(BEIJING, August 21) -- Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain won the final gold of the Qingdao Sailing regatta with a fifth-place finish in the medal race and 45 points overall in the Star (Men's Keelboat) boat class. The victory gives Great Britain its fourth gold and sixth medal of the Beijing Olympic Sailing competition.

　　Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada of Brazil earned silver with a third-place finish in the medal race and 53 points overall. Fredrik Loof and Anders Ekstrom of Sweden, who started the day in first, finished in last place in the medal race but held on for bronze.

　　Simpson and Percy took advantage of strong winds and heavy seas to finish far enough ahead of Sweden and close enough to Brazil to win the Star class gold medal.

　　The Swedes, who looked almost certain to emerge Star gold medalists until the winds and seas kicked up Thursday, sailed a disastrous final race. They finished dead last and ended with the bronze medal on 53 points -- tied with second-place Brazil but falling to bronze because of their poor medal race finish.

　　Gold medalist Percy won gold in the Finn (Heavyweight Dinghy) at the Sydney 2000 Games and was the 2002 Star world champion.