Australians Mat Belcher and Will Ryan are poised for gold after regaining their points lead at Sailing's 470 World Championships in Haifa, Israel.
After an up and down week the Queensland pair posted their fifth race win of the series along with a seventh on the penultimate day of the regatta.
The results move them from third back into first and ahead of Croatia by a point, making for a nail-biting double-points medal race on Saturday.
"Once again we had pretty tough conditions but we are really happy to have regained the lead," Belcher said.
"Obviously with only one point (separating us) it will be interesting but the competition has been really close throughout.
"This week has seen a lot of top guys further back in the fleet, which shows how tough the racing has been."
Entering the medal race in front puts the Australians in a "powerful position", Ryan says.
"It's what we've been working towards all week, so we're looking forward to getting out on the race track ... and trying our best."
In the 470 women's competition, Western Australia's former Youth World Champion Carrie Smith and Queenslander Jaime Ryan secured a spot in the medal race, finishing ninth.
The pair now also have a chance to secure Olympic qualification for the class.
While Australia has already secured a Rio berth in the men's 470 through Belcher and Ryan's World Championship winning performance in 2014, the women were among 13 nations gunning for three spots coming into Haifa.
On current standings, Poland and Germany have qualified and Australia and Spain will battle for the final slot on Saturday.
"We do have a bit of a points buffer but you never know what can happen, especially in a venue like this one so we will just do our best again," Ryan said.
Australia's second women's crew of Sasha Ryan and Amelia Catt posted a fourth in the final regular race and finished the event ranked 26th.
Racing in the Silver fleet (31-59) of the men's 470 Angus Galloway (QLD) and Joshua Dawson (NSW) finished the regatta in 38th and Patrick and Alexander Conway (NSW) in overall 43rd.
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