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Weymouth gave the sailing world its first taste of what the Olympics will be like in 2012 and for most it will be something to savour.
Barring a frustrating final day of light winds, the Sail for Gold regatta produced a general thumbs-up at the first new Olympic venue to be ready.
The only worry on the horizon for some of the international competitors will be that Britain, the most successful Olympic sailing nation for the last three Games, continues to dominate.
The hosts were the only country out of the 38 competing with sailors in all 10 of the final medal races. The yield was two golds, four silvers and a bronze, plus two Paralympic silvers, on home waters. On that evidence, the legacy looks in safe hands. And that's without Ben Ainslie.
Britain's sailors can give Weymouth a taste of the medal fever they hope will sweep the Olympic venue in 2012 when they take to the water on the final day of the Sail for Gold regatta.
The host nation has a realistic chance of a medal in eight of 10 Olympic classes, to add to the two silver medals and two World Cup series victories achieved in the Paralympic classes on Friday.
The top 10 sailors in each Olympic class after the qualifying series will contest Saturday's medal races, with points counting double. So a 10th place costs 20 points to add to the overall tally, and the ones with the lowest amount of points wins.
Beijing Olympic champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson lead the Star class by 13 points after another consistent week, though fellow Britons John Gimson and Ed Greig just missed out on the medal race, finishing 11th.
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