:00:13. > :00:18.Every four years sailing's elite converge in the World Championship
:00:19. > :00:23.for all the Olympic Classics. It is just two years since the next games
:00:24. > :00:27.and Santander's read about mantic coast is where 2000 of the worlds
:00:28. > :00:33.best sailors have gathered. World champions will be crowned in all ten
:00:34. > :00:38.Olympic disciplines and success here is white or for anyone hoping for
:00:39. > :00:43.medals in the 2016 Rio games. -- vital. For 12 glorious years Great
:00:44. > :00:48.Britain ruled the waves in Olympic sailing but at London 2012 that
:00:49. > :00:53.Dynasty suffered the indignity of losing its crown on home waters.
:00:54. > :00:59.Many of the old guard have moved on and Team GB has fresh faces hoping
:01:00. > :01:03.to write their own history. And it is here in Santander at the world
:01:04. > :01:10.sailing Championships that we will see whether re-gaining pole position
:01:11. > :01:17.is a reality or fantasy for Team GB. I have been joined by two former
:01:18. > :01:21.stall wards of that great British Olympic team, to discuss where the
:01:22. > :01:26.team is and who we can expect to shine. Iain Percy has two Olympic
:01:27. > :01:36.gold medals and a silver on his sailing CB. Paul Goodison won gold
:01:37. > :01:42.in 2008 in the laser. So there is plenty of Olympic bling in the room.
:01:43. > :01:46.With two years to go until Rio you can look at Santander and think it
:01:47. > :01:49.is not important, but when you speak to the sailors it seems crucial. It
:01:50. > :01:54.is one of the best competition is one of the best think people
:01:55. > :01:58.therefore take it seriously. Everyone tries to be on their games
:01:59. > :02:02.so it is a real form guide. In that sense you know if you are doing well
:02:03. > :02:13.at this event you are a player and if you're not you have work to do.
:02:14. > :02:16.It is the start for the British sailors of the selection trials for
:02:17. > :02:19.that one Coveted Place at the games, and it is also about funding, there
:02:20. > :02:21.is pressure not just in terms of being the world champion but the
:02:22. > :02:24.next two years. But I think that is a good pressure. You put yourself
:02:25. > :02:30.under pressure to perform which is exactly how the Olympics is. I guess
:02:31. > :02:36.it is a good test stop to ultimately we will lose people as well as
:02:37. > :02:39.select them. It is sad but part of the process. There were ten
:02:40. > :02:45.different disciplines at the Olympics but only one vote per class
:02:46. > :02:52.from each country can go to the games, so the competition to be
:02:53. > :02:56.selected can be cut-throat. The Finn has been raised at the summer
:02:57. > :03:03.Olympics since 1952 -- raced, but it is still a purist favourite, Compper
:03:04. > :03:08.and tough. I have always said it is my favourite boat. On a windy day
:03:09. > :03:12.you are literally on a surfboard. On another day you are on a technical
:03:13. > :03:16.board, trying to maximise performance of the sails and mast,
:03:17. > :03:20.and it is pretty brutal. People say the hardest bit is beating the boat
:03:21. > :03:24.itself because you need to be so strong. If you don't have that
:03:25. > :03:28.physicality, it beats you. Thanks to the likes of Iain Percy and the most
:03:29. > :03:34.successful Olympic sailor ever, Sir Ben -- Sir Ben Ainslie, this medal
:03:35. > :03:38.has been in British hands since 2000. And there is a young man in
:03:39. > :03:44.Santander who was good enough for gold at London 2012 had he not lived
:03:45. > :03:46.in the shadow of Sir Ben Ainslie. Now at these World Championships
:03:47. > :03:52.Giles Scott is looking to confirm his credentials for Rio. Why do you
:03:53. > :03:57.think you are so good at sailing, particularly in the Finn? I don't
:03:58. > :04:03.know, I can't say I have thought about it much. I suppose physically
:04:04. > :04:07.I am suited pretty well to it. It is a natural fit for me in that way.
:04:08. > :04:12.Other than that, I have worked pretty hard at it over the last five
:04:13. > :04:17.years. I suppose sailing is a little like gambling in a way. You are
:04:18. > :04:22.managing risk the whole time. Over the years I have developed a skill
:04:23. > :04:25.at managing risk slightly better. I know I am doing something right at
:04:26. > :04:29.the moment and I will try to continue to do that. Although Ben
:04:30. > :04:33.Ainslie made the headlines, Giles Rankine plays in the London
:04:34. > :04:37.selection trials and narrowly missed being selected himself -- ran him
:04:38. > :04:42.close in the selection trials. What have you learned from Ben Ainslie?
:04:43. > :04:46.In a lot of ways I was very fortunate to race against him so
:04:47. > :04:55.closely. From that, I picked up and learned a great deal, just from the
:04:56. > :05:01.ways he ran campaigns, to the attitude he took to sailing. There
:05:02. > :05:06.was a great deal I have learned from him. Maybe I taught a few things, I
:05:07. > :05:11.don't know! You are a firm favourite for the World Championships, how
:05:12. > :05:15.does that affect you? I am just going to embrace it, I think. I
:05:16. > :05:25.think you need to do that if you want to continue winning streak. Do
:05:26. > :05:29.you have a weakness? I don't know. I try not to think about my weaknesses
:05:30. > :05:37.a few days out from all World Championships! Giles Scott is
:05:38. > :05:41.probably our only dead cert in the British team, you could put your
:05:42. > :05:47.mortgage on him winning. For sure he has been the one performer, pretty
:05:48. > :05:56.much, at a regatta he goes to, he is winning and close to winning --
:05:57. > :06:00.every regatta. In Rio in the pre-Olympics he won every race which
:06:01. > :06:06.is something to behold. Talk about his attitude. He doesn't get fazed.
:06:07. > :06:09.He always puts on a good show. In sailor you need to be -- sailing you
:06:10. > :06:14.need to perform through many conditions and fight back from tough
:06:15. > :06:17.races. He has that mentality, he just keeps pushing. I know him well
:06:18. > :06:22.and when he goes into a vent he goes on to win, then he comes home and I
:06:23. > :06:25.think he does a good job of switching off am playing golf,
:06:26. > :06:29.stepping away. Maybe that is what gives him the intensity when he is
:06:30. > :06:34.at a regatta to perform, which he has done so well this year. What is
:06:35. > :06:40.he like on a golf course, is he like Ben Ainslie, as to win everything?
:06:41. > :06:45.He might want to win but he doesn't! LAUGHTER. He is amusing on the golf
:06:46. > :06:53.course. The fact that he is six foot six makes him look amusing and his
:06:54. > :06:58.swing is worse than mine. Giles is out of the blocks fast and
:06:59. > :07:04.right from the off he sets the pace in the Finn class. In the first race
:07:05. > :07:08.of the regatta he beats both the silver and bronze 2012 medallists.
