August 22, 2008	Friday	Sha'aban 19, 1429

QINGDAO (China), Aug 21: Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson capped a superb Olympic regatta for Britain, winning the

Star class to secure a fourth sailing gold for the 2012 Games hosts.

Britain finished the Qingdao regatta as the top sailing nation for the third straight Olympics with a haul of six medals.

Percy, 32, won gold in the Finn dinghy in 2000 but said this triumph was sweeter.

Brazil’s Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada took silver and Fredrik Loof and Anders Ekstrom of Sweden won bronze in the final race of the regatta.

Both finished level on 53 points with the Brazilians securing silver after finishing ahead of the Swedes, who began the day in first place, in the decisive medal race.

There was confusion after the race, with the Swedes believing they had won silver when information screens reversed the medal race finishing positions and showed they were ninth in a blanket finish — enough for silver — and not the original 10th which left them in bronze.—Reuters