Sailing silver boosts Team GB

Updated 07.12 Mon Aug 18 2008
Keywords: Joe Glanfield, Nick Rogers, Beijing, Britain, sailing, Olympics

Great Britain's Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield have won a silver medal at the Olympic sailing regatta.

The pair battled back from a poor start and finished third in the final race of the competition to take second place overall in the 470's men class.

The pair battled back from a poor start and finished third in the medal race to take second place overall in the 470's men class

The Athens silver medallists entered the last race in fourth place overall and needed to finish at least two spots in front of France or three in front of the Netherlands to secure a place on the podium.

The British pair made a poor start and found themselves in ninth place in the opening stages of the race, 49 seconds behind leaders Australia.

But they made up considerable ground and crossed the finishing line in third place, six seconds behind the gold medal-winning Australian boat.

The French and Dutch were tied on 78 points but France took the bronze by virtue of their better finish in the medal race.

The result means Team GB are in third place in the medal tables, behind China and the US, with 11 golds, seven silvers and eight bronzes.

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