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Team GB: Greatest Olympic sailing success
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After being thrown into the water by a team celebrating their greatest Olympic sailing success in a century nothing could discourage the joy of Team GB sailing manager Stephen Park.
On the final day of the Olympic sailing competition Britain secured its fourth gold and sixth medal overall of the 2008 Games with the victory of Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Star class.
It matched the record of four gold, one silver and one bronze achieved 100 years ago in London.
"It's absolutely fantastic, I'm over the moon with the medals and the gold for the Stars is the icing on the cake," said Park.
"It's a huge relief that we've actually managed to deliver against our target. I'm really pleased that Great Britain is having a fantastic Olympic Games and we're playing our part in that.
"We're working hard to try to keep up with my good mate Dave Brailsford and all of the cyclists and David Tanner and the rowing team.
"They've done a pretty good job I think and the other sports are making a sterling effort and Britain is getting stronger and stronger in all its sports moving towards 2012.
2012
"The question now is what we are going to do moving towards 2012 with the British team across all sports and that's certainly going to be a very interesting discussion when we get home."
Park promised that there would be no let-up in Weymouth in 2012 now that Britain have topped the medal standings in sailing for three consecutive Olympics.
"The aim is to win in every class and we'll have 10 opportunities, rather than the 11 we've got here, when we get to 2012 but rest assured we will be going into that regatta with people that we believe are capable of winning in every single discipline," he said.
