Sail Melbourne - Exciting finishes and upsets in medal races

8:03 AM Sat 18 Dec 2010 GMT

'Austrian 49er Nico and Resch in the medal race at Sail Melbourne - Sail Melbourne' Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library &copy

The opening round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, Sail Melbourne, has come to an end with close finishes and a number of upsets on the final day of racing. The best laid plans went astray for the New Zealand 49er crew of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. They took a three point lead over Delle Nico and Nickolaus Resche into the double-points medal race, meaning the Austrians had to beat them by at least two places to win the gold medal. The New Zealanders put their rivals into trouble early, forcing them into a pre-start infringement and the consequent ...

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by Craig Heydon