:07:09. > :07:15.It set the trend which sees him when the first five races and answered. I
:07:16. > :07:20.have had a pretty good day, came away with three firsts, which I am
:07:21. > :07:26.happy with. We had 25 knots for the first two races, then for the last
:07:27. > :07:31.one and it got as low as maybe three knots as the wind began to die
:07:32. > :07:39.completely. It switched through 180 degrees so it made for very
:07:40. > :07:44.difficult racing. In contrast to the vintage Finn,
:07:45. > :07:54.there is a radical new lightweight catamaran, the Nacra 17, the latest
:07:55. > :07:58.addition to the Olympic fleet. It is a controversial new development.
:07:59. > :08:05.Mixed six sailing and high-speed knife edge action, and it is
:08:06. > :08:10.rattling a few experienced sailors. It is fast. Right on the edge.
:08:11. > :08:17.Terrifying. Out of control. Exciting. Paying. Yellow dangerous.
:08:18. > :08:18.It is a wicked boat but it can be dangerous at times. Hannah has been
:08:19. > :08:40.on crutches twice, I think. There are lots of combinations in
:08:41. > :08:44.the Nacra 17 people are sailing with buoy helms and girl helms like we
:08:45. > :08:48.are, and both boats go just as fast. We are racing really had out on the
:08:49. > :08:54.water. We have big competition with the French and Australians, they can
:08:55. > :08:57.be really competitive. We have three or four British boats that could
:08:58. > :09:01.definitely be up there on their days so it is wide open, one of the
:09:02. > :09:07.classes any number of boats could win. When we jumped into the boat on
:09:08. > :09:11.a windy day, it is fast and scary -- when we jump into it. We have to
:09:12. > :09:16.work completely together, if one of us doesn't trust or commit
:09:17. > :09:25.completely to the other one it will have a spectacular capsize or an
:09:26. > :09:31.injury. The Nacra 17 is new for Rio, a major step up. In a way it is the
:09:32. > :09:35.most exciting boat in the repertoire now. It is amazing for me to see a
:09:36. > :09:41.mixed crew competing together. I never thought it would happen, and
:09:42. > :09:45.it seems to be working. Surprising that a lot of the crews have stayed
:09:46. > :09:51.together longer than we would have thought initially. Wide EU say that?
:09:52. > :09:57.We always thought it wouldn't quite work spending your time on the road
:09:58. > :10:06.with your sailing partner. Why? He is digging himself a whole! LAUGHTER
:10:07. > :10:10.. Jot don't judge everyone by your own values! They are professional
:10:11. > :10:13.athletes. If you mention that to the crews out there it will be the last
:10:14. > :10:20.thing they would think about because they spend seven much time together.
:10:21. > :10:23.It is a good boat, and catamaran is back in the Olympics, I always
:10:24. > :10:28.thought that was an important part of our sport. Are you surprised by
:10:29. > :10:34.how hard they are finding it to sails got -- sail, lots of crashes
:10:35. > :10:40.and cap signed capsizing and a lot of injuries. You are coming off and
:10:41. > :10:47.hitting hard things that speed and that is never good for your body.
:10:48. > :10:52.Windsurfing has been an Olympic sport since 1984, but that RS:X
:10:53. > :10:57.didn't become the boat of choice until Beijing 2008. Britain has two
:10:58. > :11:03.medal hopes in this class and both Bryony Shaw and Nick Dempsey will
:11:04. > :11:07.hope for strong performances in Santander to secure their place in
:11:08. > :11:11.the British team. Bryony and Nick both represented their country at
:11:12. > :11:18.London 2012, but with contrasting results. I challenged Nick to a
:11:19. > :11:24.quick nine holes during a brief quiet moment before he left a
:11:25. > :11:30.Santander. Just to there? Yes. Not very far, is it? It is not. What is
:11:31. > :11:38.your top tip? Keep your eye on the ball, head still. Well... More of a
:11:39. > :11:43.hockey swing, I think. That's all right. Beat that!
:11:44. > :11:53.Can't catch that right. LAUGHTER. There can't be that much more to get
:11:54. > :11:59.better, the incremental improvements are tiny, and they? You would think
:12:00. > :12:03.so. Certainly they are starting to... I have this nailed, but when
:12:04. > :12:07.someone else comes along and they update and change something, a few
:12:08. > :12:13.people have done that this year, and it has been really hard adapting to
:12:14. > :12:17.new techniques, but techniques that are definitely better and proven to
:12:18. > :12:22.be faster. How are you in the bunker, is it your speciality? This
:12:23. > :12:27.is more like gravel, but normally I am pretty good. It is Weymouth
:12:28. > :12:36.gravel. Yes. We are not on form, are we? What is wrong with that? Oh... .
:12:37. > :12:41.This is just a practice hold. You took time away, was it as a prize
:12:42. > :12:47.when you came back and saw whether Barr was? Yes it was a surprise. In
:12:48. > :12:51.the past I have been able to have a couple of months off and come back
:12:52. > :12:56.on board and be competitive again, maybe not the best, but... Never
:12:57. > :13:03.before have I come off the board and back on and gone, oh, wow, OK. I
:13:04. > :13:08.need to really think about this, I need to do this properly. Is it an
:13:09. > :13:13.age thing do you think? That is the question I ask myself. LAUGHTER. You
:13:14. > :13:21.forgot I used to be competitive, Nick. Oh! Cracked under pressure.
:13:22. > :13:26.Excuse me, I will just come in. You have still got it. I can beat and
:13:27. > :13:36.non-golfer, yes. LAUGHTER. That is all I have got. You have no fun food
:13:37. > :13:41.in the house. Rice cakes, fruit, fruit tea, it is just... It is
:13:42. > :13:47.boring, isn't it? Decaffeinated tea. How many years have you been
:13:48. > :13:53.eating rice cakes? Not enough, I would say. I have done too many
:13:54. > :13:57.years of eating cakes! The 2012 Olympics marked the high point in an
:13:58. > :14:01.already illustrious career. Nick sailed a superb series to win a
:14:02. > :14:07.silver medal in front of a rapturous crowd. Because Weymouth was such a
:14:08. > :14:11.perfect ending, I always remember you running up and grabbing Thomas,
:14:12. > :14:19.it was such a great moment, it just felt it was your place and your
:14:20. > :14:26.time. I wondered how much thought it required to come back, and why, I
:14:27. > :14:35.suppose. It was hard to come back. I found myself needing destruction in
:14:36. > :14:43.life. Yellow mac -- distractions. LAUGHTER. Sadly, just after the
:14:44. > :14:51.games, Nick and his wife split up and his two small children now live
:14:52. > :14:55.several hours away. Most people imagine the life of a windsurfer,
:14:56. > :15:04.you are hanging out on the beach and occasionally you go to the gym, but
:15:05. > :15:07.just perhaps described your life. It is... A reasonable amount of
:15:08. > :15:12.windsurfing, reasonable amount of training at the gym, on the bike,
:15:13. > :15:23.fitness staff, a ridiculous amount of travelling, and a lot of people
:15:24. > :15:31.pulling on my time constantly. You have this windsurfing life, I have
:15:32. > :15:36.my two boys, a girlfriend, it is kind of... It is always just a
:15:37. > :15:39.balance. Generally my time off is with the boys. I wouldn't call it
:15:40. > :15:47.relaxing time, I would call it good times, but certainly not relaxing.
