RIO 2016: First sailing medal for Australia at Games
SAILING: Tom Burton is guaranteed at least a bronze medal in Tuesday morning's double points gold medal race in the Laser class.
The world No.1 is in second but it has been a battle to stay in touch with leader Croatian Tonci Stipanovic.
Stipanovic is 10 points ahead of Burton with New Zealand's Sam Meech 10 points behind in third.
A medal is guaranteed, and on Tuesday at 3am AEST Tom Burton #AUS will look to make it men's laser #gold! #Sailing https://t.co/53IEugfEez
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Burton said after those struggles he wasn't even sure he would be in with a shout of getting in the top three.
"I thought I had some bad days, and then people came out the next day and had much worse days than me," he said.
"After the third day I kind of thought I was nearly out of it."
"It's nice to have a medal locked in," Burton added.
"Tonci will probably have plans to have gold locked away, so I think it will be a good race."
