David Hughes, son of Irene Marchenay of Edgecomb, finished second Aug. 18 in his last race in the men’s 470 sailing class of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to ussailing.org, website for the sport’s national governing body.

The race, postponed from Aug. 17 for lack of wind, was the medal round; but Hughes’ and sailing partner Stuart McNay’s second place showing was good for fourth place overall for the Games, one position short of making the podium, according to the website.

The 10 teams that survived the 26-team start in the preliminary rounds earlier in the Games all carried their points over to the medal round. In a phone interview Thursday afternoon, Marchenay said she’d already heard from people asking how the pair could miss out on a medal, considering their strong finish and their first place finish in one of the preliminaries. The difficult time they had in another preliminary race cost them, she said.

Asked about the final race, which she viewed live online, the Wiscasset Middle High School French teacher said: “I am absolutely very, very impressed. They had a fabulous race.”

She hopes to visit with Hughes in Miami, Florida, where he now lives, sometime soon after his return from the Games, Marchenay said. And he wants to get to Maine for a visit this fall, Marchenay said.