:15:48. > :15:52.But it is I suppose my happiest. How important is the result in
:15:53. > :15:57.Santander? I need to do very well, you have to be top three to stay on
:15:58. > :16:05.the top level of funding, which is a must to live, so I think I will be
:16:06. > :16:11.in reasonable shape, and I think I will be racing somewhere near the
:16:12. > :16:15.front. But it is going to be tough. It is quite tough to watch him, we
:16:16. > :16:21.all know pretty well he is not necessarily in the best place. No,
:16:22. > :16:25.it is a tough time for him. But maybe the windsurfing can be a
:16:26. > :16:30.release, something he can focus on. I guess channel his energy into.
:16:31. > :16:35.Let's hope he can step it up and get a good result in Santander, because
:16:36. > :16:41.I think it is really important for his confidence, and with his hopes
:16:42. > :16:44.for a medal in Rio. The first half of the World Championships throws up
:16:45. > :16:48.unpredictable conditions and Nick struggles to make anything like
:16:49. > :16:53.winning form. In every race I was doing OK and each time came unstuck
:16:54. > :17:02.at windward mark. So not the best day. Certainly probably lost any
:17:03. > :17:05.chance of winning. Bryony Shaw is Britain's best female windsurfer and
:17:06. > :17:11.knows how it feels to stand on an Olympic podium. I had a quick chat
:17:12. > :17:16.with her at her parents house to find out how her build-up to the
:17:17. > :17:21.World Championships in Santander was going. I need to step up and make
:17:22. > :17:26.sure my mindset is there. I think we have done a fantastic preparation,
:17:27. > :17:31.so it is those fine details at the end of the day. My miniature goal is
:17:32. > :17:36.on my mindset and making sure I am focused and fired up for that event.
:17:37. > :17:44.How do you do that? LAUGHTER. Well... I think it is about routine,
:17:45. > :17:50.it is about balance, it will be a long regatta. So very much trying to
:17:51. > :17:56.make sure I am enjoying the racing and being happy Bryony on the water.
:17:57. > :18:03.And then... You know, being able to... Yes, see my boyfriend and my
:18:04. > :18:08.friends, and make sure that is not too much of a distraction, and
:18:09. > :18:17.hopefully it is... Happy Bryony will be successful Bryony. LAUGHTER.
:18:18. > :18:21.Bryony Shaw was tipped for a medal in London and it all didn't quite
:18:22. > :18:26.work out. She is another one I am surprised by how motivated she is,
:18:27. > :18:32.to go again and right the wrongs. I think she is one of those people who
:18:33. > :18:38.almost had a hangover from her medal before. Certainly for me, after the
:18:39. > :18:43.Olympics in 2000, it came a little easy, won the gold there and you
:18:44. > :18:46.somehow I believe it comes from talent alone -- somehow believe. I
:18:47. > :18:51.am not saying she didn't put in work, you have two, but I think she
:18:52. > :18:55.has woken up from that and realised you can leave no stone unturned, you
:18:56. > :18:59.have to do everything you can. I saw her recently, she looks back in
:19:00. > :19:04.great shape physically and she is definitely a medal contender for us.
:19:05. > :19:09.You learn a lot when it doesn't work out. I remember in Atlanta finishing
:19:10. > :19:16.fourth, I just had a different perspective on life and sailing
:19:17. > :19:19.after that. Motivations. A hell of a motivation. It has changed me
:19:20. > :19:24.massively as a person. Maybe I am more boring, I think, but I would
:19:25. > :19:28.not go into a competition of that importance, to me and my team,
:19:29. > :19:32.knowing I could have done more. She is loving her life at the moment,
:19:33. > :19:36.she has a new boyfriend, she is so excited about life and loving her
:19:37. > :19:42.windsurfing. It sounds great. LAUGHTER. When she is in frame of
:19:43. > :19:46.mind she is almost unstoppable, isn't she? She thrives off her own
:19:47. > :19:51.self-confidence and at the moment she is smiling, beaming, so I think
:19:52. > :19:55.she will do well in Santander. Midway through the World
:19:56. > :20:03.Championships, we join Bryony at her prerace morning ritual. This is a
:20:04. > :20:08.way to get me into a better, less panicky morning, I guess, so I feel
:20:09. > :20:12.like I have enough time to get everything that needs to be done
:20:13. > :20:16.done. It is something new to be integrated, but hopefully I buy into
:20:17. > :20:21.it and it is really helping my racing. Briny is expected to do well
:20:22. > :20:25.here and is obviously feeling the pressure. I had a windy day
:20:26. > :20:31.yesterday, and just a couple of mistakes cream creeping in, and
:20:32. > :20:37.every mistake -- mistakes creeping in. I will try to keep a clear head
:20:38. > :20:41.and chip away points where I can. I have been working on everything
:20:42. > :20:47.physically and mentally, so it is all work in progress. Is ongoing,
:20:48. > :20:51.and mental strength is always ongoing. I am potentially going for
:20:52. > :20:54.my third Olympic Games now, and all the highs and lows of going through
:20:55. > :21:08.all of that. The 470 is a tactical two-handed
:21:09. > :21:13.Dinky, and at the last Olympics Britain one two silver medals in the
:21:14. > :21:19.class -- Dinky. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark won the women's medal,
:21:20. > :21:24.and Luke Patience and Stuart Biffle took the men's. I met up with Luke
:21:25. > :21:32.Patience in a sunny Weymouth. He is confident at the next Olympics he
:21:33. > :21:36.will upgrade silver to gold. I remember I spent two weeks in front
:21:37. > :21:41.of the TV watching the 96 Olympics, just a possessed, and Ira member the
:21:42. > :21:47.feeling I would have watching these athletes go up on the podium, or
:21:48. > :21:53.not, you know? The raw emotion you would see as they were in tears or
:21:54. > :21:58.joy -- of joy or sadness. That was me hoped, done. I was like, that is
:21:59. > :22:03.what I'm doing with my life. Quite a young team, this. We have had some
:22:04. > :22:08.of the old guard leave us, Ben Ainslie has gone, Iain Percy has
:22:09. > :22:12.gone, and do Simpson tragically died last year, Paul Goodison has gone --
:22:13. > :22:16.and resumes on. These are some long-time gold medallists who have
:22:17. > :22:26.gone -- Andrew Simpson. We are a young bunch which is cool, bringing
:22:27. > :22:29.youth and enthusiasm into it. Am quite an energetic highly strong
:22:30. > :22:35.lad. I do well to sail with a partner who is quite grounded,
:22:36. > :22:40.calm, logical and predictable, maybe you could say. Because I am the
:22:41. > :22:43.opposite. Just five months ago, Luke teamed up with two-time world
:22:44. > :22:50.champion Elliot with -- Elliot Willis. Santander will be a proving
:22:51. > :22:56.ground for the pairing. Away from sailing, road biking clears my mind.
