Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain sailing in Tornado class approach the down wind mark in race one at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2008.
Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain sailing in Tornado class approach the down wind mark in race one at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2008.
Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain sailing in Tornado class approach the down wind mark in race one at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2008.
Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain sailing in Tornado class approach the down wind mark in race one at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, August 15, 2008.

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Spain wins gold in tornado class

Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain wins the fast tornado catamaran class.

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QINGDAO // Spain's Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain have won the fast tornado catamaran class. The Australian pair of Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby took silver and Argentina's Santiago Lange and Carlos Espinola win bronze. Echavarri and Paz were three points ahead of the Australians after 10 races before today's medal race, which counted double. They managed to stay ahead of Bundock and Ashby and win the gold with a fourth-place finish in the final.

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