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The London 2012 Olympic regatta produced some spectacular racing with the all important double points medal races held in front of an enthusiastic capacity crowd overlooking the tricky Nothe race course.
When the top ten in the Star class lined up for their medal race decider, all eyes were on the expected head to head battle which pitched British defending Olympic champions Ian Percy and Andrew Simpson against world champions Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada from Brazil.
The race did not go according to the script however, as it was the Swedish Star veteran Freddie Loof and his Olympic newcomer crew Max Salminen who won the medal race and in doing so snatched the gold medal from under the noses of the favourites.
The first person to congratulate Loof and Salminen and confirm their victory was American sailing coach Mark Ivey who had spent the previous 12 months helping to mould the pair into a gold medal winning crew.
We caught up with Ivey near his home in Sausalito, California to find out exactly what had gone into that gold medal winning performance.
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