:22:57. > :23:00.It is the few habits that clears space, away from the whole circus
:23:01. > :23:06.and the scene. I enjoy the technical aspect of it a lot, things like
:23:07. > :23:10.power pedals. A chance to look down at some numbers. I see a different
:23:11. > :23:15.way of technically switching off, but also, I guess, it applies to the
:23:16. > :23:22.sailing as well, a very strong technical aspect, I guess I am
:23:23. > :23:26.mildly OCD about it. Nick and I, despite being different characters,
:23:27. > :23:30.have always been good mates. We complement each other quite well,
:23:31. > :23:35.especially in the boat. There are moments when the tempo needs to be
:23:36. > :23:39.brought up, and he is good at that. There are other points, critical
:23:40. > :23:46.parts where the tempo needs to be settled, and I think that is where I
:23:47. > :23:49.come in. We are still a way out from the Olympics, but at the moment it
:23:50. > :24:00.looks like we are in a head-to-head battle with the Australians. What
:24:01. > :24:05.are we thinking, go at this one? Probably a bit risky for falling. I
:24:06. > :24:10.have slid down this piece of rock before, I will not lie to you. My
:24:11. > :24:16.fingers are still tingling at the thought. LAUGHTER. He has an amazing
:24:17. > :24:19.ability to bring out the best in people he works with. I have never
:24:20. > :24:25.known anybody who operates, we talk about a note blame culture but Luke
:24:26. > :24:28.lives that -- no blame culture. If anything happens in the environment
:24:29. > :24:34.which is not perfect, use all about, let's move on. That is such a
:24:35. > :24:43.refreshing place to be. All the gear on. I like climbing because it
:24:44. > :24:47.scares me. Life is to secure sometimes. I want to get some
:24:48. > :24:52.concentration here. Easy, lovely hold there. I have spent my whole
:24:53. > :24:57.life in the sea, surfing, windsurfing and sailing. I am good
:24:58. > :25:03.at sailing about fast, simple as that, having that feel and
:25:04. > :25:07.understanding of what the boat once at any given moment -- sailing a
:25:08. > :25:12.boat fast. I pride myself on being good at that. I know that can sound
:25:13. > :25:17.arrogant, but it is not. At the end of the day, you have to be aware of
:25:18. > :25:20.your strengths as much as your weaknesses. If you don't know what
:25:21. > :25:29.you are good at, then I don't know what place you have in sport. Brazil
:25:30. > :25:32.gold medal, Rio 2016, is the goal, it is absolutely the goal. When you
:25:33. > :25:38.ask me in two years how confident I am of a gold medal, in the first
:25:39. > :25:44.race of the and pics, I will say "I am completely confident". -- first
:25:45. > :25:48.race of the Olympics. I remember interviewing Luke before 2012, and
:25:49. > :25:51.being quite surprised by his confidence, and just watching him in
:25:52. > :25:58.the film, his confidence, if anything, has grown. It is a brush
:25:59. > :26:05.of fresh air. -- breath of fresh air. Luke is the different one in
:26:06. > :26:09.the team, he craves the attention, he loves the media and being the
:26:10. > :26:14.centre of attention. I guess you cannot knock it, and that enthusiasm
:26:15. > :26:20.and confidence helps drive their results. He must have realised over
:26:21. > :26:23.the years that going in and telling people how to do well helped him do
:26:24. > :26:27.well. A lot of us feel that puts more pressure on but it takes it off
:26:28. > :26:32.him which is important. They will need something extra to beat the
:26:33. > :26:36.Aussies. Matt Belcher is the most consistent manner in sailing. Was it
:26:37. > :26:43.12 months they were unbeaten with a new pairing? That for me is amazing.
:26:44. > :26:47.Looking at Luke, they have started a new pairing as well, and they are
:26:48. > :26:51.there and there about already. That confidence Luke has means he will
:26:52. > :26:55.not be daunted by it. He will just keep pushing on their own programme,
:26:56. > :26:59.go in, and I have every confidence they would be as good as they can be
:27:00. > :27:05.on the day and if that is good enough to win, then they will. Like
:27:06. > :27:11.others in the British team, Luke and Elliott are finding the northern
:27:12. > :27:15.Spanish conditions tricky to read. We have had an up-and-down regatta
:27:16. > :27:20.with regards to wind. It has been wacky racing. So far we have pulled
:27:21. > :27:25.out a few consistent results, we are in a confident position and have
:27:26. > :27:30.avoided protests and redraft crane. Really, the end of qualifying
:27:31. > :27:35.signifies the halfway stage. The real racing begins after that. We
:27:36. > :27:40.have had a great first few races, and nice platform to springboard us
:27:41. > :27:50.into the business end of the regatta -- a nice platform. Britain has also
:27:51. > :27:55.got great depth and talent in the women's 470 fleet. Saskia Clark
:27:56. > :28:01.disappointed with her Beijing games results but teamed up with the very
:28:02. > :28:04.young but talented helm Hannah Mills for the 2012 Olympics. They
:28:05. > :28:10.performed so well that with two days to go, they had already secured a
:28:11. > :28:18.silver medal. In the final race, they had to fight it out with the
:28:19. > :28:25.Kiwis for the gold medal. I was just gutted. I really believed
:28:26. > :28:33.we could win and I believed we were good enough. And just one tiny
:28:34. > :28:39.mistake of the start line, that was game over, and I just felt really
:28:40. > :28:45.responsible, you know? I knew how much everyone had put in, our
:28:46. > :28:51.coaches and support staff, my family, obviously, and I just felt
:28:52. > :28:55.gutted. Winning a silver medal is absolutely amazing, but we had one
:28:56. > :28:59.that already two days earlier and had got over that. For us it was all
:29:00. > :29:03.about the gold medal and any competitive person will know it is
:29:04. > :29:08.all about winning, so it was an emotional time for sure.
