Giles Scott’s overriding emotion at winning his second world title was one of ‘relief’ as he closed off a dominant performance at the ISAF World Championships in Santander today.

His was the only gold for the British Sailing Team, with bronze medals also going to Scott’s Finn class stablemate Ed Wright in a nail-biting final day medal race, as well as 470 women’s pairing Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark and Nick Thompson in the Laser to hit the British medal target of four in Santander.

The British team also secured country qualification in each of the 10 events for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at this first opportunity.

Scott, who is based on Portland, went into the Finn finale with a near unassailable margin of 20 points, and needed to just sail a clean race to add 2014 Worlds gold to his crown from Perth 2011, and extend his winning run to nine regattas since his return to the Olympic campaign trail in September last year.

Scott finished fourth in the 10-boat medal race to cap off his victory, celebrating with a swim in the Santander harbour in front of the packed spectator stands.

He said: “I’m very happy with the way this week has gone and this season has gone. I feel as if I am on track and just really relieved and happy to have come away with a victory here.

“The fleet racing went really well. I was able to put together a consistent series which is very good to give yourself a good buffer going into the medal race, and the final race for me was very relaxed because I had a very good margin. I just had to get round the course. It gave me a lot of time to reflect and enjoy the race.”

“I don’t really see myself as being unstoppable,” said the modest 27-year-old when questioned by journalists about his unbeaten streak.

“I think there are still a lot of areas I can work on which is kind of what I try and focus on. I have had a great season and I have managed to win a lot of regattas this year so I hope it continues.

“It is something I have put a lot of emphasis on since I came back from the America’s Cup. I have watched the likes of the Percys and the Ainslies being dominant in the fleet.

“It is important to being able to go into the Games as a favourite – it is kind of what everybody out here is trying to do. Ultimately, that is the goal going forward.”

Elsewhere in final day medal race action, John Pink and Stuart Bithell finished third to improve their overall finishing position to sixth, while in the women’s 49er FX event, Weymouth-based Charlotte Dobson and Sophie Ains-worth consolidated their seventh place overall.

Lucy Macgregor and Andy Walsh finished their medal race in sixth to end their first World Championship together in seventh place.

Lucy Macgregor and Andy Walsh finished their medal race in sixth to end their first World Championship together in seventh place.

“It’s been an interesting event and fairly challenging from a racing perspective over the last ten days or so,” said RYA Olympic Manager Stephen Park as the Championships drew to a close.

“However, it’s been pleasing to have managed to qualify the country for the Olympic Games at the first opportunity in each of the ten events, and to come away with four medals which was in line with our target coming here.

“That said, we were disappointed not to win a medal in the Nacra, the 470 Men and arguably we could have won one in the 49erFX as well halfway through the week.”

Park continued: “The event’s definitely highlighted some areas that need some work over the winter time and a number of sailors will be going home disappointed, particularly bearing in mind the progress we made in Rio Test Event earlier in the year and the performances that we had there.

“The competition at this event yet again provides further evidence, if any was needed, of the increasing level of competition internationally and the small differences between each of the positions.

"There were some fantastic individual performances from various countries in certain events, but outside of those the competition for the remaining positions is really tight.

“We’ve had a good showing across the classes and we’ve been in the running for medals in nine out of the ten classes, but ultimately it’s about winning medals and our sailors will be disappointed that we’ve not won more and we’ve let some opportunities slip away in Santander.”

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