Gold for the Stars is the icing on the cake for Britain's sailing manager

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Victory for Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Star class on the final day of
the Olympic sailing competition in Qingdao secured Britain its fourth gold and
sixth medal overall of the 2008 Games.

Team manager Stephen Park (far right) with gold medalist Ben Ainslie and coach Jez Fanstone

It surpassed the five medals won in Sydney and Athens and matched the record of
four gold, one silver and one bronze achieved in London a hundred years ago.

Given Britain's tremendous record so far in China, Park was delighted to see
his sailors play their part.

'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 to PA Sport after he had been
fished out of the waters of Qingdao harbour.

'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.

'The question now is what are we 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.'

Britain have now topped the medal standings in sailing for three consecutive
Olympics and Park promised that there would be no let-up for Weymouth in four
years' time.

'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.

'That will be the goal, just as it was here. Some of those will come through
and some of them won't but that's certainly the aim.'