:29:09. > :29:15.On the eve of the first race, Saskia is determined that their combined
:29:16. > :29:21.skills can reverse the trend. There must be pressure to nail this, to
:29:22. > :29:30.get a result here. We are definitely bored of coming second!
:29:31. > :29:37.Hannah will only be happy with a gold medal, she has that steely
:29:38. > :29:41.determination. Tell me a bit about Hannah. She is this mixture of fun,
:29:42. > :29:47.energy and excitement and then she has this will of steel. What is she
:29:48. > :29:50.like when she badly delayed the pressure is really on? She has had
:29:51. > :29:54.an amazing career from a young age, some real pressure of events and is
:29:55. > :30:01.cool as a cucumber when she needs to be. She kind of controls me a little
:30:02. > :30:06.bit, actually. I get very excited. On paper, the 470 women are very
:30:07. > :30:10.similar to Luke and Elliott, just missed out on the gold in the last
:30:11. > :30:15.games. Two years on, how do you think they are shaping up? I have a
:30:16. > :30:20.lot of confidence in them, they are both very talented. It is a nice
:30:21. > :30:24.balance, Saskia has that maturity and experience to keep calm under
:30:25. > :30:31.pressure and Hannah is clearly a real talent. Physically, they are
:30:32. > :30:35.the right size, especially for a lighter crack, no one can get much
:30:36. > :30:42.smaller than Hannah, she is tiny. So I am confident for them in Santander
:30:43. > :30:47.but particularly Rio. The women's 470 racing is proving to be very
:30:48. > :30:53.close. Halfway, Hannah and Saskia are in third place, just ahead of
:30:54. > :30:58.their archrivals the Kiwis. We have seven races left so we are hoping to
:30:59. > :31:02.win them all, I guess, but we would probably take just being aborigine
:31:03. > :31:09.well. We just want to be in the medal race with the chance of a
:31:10. > :31:17.medal, hopefully a gold medal. -- take just being aborigine.
:31:18. > :31:20.medal, hopefully a gold medal. -- take just being aborigine --
:31:21. > :31:25.average. The man who has the job of managing the team is Stephen Park,
:31:26. > :31:30.and he has presided over the team's rise to be, at one stage, the best
:31:31. > :31:36.in the world. You have lost many of your dead
:31:37. > :31:43.certs, people you could have relied on to deliver when they had to. How
:31:44. > :31:47.has that changed your thinking towards Rio? In terms of those
:31:48. > :31:52.bankers that you think you have going into this time, I think at the
:31:53. > :31:57.moment, we would be confident enough to say we have got more of those
:31:58. > :32:01.going into Rio, at this stage, emerging than we did at this stage
:32:02. > :32:06.going into London. Albeit, their names are not as well-known as Ben
:32:07. > :32:16.Ainslie and Iain Percy, Shelley Robertson. It is difficult to talk
:32:17. > :32:19.about medal hauls, but talk about in context of this event, what you're
:32:20. > :32:25.looking for, hoping for and perhaps what is realistic version mark at
:32:26. > :32:31.the end of the day, we have a target to win four medals, so there is no
:32:32. > :32:36.shying away from that. I have no doubt it is more competitive ban it
:32:37. > :32:41.has ever been so as a result of that, it is harder to be confident
:32:42. > :32:45.about who will win in any given class. There are only a few classes
:32:46. > :32:51.where there are any sailors from any country that are able to get that
:32:52. > :33:01.consistency, and right now, there are probably only too, that is the
:33:02. > :33:06.thin and the 470 men, and in the 470, it is our Australian
:33:07. > :33:11.colleagues. In 2012, we were not top of the medal table. We won more
:33:12. > :33:15.medals than anyone else but at the table counts gold medals first, so
:33:16. > :33:22.Australia are currently top of the medal table. And it irritates me
:33:23. > :33:26.that we are not, you know, the top nation at the moment. It grinds, and
:33:27. > :33:31.it does on a number of our sailors and that is what gets you up in the
:33:32. > :33:34.morning, get you motivated to make sure you are going to go out
:33:35. > :33:42.tomorrow and make them sure it is going to be different next time. The
:33:43. > :33:48.49er is the mono hull speedster of the Olympic fleet. It has
:33:49. > :33:53.electrifying pace, but with twin trapezes, it is challenging to say.
:33:54. > :33:57.Britain has only won bronze and one silver medal in this class but there
:33:58. > :34:02.are no several British crews at the top of the world rankings. I got
:34:03. > :34:08.into sailing when I was about 11 years old. We used to live near
:34:09. > :34:12.London... Actually, it is not really London, I tell people that who don't
:34:13. > :34:16.live in London, it was Kingston. Mum and dad were both ballet dancers and
:34:17. > :34:21.I think their genes are being flexible and powerful have helped,
:34:22. > :34:25.it is useful around the 49er. Sailing on little lakes and ponds
:34:26. > :34:29.helps out, you pick up a lot of knowledge on the feel of what is
:34:30. > :34:35.going to happen next. When I started sailing with Alain, it was a good
:34:36. > :34:38.mix. He is from the sea and we have been sailing together for eight
:34:39. > :34:43.years now and we know what the other person is about to do, so we don't
:34:44. > :34:49.have to say as much in the boat, it is inherent, we know what we are
:34:50. > :34:53.doing. Dylan is a fiery person, I think you need that in the team, and
:34:54. > :34:57.I am quite quiet, so we gel quite well together. I think if we both
:34:58. > :35:02.had two nutcases in the boat, it wouldn't work, you would bang your
:35:03. > :35:06.heads together. We are aiming for a medal, a medal would be good, we
:35:07. > :35:11.have never got one at World Championships, but we won't really
:35:12. > :35:15.be happy unless we win. From the outside, one of the classes that is
:35:16. > :35:21.hardest to call is the 49er. There seems to be a real depth but perhaps
:35:22. > :35:26.no real winner there yet. You look at the results and you see Dylan is
:35:27. > :35:30.almost at the top performer with Alain. They seem to do really well
:35:31. > :35:34.when it comes to the end of the week and the race and on the smaller
:35:35. > :35:38.courses, their boat handling is a bit better than the others and they
:35:39. > :35:43.seem to perform under the pressure on the final day. Dylan and Alain
:35:44. > :35:46.are confident they can perform, but things in Santander are proving
:35:47. > :35:51.light and tricky and did their first two races, they get too shocking
:35:52. > :35:56.results. We haven't had many days tougher than that. Unfortunately, we
:35:57. > :36:00.started a little bit early in the first race, so we got a
:36:01. > :36:05.disqualification and in the second race, we were going for the line and
:36:06. > :36:12.were sort of fighting our way through and it is pretty hard work
:36:13. > :36:16.with 40 49ers on a short course. Over the course of the series,
:36:17. > :36:24.hopefully we can fight our way back. Unfortunately, things go from bad to
:36:25. > :36:28.worse. Dylan and Alain go on to pick up a 41st and 42nd, didn't qualify
:36:29. > :36:35.for the medal race and up 54th overall.
