Perth International Regatta - Slingsby wins Gold in tricky conditions

5:21 PM Sat 20 Nov 2010 GMT

'Tom Slingsby and coach Michael Blackburn following his win in Perth - Perth International Regatta' Katie Culbert

Perth International Regatta - Tom Slingsby has picked up the Australian Sailing Team's first medal at the Perth International Regatta, winning Gold in the Laser class on Saturday. Light winds again played havoc with racing with just the 49er and RS:X classes able to complete racing in the morning while the Lasers were the only ones to finish a medal race with the Finn and Laser Radial races abandoned. Slingsby headed into the final double point medal race in second position, just two points behind Tonci Stipanovic of Croatia with Germany's Simon Grotelueschen 10 points further adrift. In a tight ...

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by Craig Heydon