The Australian Sailing Team has won two gold and a bronze medal on the final day of round six of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Kiel, Germany.

Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page (Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holders) continued their dominance of the 470 men’s fleet at this regatta, finishing second in the medal race to claim the gold medal and clinch the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup series title.

Fellow Australian Tom Slingsby (AIS) claimed his second successive ISAF Sailing World Cup round victory with a nine point win in the Laser fleet.

In the RS:X women’s class Jessica Crisp (AIS) won the medal race to jump from sixth to third in the overall standings and claim the round six bronze medal.

Belcher and Page led the 470 men’s class from start to finish, winning the four qualifying races and then picking up a second place in the medal race to give the pair a nine point victory over Anton and Ostling of Sweden and a second World Cup round victory of the year following a win in Melbourne last December.

The victory in Germany gives Belcher and Page an untouchable overall series lead heading into the final round in Weymouth, England, in August.

“We’re really happy with the result today, it all went well on the water and we came away with the round win and the overall World Cup victory,” Belcher said.

AIS and Australian Coach Victor Kovalenko was impressed with the performance of Belcher and Page throughout the week in testing conditions.

“Mathew and Malcolm sailed phenomenally this week and I’m very proud of their performance,” Kovalenko said.

“They proved again that they’re great sailors but we’re in the business of sport and in sport you have to continue to prove yourself and the boys did that again.”