:36:36. > :36:41.The all-female 49er fracture is another new class to the Olympics
:36:42. > :36:46.and, just its big brother, it brings twin sailing into the event. In the
:36:47. > :36:50.qualifying stages of the regatta, Charlotte Dobson and Soviet threat
:36:51. > :36:59.has shamed their male team words -- Sophie have shamed their male
:37:00. > :37:05.team-mates. We couldn't be happier, we have had managed to have for
:37:06. > :37:10.really good races, going into qualifying in second and it is a big
:37:11. > :37:16.difference to this time last year. We didn't even qualify for goal
:37:17. > :37:25.fleet, so to be second, we are pretty happy with. My boyfriend
:37:26. > :37:28.sails of 49er and he is having an absolute disaster. Dylan sailing the
:37:29. > :37:37.49er, I have learned a huge amount from him. And Sophie's boyfriend is
:37:38. > :37:45.in the nigra, so between the two of them, they have taught us a lot.
:37:46. > :37:50.Nobili, it is the other way around. I have a lot on physically, I pulled
:37:51. > :37:55.the kite up and down and Charlotte hangs around at the back pushing the
:37:56. > :37:59.stick. It goes quiet in the race, she can't breathe at all, working
:38:00. > :38:05.her little heart out and I am sort of sitting there, shouting
:38:06. > :38:08.encouragement as much as I can. Every day after racing, Charlotte
:38:09. > :38:15.and Sophie trek back to the team house to endure a bone numbing
:38:16. > :38:23.treatment. I am not sure why I do this, all I want to do is get out.
:38:24. > :38:26.The icepack fleshes the lactic acid from their systems but also gives
:38:27. > :38:36.them a chance to reflect on the dynamics of their partnership. When
:38:37. > :38:45.was our must fight? You forgot our anniversary. We haven't really had a
:38:46. > :38:49.rough ride. -- haven't really had a fight. When we first started sailing
:38:50. > :38:55.together, we thought we were really similar and then you get in a boat
:38:56. > :38:58.and you think, you get that competitiveness and you go separate
:38:59. > :39:11.ways, so I tend to get quite fiery and Sophie gets a bit quieter, kind
:39:12. > :39:15.of thing. What we have found works quite well is if anyone is getting
:39:16. > :39:23.particularly grumpy, you just offer them some food. Most things are
:39:24. > :39:28.solved by this. New for Rio, the 49er FX, it is great to see more
:39:29. > :39:33.women. A big fan of that. I think it has been a good addition to the
:39:34. > :39:37.line-up. I think it is a good class, it is exciting, it is the one that
:39:38. > :39:42.people want to watch. You look at the slower boat, like the Finn, we
:39:43. > :39:46.agree they are amazing bows to sail and race but it doesn't have the
:39:47. > :39:51.visual impact of the 49er. People want to see both going fast, people
:39:52. > :39:54.capsizing, falling in. The boats are quite fast, quite frightening and
:39:55. > :39:57.quite a handful for the girls. You will see them at the moment,
:39:58. > :40:02.swimming around a little thing and you will see them in the physio room
:40:03. > :40:08.getting patched back-up. Are they too soft, need to toughen up? I
:40:09. > :40:12.wouldn't say that, seeing what they lived in the gym, they are quite up,
:40:13. > :40:19.but when you hit a wire at 20 knots, it is going to do some damage. The
:40:20. > :40:24.laser is the ultimate one design single-handed dinghy, the world's
:40:25. > :40:28.most popular sailing boat. Britain has an medalled in this class since
:40:29. > :40:34.Beijing. Nick Thompson has his sights set on a medal in Rio and is
:40:35. > :40:37.hoping to prove himself in Santander.
:40:38. > :40:40.Nick, nearly halfway through, it has looked really challenging all week
:40:41. > :40:49.but you are in good shape. Yes, so far the idea has been to get into
:40:50. > :40:53.goal fleet and not make any mistakes like last year. You are at the top,
:40:54. > :40:58.world-class, but you haven't gone to the Olympic Games. It was always
:40:59. > :41:01.going to be closed between Paul and myself up to the last games and he
:41:02. > :41:04.managed to pick me in the selections. I know straight away the
:41:05. > :41:11.focus would turn to the Rio Games and that has been my goal for a
:41:12. > :41:16.while so although it is frustrating to not go to the Olympics, I have
:41:17. > :41:22.learned a lot from the experience campaigning to so many. Leak always
:41:23. > :41:27.seems to me to perform under is not on and maybe sometimes in the key
:41:28. > :41:31.events, part of the trials Championships, he doesn't always
:41:32. > :41:38.deliver the goods. I think it will be interesting. Ben performs better
:41:39. > :41:41.under pressure than in a relaxed competition, he always steps up and
:41:42. > :41:47.others, I would like to think me and Paul and yourself, are the same and
:41:48. > :41:51.there are some people who don't like the pressure and to win at the
:41:52. > :41:57.highest level, you need to be go out at least with your normal game and
:41:58. > :42:02.like Ben, you can raise it. Nick got off to a brilliant start, winning
:42:03. > :42:06.the first race. He continued to sail consistently throughout the regatta
:42:07. > :42:09.and has qualified for the medal race in second, poised for the podium
:42:10. > :42:15.and, if the stars aligned, the top step.
:42:16. > :42:19.In Olympic sailing, every event concludes with a medal race final,
:42:20. > :42:25.where only the top ten boats qualified. Crews carry their points
:42:26. > :42:29.from the previous results but the medal race counts double. This is
:42:30. > :42:34.where the colour of the medal is decided and they are staged right
:42:35. > :42:37.next to the shoreside grandstand, a great view but often makes for a
:42:38. > :42:41.tricky sailing. On the day of the laser medal race, the conditions in
:42:42. > :42:47.Santander are stronger and gusty, conditions that suit Nick. He needs
:42:48. > :42:54.to beat the Australian Tom Burton and be within two places up the
:42:55. > :43:03.Dutchman Nicolas Hyner to be in contention. Halfway up the first leg
:43:04. > :43:09.and he has the Dutchman tucked away, a great start. With two legs of the
:43:10. > :43:14.course to sail, Nick is lying in silver medal position, pushing hard
:43:15. > :43:18.to secure that second place. But by the final mark, the Dutchman has got
:43:19. > :43:24.past and a sailing away. Gold is heading to the Netherlands. Nick is
:43:25. > :43:29.fighting for silver against a new rival, the Australian. Giving it
:43:30. > :43:34.everything, Nick sticks the nose of his boat into a wave and nearly
:43:35. > :43:38.wipes out. He loses grip on the silver and comes home to take
:43:39. > :43:42.bronze. I felt the one last run, it was all
:43:43. > :43:48.to play for and it didn't quite work out. It was a tricky downwind, where
:43:49. > :43:53.we are racing is really chopped up water so it is difficult to get the
:43:54. > :43:58.boat going well downwind and I had a nasty nosedive and threw away a few
:43:59. > :44:01.places, which is disappointing. I know you came here wanting to win
:44:02. > :44:07.and lay your marker down and you so nearly did. Yes, really frustrating
:44:08. > :44:10.week. It has been challenging, a real mix-up conditions but to come
:44:11. > :44:26.away with third is good. But it was the gold I was after, for sure.
