With Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark (GBR) having already won the Women's 470 gold medal, the battle for silver and bronze came down to a six-way fight between New Zealand, USA, France, Japan, the Ne

After all the thrills of the previous day, perhaps it was inevitable the Olympic sailing competition would be a bit of a comedown today.

Tuesday's racing at Rio 2016 was one of the best ever with a Laser contest to

Outside of the Medal Race there has been plenty more drama going on across Guanabara Bay with two gold medals decided with a day to spare while the 49erFX Medal Race is set to be a humdinger.

For the fifth Olympic Games in a row, Great Britain has won the gold medal in the Finn class, with Giles Scott already securing gold before Tuesday’s medal race.

Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) have won gold after a heart-stopping Medal Race in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull.

Marit Bouwmeester (NED) won the Laser Radial gold medal, that eluded her four years ago at London 2012.

In a classic Laser finale to rival the Ainslie-Scheidt dust-up in Sydney, Tom Burton (AUS) stole Olympic Laser gold after dispatching Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) after a planting a pre-start penalty on

It was the most frustrating day so far for sailing at Rioa 2016, with the wind refusing to play fair on Guanabara Bay.

As the RS:X fleets sailed their decisive Medal Races, the Finns, 470s, and Nacra 17 fleets continued their racing. Giles Scott has won gold in the Finn with a race to spare.