It was a light wind, big wave finish at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao as the medallists were decided across the six fleets competing on the waters of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Men's 470
Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp (ESP) took their first ISAF Sailing World Cup victory with a strong performance in Qingdao.

The two time Junior World Champions took a good lead into the Medal Race and a seventh was enough for them to take gold by four points over Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE). Xammar and Herp, who celebrated his 21st birthday on the final day, have thrived in Qingdao and having played down their chances in advance walk away as deserved victors.

"It's incredible to finish this regatta like this," said Herp. "We didn't expect this result before we came here but we sailed very well over the last few days and the Medal Race was tough because everybody was very close and anybody could put a boat in between us but that is sailing and we have to manage the pressure. We're very happy about the ending."

It's been a fantastic year for the young Spaniards who have a string of achievements under their belts as Xammar concluded, "We are really happy with our season. We won the Junior Worlds and Europeans and finished seventh at the worlds and that was incredible for us. Now, coming here to a World Cup in Qingdao and winning is like… We thought Santander was the perfect thing and that was the end but coming here and winning our first World Cup in our lives is really good. This isn't junior sailing; all the seniors are here with years of experience.

"It's amazing."

Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE) were the early leaders in the Men's 470 but trailed the Spaniards by ten points heading into the Medal Race. A fourth compared to Xammar and Herp's seventh was not enough for them to reduce the deficit but they did maintain second overall. "The Medal Race was difficult for us," explained Mantis. "We tried to start close to both Spanish boats, we achieved that but we wanted to keep the right side but we ended up with the left side and we managed to pass the top mark not in a good position.

"We were almost losing second place. We tried to recover and we finished fourth and this gave us the silver medal. We are very happy about this because it's always very good to get a medal in an ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta."

Onan Barreiros and Juan Curbelo Cabrera (ESP) round off the podium.

Henrique Haddad and Bruno Amorim (BRA) and Zangjun Xu and Wei Wang (CHN) are the recipients of an ISAF Sailing World Cup Final invitation.

Women's 470
It was victory for home nation sailors Mengxi Wei and Yani Xu in the Women's 470 who sealed the deal with a second place in the Medal Race. They have been the standout performers in the Women's 470 finishing out of the top two on just two occasions across the week.

After racing Wei said, "I feel very grown up and happy that I have won here. I feel very lucky to come to Qingdao and represent China. I am honoured and proud to win a gold medal."

Xiaomei Xu and Ping Zhang (CHN) took silver with a third in the Medal Race

Shasha Chen and Haiyan Gao (CHN) pushed Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka (JPN) out of the medal places after taking the final race victory. The Japanese pair could only muster a fifth which saw them miss out on bronze by three points.

As winners Wei and Xu receive an ISAF Sailing World Cup Final invitation.