of flag-waving Cypriots turned out at the island's main airport, in the coastal town of Larnaca, to welcome Pavlos Kontides . Kontides won a sailing silver medal Monday in the Laser class, giving him the first metal won by Cyprus since the
Tom Slingsby , a crewman with America's Cup champion Oracle Racing, won both races to take a 14-point lead over Pavlos Kontides of Cypress into Monday's medals race. In the women's Laser Radial, China's Xu Lijia and Marit Bouwmeester
Olympics, there's a medal for the country of Cyprus - and a new hero who will carry it home. Sailing champion Pavlos Kontides has earned the small island nation's first-ever Olympic medal. The 22-year-old Kontides has assured himself
advanced to the quarterfinals. ... Australia's Tom Slingsby won both Laser races to take a 14-point lead over Pavlos Kontides of Cypress into Monday's medals race. ... Sweden, Tunisia and Serbia won their men's handball matches