Joe Glanfield and Nick Rogers have won another silver medal for Great Britain this morning in the men's 470 class.

Team GB has already exjoyed extraordinary success in the sailing at Qingdao, with Ben Ainslie taking gold in the Finn class and Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson doing likewise in the in the Yngling.

Rogers and Glanfield overcame a poor start to storm through the field and overtake their main rivals to finish third in the medal race at the Olympic sailing regatta today.

The Athens silver medallists entered the medal race in fourth place in the overall standings, needing to finish at least two spots in front of France or three in front of the Netherlands to secure a place on the podium.

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The British pair made a poor start and were in ninth place at the first mark, 49 seconds behind leaders Australia, but they made up considerable ground on the second leg and made the turn in sixth place, four places behind the French but four in front of the last-placed Dutch.

They improved their position on the run back to the windward mark, crossing in fourth place, two places in front of the French to put themselves in conention for the silver trail.

And they improved their position to third at the finish line, six seconds behind the gold medal-winning Australian boat with France finishing sixth and the Dutch coming home in seventh.

The French and Dutch were tied on 78 points but France took the bronze by virtue of their better finish in the medal race.

Gold: Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page (AUS)
Silver: Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield (GBR)
Bronze: Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset (FRA)