:44:27. > :44:32.At her first big regatta since recovering from illness, Allie Young
:44:33. > :44:45.secures a respectable ninth place in the women's laser relay. On the day
:44:46. > :44:52.of the women's race, Brierley is ten spots off the podium, but is still
:44:53. > :44:58.confident about her chances. Briony shawl with a great start. Briony has
:44:59. > :45:06.a great start, powering to the left line of the course. These are tough
:45:07. > :45:12.conditions for RS:X sailing, it really is difficult to read.
:45:13. > :45:18.Approaching the first weather mark, she is fighting for first place with
:45:19. > :45:23.the Chinese and Italian sailors. Hold on here and Briony will take
:45:24. > :45:37.bronze. Terrific performance but that is a disaster for Bryony Shaw
:45:38. > :45:42.she misses her mark, stalls out and loses a couple of places. By my
:45:43. > :45:47.reckoning, and officially, she is now out of the medal positions. Just
:45:48. > :45:52.frustrating trying to find the speed and I found it today and it is all a
:45:53. > :45:59.bit late and then just mistakes creeping in, like just missing the
:46:00. > :46:11.windward mark when I am... I don't know, just silly amateur and the
:46:12. > :46:13.men's 470 medal race, barring disaster, the Australians Mat
:46:14. > :46:20.Belcher and will Ryan have the gold medal, but Luke and Elliott have an
:46:21. > :46:25.outside chance of winning bronze. We still have a chance today, ten
:46:26. > :46:28.points behind in fourth place, they will go out to win the race and
:46:29. > :46:32.hopefully one or two of the other competitors will mess it up and they
:46:33. > :46:49.will have a chance of winning a bronze medal. Here comes the men's
:46:50. > :46:57.470 final. And there is the British pair are blue patients and Elliott
:46:58. > :47:05.Willis. -- of Luke Patients. The British bear whether the lead pair
:47:06. > :47:14.going reasonably well -- the British pair going reasonably well.
:47:15. > :47:20.Great Britain doing a good job. Where is Australia? A very risky
:47:21. > :47:27.move by Great Britain, right ahead of another boat coming up ahead of
:47:28. > :47:35.Australia. They now go downwind on the final leg. Looks as though this
:47:36. > :47:41.is going to be victory for Spain. Behind them, six points manoeuvring
:47:42. > :47:48.and any one of them could get second place Spanish victory. Great Britain
:47:49. > :47:53.cross in second place. The Australians will take the gold
:47:54. > :47:57.medal. Luke and Elliott finished the medal race second but out of the
:47:58. > :48:01.medals. To stand on the podium was always
:48:02. > :48:07.going to be a long shot, there was a lot to do. It is frustrating
:48:08. > :48:10.finishing fourth, we have had a great year and have been on the
:48:11. > :48:13.podium a few times and no one likes coming forth but, in the same
:48:14. > :48:17.breath, after five months of the boat together, we have to stay
:48:18. > :48:20.philosophical and we are right at the front of the fleet, challenging
:48:21. > :48:26.at the very top end in a short space of time together, so it stings a bit
:48:27. > :48:29.right there but that is what the next two years are about, to get the
:48:30. > :48:39.Olympic Games and rectify these things.
:48:40. > :48:42.In the medal race for the new Nacra 17 class, Britain has two boats in
:48:43. > :48:49.the final. Both Andrew Walsh and Lucy MacGregor and Pippa Wilson are
:48:50. > :48:54.out of medal contention, so a good medal result is the target of the
:48:55. > :48:59.start line. At the first stop mark of the Swiss league and head right.
:49:00. > :49:08.The Argentinians are second and head left. The British boats are involved
:49:09. > :49:13.in a collision with France. The French boat receives the judges'
:49:14. > :49:17.penalty but paper and John are left stationary. It takes them a few
:49:18. > :49:26.minutes to get back on track, hoist the kite and get back downwind.
:49:27. > :49:41.Tough and exciting, challenging to sail, this is modern Olympic
:49:42. > :49:44.sailing. The Kiwis and Argentina are locked in the silver medal
:49:45. > :49:49.position. French confirm gold, Argentina takes over. The Kiwis just
:49:50. > :49:58.pipped the Australians are malign but need a boat between them -- on
:49:59. > :50:04.the line. GB couple MacGregor and Walsh and in a creditable seventh. A
:50:05. > :50:09.lot about Scott and very good start and found the breeze on the first
:50:10. > :50:13.beat and got away, but the rest of the pack was swapping places that
:50:14. > :50:18.right and centre, a couple of big crashes. It was a good Nacra final
:50:19. > :50:22.race. To keep the momentum through the week has been tough and I think
:50:23. > :50:28.we have done a good job about and the regatta on such a high, with a 7
:50:29. > :50:35.second first and a better race today, we have to be proud about.
:50:36. > :50:40.And the men's RS:X windsurfing, Nick Dempsey has made it through to the
:50:41. > :50:45.medal race. Gold has gone but he is philosophical about what lies ahead.
:50:46. > :50:49.There isn't any pressure on me, I am in sixth place, I have a bit of a
:50:50. > :50:54.proper behind and in front, so it is a nice attacking place to be -- a
:50:55. > :51:04.buffer. I can sail a relatively free race. The race for the medals is a
:51:05. > :51:16.real tussle in strong, gusting winds and a sea that is bouncing off the
:51:17. > :51:21.harbour wall. Nick finishes fifth and fifth overall. He misses the
:51:22. > :51:25.podium but reaches his pre-event ambition. It is disappointing,
:51:26. > :51:30.because I enjoy winning and I do it to win, but the reality is I came
:51:31. > :51:36.here to try and finish top five and I did, so that is good and means I
:51:37. > :51:43.am on target and the areas I didn't perform in our very easily sorted
:51:44. > :51:48.out, so it is, I suppose, a good end to quite a tough week.
