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British windsurfer Nick Dempsey on course for Olympic silver medal

Britain's Nick Dempsey competes in the RS:X Men sailing class on Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janerio during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016. / AF
Image: Nick Dempsey has all but secured a second Olympics silver medal

Great Britain's Nick Dempsey has all but secured a second successive Olympic silver medal with a race to spare.

A day shy of his 36th birthday, the windsurfer ensured he will add to his Beijing 2008 bronze and second-place finish at London 2012.

Dempsey began his final Olympic regatta on top but was eventually pipped to gold by Holland's Dorian van Rijsselberghe - the same as four years ago.

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The result is subject to protest and both will still have to sail in Sunday's medal race, but the pair were congratulating one another at the end of race 12.