AST Wrap-Up - ISAF SWC Weymouth

Day 5 at the ISAF Sailing World Cup was medal race day & Australian Sailing came away with winning one Gold, two Silver and one Bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland - the 2012 London Olympic Games venue. The four medals concluded a strong regatta for Australian Sailing on the road to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after nine boats had qualified for seven of the top-ten Medal Races. Australian Sailing Team’s Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) took home the Gold Medal in the Nacra 17 and added another win for Australia in this new mixed-gender multi-hull boat class, which will premier on the Rio 2016 Olympic program. It is the second World Cup win for cousins Waterhouse and Darmanin, after a gold medal at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne in December and a bronze medal at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in September last year. Australian Sailing teammates and Olympic silver medallists Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW) made it two medals for Australia in this boat class by winning Bronze. World Champions Mat Belcher (QLD) and Will Ryan (QLD) won the silver medal in the Men’s 470 behind the USA, capping off a long week of racing. In a nail-biting medal race, Australian Sailing Team’s youngest sailor, 19-year old Matthew Wearn (WA), added another silver in the Laser, beating teammate and World #1 Tom Burton (NSW), who finished the regatta in sixth. See full story here: http://www.australiansailing.org/australian-sailing-shines-once-again-at-olympic-venue/ Video by Beau Outteridge / Australian Sailing Team Visit our website... http://australiansailing.org