British pair grab medal glory

Ian Walker and Mark Covell weighed in with a silver as Britain's sailing medal rush continued on Day 15 of the Sydney Olympics.  

Walker and Covell finished behind the American pair of Mark Reynolds and Magnus Liljedahl, who had been third overnight.

Brazil's defending champions Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira had to settle for the bronze after being disqualified at the start of today's final race for a rule infringement.

Walker and Covell had been lying second going into the final race of the Star class at Rushcutters Bay, five points behind Grael and Ferreira.

But the British pair could not give Britain a fourth gold to add to those of Shirley Robertson, Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy.

The silver medal was Britain's third of the day, after Tim Brabants' bronze in the canoeing sprint final and Percy's gold in the Finn class.

And it took Britain's overall tally to 25 - nine gold, nine silver, six bronze.