Ainslie wins World Championship Gold

Double Olympic champion, Ben Ainslie, secured his fifth Finn world championship at the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Ben Ainslie secured the win with a second placing in the medal race, consisting of the top ten sailors from the previous nine races. Ainslie had lead New Zealander by just one point at the start of the day.

Ben Ainslie (Great Britain) 39
Dan Slater (New Zealand) 46
Jonas Christensen (Denmark) 53
Pieter Jan Postma (Netherlands) 65
Johan Tillander (Sweden) 78
Chris Cook (Canadian) 80
Ed Wright (Great Britain) 86
Aimilios Papathanasiou (Greece) 92
Peer Moberg (Norway) 102
Ivan Klajkovic (Croatia) 103

The Olympic medal race takes place on 16th August 2008.