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Page last updated at 08:17 GMT, Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:17 UK

Ben Ainslie Ainslie claims third Olympic gold
Britain's Ben Ainslie holds off US rival Zach Railey in the Finn class medal race to seal the third Olympic gold medal of his career.

Sarah Ayton GB Yngling trio breeze to gold
Britain's three-woman Yngling crew successfully fend off the Dutch boat to claim gold in a windy Qingdao medal race.

British sailors Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson GB sailors take Star gold medal
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Britain's fourth sailing gold as they hold their nerve in a thrilling climax to the Star class event.


GB sailors want 2012 improvement
Britain's sailors are setting their sights on winning medals in every race class at the 2012 Olympics, according to gold medallist Andrew Simpson.

Spain take tornado sailing gold
Spain's Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz master the awkward conditions to take gold, while Britain finish in sixth place.

Shaw wins windsurfing bronze
Windsurfer Bryony Shaw breaks down in tears after clinching a bronze medal for Great Britain.

Dempsey woe in windsurfing
Britain's Nick Dempsey fails to win a medal in the RS:X windsurfing as New Zealand's Tom Ashley clinches gold.

Brit Goodison claims sailing gold
Paul Goodison makes up for his Athens heartbreak by winning sailing's Laser class to claim Great Britain's 13th gold in Beijing.

Tunnicliffe sails to Laser gold
Anna Tunnicliffe takes sailing gold for the US in the women's Laser Radial class.

GB windsurfers set to challenge
British windsurfers Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw are in contention going into Wednesday's RS:X medal race.

British duo take men's 470 silver
GB sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield produce a superb medal-race performance to win silver behind Australia.

Spain fails in fresh Dane protest
An Olympic jury rejects a fresh protest from Spain and Italy against Denmark's 49er gold medal.

Wind frustrates Ainslie gold bid
Ben Ainslie must restart his bid for Finn class gold on Sunday, after Saturday's medal race is abandoned because of a lack of wind.

Ainslie guaranteed silver
Ben Ainslie makes sure of a silver medal in the Finn class while the GB Yngling crew can do no worse than bronze.

Sailors thwarted by lack of wind
Great Britain's medal hopes must wait to get back in action after Thursday's sailing is cancelled due to lack of winds at Qingdao.

GB sailors in medal place
GB sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield surge into third place in the men's 470 event in Qingdao.

Goodison hits back in Laser
Paul Goodison recovers from a poor start to end the opening day of the Laser sixth in the standings.

Mixed day for Britain's sailors
Ben Ainslie moves into the lead in sailing's Finn class after claiming his third win but Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes slip to ninth.

GB sailors impress on day two
Great Britain's Ben Rhodes and Stevie Morrison move to the top of the standings in the 49er class while Team GB and Ben Ainslie continue to impress in the Yngling and Finn classes.

British sailors make bright start
Great Britain make a good start in the sailing with the Yngling crew taking the overall lead, while Ben Ainslie is third in the Finn class.



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