:51:49. > :51:53.Saskia and Hannah are in bronze medal position going into the final
:51:54. > :51:57.day. I guess we are a bit disappointed that we are not close
:51:58. > :52:01.to first and second, so we can really properly take the fight to
:52:02. > :52:09.win the regatta, but just happy to be in with a shout of a medal. And
:52:10. > :52:12.the race is under way. In light, shifting conditions, Hannah and
:52:13. > :52:18.Saskia start clean and immediately had the right hand side of the
:52:19. > :52:22.course. It is a gamble that pays off, the wind shifts to the right,
:52:23. > :52:27.take some of the third of the first mark and they have the Austrians in
:52:28. > :52:31.rage. Great Britain have moved up into second place behind the lead
:52:32. > :52:34.Austrian pair. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clerk were in bronze medal
:52:35. > :52:41.position before this medal race, so they will be pleased. By the next
:52:42. > :52:51.upwind leg, they are duelling for the lead. There is very little
:52:52. > :52:59.between them, this is a great race. Can Austria attack ahead? Great
:53:00. > :53:04.drama, this is a key moment. The wind has shifted left, giving the
:53:05. > :53:14.advantage to Austria. But only a length separate them for the lead.
:53:15. > :53:19.Kerb round the mark at the top of the cause and downwind on the final
:53:20. > :53:22.leg, Austria and Great Britain. Great Britain doing everything they
:53:23. > :53:31.can in their power, and they between them have put in a lead over the
:53:32. > :53:35.rest but New Zealand could be clawing them is cells way back into
:53:36. > :53:42.the silver medal position. -- clawing themselves back. Coming down
:53:43. > :53:47.towards the finishing line and the final manoeuvres. Gary? Australia is
:53:48. > :53:52.in good shape. Great move by Great Britain, keep the fight going, back
:53:53. > :53:58.into the centre, it is the only thing they can do, I like their
:53:59. > :54:02.feistiness. It is going to be a gold medal for Austria, they are coming
:54:03. > :54:07.up to past the line and they are the winners of the race. Second placed
:54:08. > :54:11.the Great Britain. Overall, they will take the bronze medal but what
:54:12. > :54:17.a terrific effort from Hannah Mills and Saskia.
:54:18. > :54:20.I know you came here to win, but to deliver in the medal race and come
:54:21. > :54:30.away with a podium position, you must take something from that we
:54:31. > :54:34.definitely do. We have moved forward to the end of the week and to top it
:54:35. > :54:41.off and claimed the bronze medal is wicked. The British pair of John and
:54:42. > :54:49.Stewart make it into the 49er final but are out of the medals. And away
:54:50. > :54:52.they go. Gold is already claimed by New Zealand, but behind them is a
:54:53. > :54:58.closely contested race where positions change every few seconds.
:54:59. > :55:04.The lead changes five times and the silver medal is decided in the
:55:05. > :55:08.closing seconds of the race. The Austrians going through in second
:55:09. > :55:16.place ahead of Great Britain. The British pair finished the medal race
:55:17. > :55:20.third, giving them sixth overall. Per day, happy. Best outcome for us.
:55:21. > :55:31.For the week, it is another story but we are happy today. In the new
:55:32. > :55:35.women's 49er FX class, Charlotte and Sophie have made it through to the
:55:36. > :55:43.medal race but the magical form they showed early in the regatta has
:55:44. > :55:47.drifted, finishing seventh overall. With the like we can achieve more
:55:48. > :55:53.than we have, we have more to give. It gives you something to go home,
:55:54. > :55:57.work on, reflect and move forward. Giles Scott has done what he
:55:58. > :56:05.intended in Santander. He came here and dominated the Finn fleet, making
:56:06. > :56:10.him the man to beat. But he is not the only Brit in the medal zone. Ed
:56:11. > :56:13.Wright has performed brilliantly and has the chance to win a bronze medal
:56:14. > :56:22.with a good performance in the final race. Going into the medal race, he
:56:23. > :56:26.must avoid disqualification -- Giles must avoid disqualification to win
:56:27. > :56:36.the gold. At the first mark, he is lying comfortable in second place.
:56:37. > :56:37.At this point, Ed Wright is in last place and firmly out of medal
:56:38. > :56:49.contention. On the second upwind leg, Giles
:56:50. > :56:55.drops a place but is still winning goal. Ed Wright, however, sails as
:56:56. > :57:01.sensational legs to climb from last into fourth place, putting him in
:57:02. > :57:07.bronze medal position. Giles still has the gold in the bag but Ed
:57:08. > :57:14.Wright has two byte of France. Whoever crosses the line first wins
:57:15. > :57:17.the bronze. -- has to fight off. Ed keeps the Frenchman at bay, crosses
:57:18. > :57:24.in third and wins the bronze medal. Gold, though, is safely in the hands
:57:25. > :57:34.of Giles Scott. It is a big milestone. I don't know, I try to
:57:35. > :57:38.stay very realistic and the fact is my big goal is in two years' time.
:57:39. > :57:43.But this is a very big step towards that and I am kind of looking
:57:44. > :57:46.forward to the next couple of years. It has been a great season and I
:57:47. > :57:51.couldn't think of a better way to round it off than with a world
:57:52. > :57:56.title, some, really happy. One gold and three bronzes puts
:57:57. > :58:01.Britain fourth on the medal table. What does Sparky take from that? We
:58:02. > :58:06.came with the aim of winning for medals and to qualify the country
:58:07. > :58:10.for the Olympics in all ten of the offence, and we have managed that,
:58:11. > :58:14.just. I think a number of the sailors will go home a little bit
:58:15. > :58:18.disappointed, partly because the competition continues to increase,
:58:19. > :58:22.gets tougher and tougher every event, but also because we set such
:58:23. > :58:27.high standards and everybody coming into the team is expecting to medal,
:58:28. > :58:30.so when you finish fourth or fifth, you are going home disappointed. So
:58:31. > :58:36.there will be disappointed sailors but at the end of the day, the key
:58:37. > :58:41.goals, for medals, qualifying in all ten events for Rio, those boxes are
:58:42. > :58:47.ticked, so as a team we have to be content with that. For ten years,
:58:48. > :58:52.British sailing was unstoppable. Winning was expected and more often
:58:53. > :58:57.than not, delivered. But it appears that we can no longer assume the
:58:58. > :59:02.glory days are ours by right. Here in Santander, the fresh faces has
:59:03. > :59:06.shown glimpses of brilliance. And with the time, Team GB has the
:59:07. > :59:10.experience to get through this transitional period. You can't hide
:59:11. > :59:15.from it, though, there is a lot of work to do. But with two years of
:59:16. > :59:16.preparation ahead, the road to Rio for Team GB is still very much under
:59:17. > :59:19.construction.