Don't want to sound bitter but the Greeks cost their Aussie training partners any hope of a gold with that start.
Not according to the Sailjuice quote from AUS:
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Meanwhile the Aussies had got on to the tail of the Spanish and looked in a position to threaten. However they dropped away again up the final beat, as Darren Bundock explained afterwards: "The mast rotator broke and so we couldn't set the mainsail properly so we were a bit slow up that leg." The Spanish pulled away again and finished ahead of Australia, bagging the gold medal.