Sail Melbourne - Australia gold for Belcher and Page



5:51 AM Sat 18 Dec 2010 GMT
'470m / Matthew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS) 2010 Sail Down Under Series' Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library &copy
Sail Melbourne brings Australia its first gold medal in the Sailing World Cup with Olympic gold medallists Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page winning the 470s in a drama filled final. The 470s was one of the most closely contested classes in the regatta, with Austrian's Matthias Schmid/Florian Reichsteadter, American's Stuart McNay/Graham Biehl and Aussie pairings Malcolm Page/Mathew Belcher and Sam Kivell/Will Ryan all chances to take out the gold medal. Belcher and Page flew down the first half of the course, setting up an authoritative lead ahead of youngsters Kivell and Ryan and showing the fleet why they are the ...


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