Lucas claims gold after last day of sailing is abandoned

Officials hoisted postponement flags early in the morning and the waters of Portland Harbour remained glassy all day.

Lack of wind forced the abandonment of the final day of the sailing competitions, so the medals were awarded on the basis of the overall standings on Wednesday.

Golds went to Helena Lucas (GBR) in the 1-person keelboat (2.4mR) class, Australia's Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch in the 2-person (SKUD18), and to the Netherlands' Udo Hessels, Marcel Van De Veen and Mischa Rossen in the 3-person (Sonar).

No racing was possible because breezes dipped below five knots all morning and early afternoon, too low for competitive fair racing.

Officials hoisted postponement flags early in the morning and the waters of Portland Harbour remained glassy all day.

The flags remained aloft until the 13:50 cut-off time laid down in the regatta rules.

No reserve racing days were set for Paralympic sailing, so the decision to abandon the final 11th race of the series meant medals went to the top three in each class after the end of the 10th races on Wednesday.