Great Britain scoop sailing golds

Great Britain have secured three gold medals at the Sail for Gold Regatta ISAF World Cup.

Great Britain have secured three gold medals at the Sail for Gold Regatta ISAF World Cup in Weymouth and Portland.

There were also three silver and four bronze finishes for the host nation in topping the medals table, with New Zealand second ahead of Australia.

Giles Scott, Nick Dempsey and 470 pair Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark delivered victory on Sunday, adding to the British successes of the Paralympic classes on Saturday in the fourth leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup series.

Tom Squires and Bryony Shaw took silver in the men's and women's RS:X windsurfing competition and bronze went to 49er duo of John Pink and Stuart Bithell.

World champion Scott was Britain's first gold medal of the day, recovering from a yellow flag penalty to hold a six-point lead over New Zealand's Josh Junior going into the final Finn race.

Scott has not lost for some 18 months but will remain focused on the run in towards the Rio 2016 Olympics.

He said: "Everyone's getting better all the time, and there's still a long time to go to the Games so I certainly can't rest on my laurels at all.

"I really just have to try and concentrate on getting better myself. That's exactly what everyone else is doing."

Mills and Saskia Clark, meanwhile, defeated London 2012 gold medallists Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie.

"We have been close several times over the last few years but we've always just lost out. To finally nail it, in what was a great race as well, is just awesome," said Clark.

Mills says the pair are also focused on Rio, where they will bid to add Olympic gold to their silver from three years ago.


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