Australia's sailing team has secured spots at the Tokyo Olympics despite some late stumbles at the World Sailing Championships in Denmark.
The nation's big guns in the 470, Mat Belcher and William Ryan, failed to perform at their peak, finishing fifth overall - but were content with securing their berth in 2020.
The pair, who were silver medallists in Rio and gold medallists in London, had an opportunity to win a medal in the final race but slipped back a position to finish fourth.
"It's been a challenging week for us. But the positive side is that we got the country qualification and learnt some pretty good lessons here," Belcher said.
It was a close call for teenagers Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot who, despite a successful second place finish in the 49erFX class the day before, ultimately dropped to 11th and missed the medal race.
However, the pair still managed to score Australia an Olympic spot.
"Since we're quite new to the class, I feel like the stress did get to us a little bit ... when it comes to us naturally, after a lot more hard work, I think we're going to do just fine," Bryant said.
Matt Wearn and Tom Burton are currently sitting in second and sixth place respectively in the Laser fleet and will compete in the medal race on Friday night (AEST).
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