to nail gold

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Sailing - Women's Skiff - Marseille Marina, Marseille, France - July 31, 2024. Rebecca Netzler of Sweden and Vilma Bobeck of Sweden in action. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Swedish skiff sailor Vilma Bobeck will be hoping that her long-standing ritual of matching her nails to the colour of the 'kite' sail will help hand the crew Olympic gold on Thursday.

Bobeck, who helms the Swedish women's skiff, said she usually paints her own nails, but was using a pro to do her manicure in the blue and yellow of Sweden's flag for the Games.