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Glanfield (l) and Rogers celebrate silver
Men's 470 class:
Gold: Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (Aus)
Silver: Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield (GB)
Bronze: Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset (Fra)
Women's 470 class:
Gold: Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson (Aus)
Silver: Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout (Ned)
Bronze: Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan (Bra)
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Great Britain's Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield claimed a superb silver medal in the men's 470 class on Monday.
Going into the medal race in fourth position overall, the GB pair finished third but significantly they were far enough ahead of medal rivals France and Holland to move up the rankings.
Australia, who had already secured gold, won the race with Japan second and Britain third.
GB needed to finish two places ahead of France to overhaul them and three in front of the Dutch - and they managed that with the French ending the medal race in sixth and the crew from Holland in seventh.
Poor start
The silver medal represented a fine comeback for the British duo.
They had made a poor start to the medal race and found themselves down in ninth place at the first mark, with only the Dutch - who had gambled on going for clear water in the early stages - behind them.
However, Rogers and Glanfield stormed through the field from that point to earn themselves another Olympic silver - they also finished second in Athens four years ago.
"The first downwind we sailed quite well and then the second beat was really,
really good," Rogers said.
"It just put us right in there and then we were just clawing our way through
the fleet then and on a roll.
"That was a long event and we're so glad to have it over and done with and
we've got a silver, which at one point was looking a long, long way off."
France pipped the Dutch to the bronze, courtesy of their positions in the medal race.
Double
Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark finished sixth in the women's 470 class as Australia claimed a golden double.
Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson beat off competition from Holland's Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout to take the women's gold, with Brazil's Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan taking bronze.
The Dutch pair needed a win in the medal race and to hope that Australia could only manage a tenth-placed finish, but as the Dutch boat could only come home in fifth the Aussie duo could coast back in ninth to cruise to victory.
Britain's Paul Goodison is looking good in the Laser class though after superb performances in races seven and eight.
Goodison won the seventh and came fourth in the eighth to sit on top of the standings on 39 points, 17 points ahead of Slovenian Vasilij Zbogar.
