470 World Championship - Australians were in it to win it!



6:15 AM Mon 19 Jul 2010 GMT
'Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page - 2010 470 World Champions' Craig Heydon Click Here to view large photo
470 World Championship in The Netherlands has been won by the Australian Sailing Team's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page, who lead the regatta from start to finish to win the Gold medal by 21 points. Belcher and Page headed into the medal race with an unbeatable 20 point lead but didn't take their foot off the accelerator finishing second and confirming their first World Championship victory as a team. The pair crossed the line in the final, double-points, medal race behind France's Nicolas Charbonnier and Baptiste Meyer Dieu, who won the Silver medal, with Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic of ...


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by Craig Heydon




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