QINGDAO // Australia scored double gold in Olympic sailing today with both the men's and women's 470 class teams sailing to victory. Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page won the men's competition, in what was more like a 28-minute victory lap having already clinched the gold medal on overall points before the start. Britain's Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield took silver, and Nicolas Charbonnier of Olivier Bausset of France won bronze. Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson of Australia also had such a commanding lead going into the medal final that their ninth place finish out of 10 boats was enough to secure gold. The Dutch team of Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout clinched silver, with Brazil's Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan taking bronze.
*AP
