Australia's sailors have continued their strong Rio showing, adding another two silver medals to their tally.
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan brought home silver in the men's 470 medal race behind Croatian crew Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic.
They needed to beat the Greek pairing of Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis in the final race to move into the silver medal position and the two crews fought hard over the course.
Eventually Australia crossed the line in ninth position ahead of Greece in tenth.
Less than an hour later men's 49er sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen won silver again after starting the medal race in third.
The pair has to finish ahead of the German team of Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel to finish in second overall and managed to cross the line in fourth place, ahead of the Germans in eighth.
The New Zealand team of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who had dominated the regatta, took the gold.
Canoeing
Ken Wallace and Olympic debutante Lachlan Tame have taken home the bronze in the men’s K2 1000m behind strong crews from Germany and Serbia.
Speaking ahead of the race yesterday, canoeing team leader Richard Fox had indicated both teams would give Australia a run for its money, and he proved correct.
"We held next to [Germany] at the 500 metres and we knew they were going to push at the third 250 metres, but just to be next to them, going to head-to-head with them was fantastic, they simply raced better than us today, in a tough race we are just stoked to be on that podium," Wallace told olympics.com.au.
In the lead up to the race Wallace had traced the outlines of his three-year-old and nine-month-old sons' hands on his paddle and they were clearly visible during the race.
In final b of the men’s K2 200m, Daniel Bowker and Jordan Wood finished in third position.
Australia's men are not finished in the canoeing yet, with the men’s K1 200 metres, the men’s K4 1000 metres heats and the men’s C2 1000 metres heats still to come tomorrow.
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