QINGDAO, China (AP) -Australia scored double gold in Olympic sailing on Monday, with Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page winning in the men's double-handed 470 dinghies and the duo of Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson claiming the top spot in the same boat for women.

In the men's 470s, Britain's Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield took silver, and Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset of France won bronze. In the women's 470, the Dutch team of Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout clinched silver, with Brazil's Fernanda Oliveira and Isabel Swan taking bronze.

Wilmot and Page had the medal wrapped up on overall points ahead of the final, making their win of Monday's medal race seem more like a 28-minute victory lap.

"We didn't have to do what we did today. We were relaxed, we had a bit of fun, and it was all right,'' Page told The Associated Press. "That's the art of it, but it's a bit harder to do when there's high pressure.''

Wilmot was happy that the race is now over.

"I was looking forward to getting it over and done with, getting a medal around the neck, and then really relaxing,'' Wilmot said.

Rogers was pleased with the silver after the British team's weak start in the preliminary series.

"It's been really stressful. It's a long event, which I'm glad we got it over and done with and got a silver, which looked a long, long way off,'' he said.

The Australian women also had a virtually unassailable 18-point lead over the Dutch after the 10-race series leading into the medal race, which counts double. They finished ninth out of the 10-boat field that made it to the finals, good enough to secure the gold.

"When we crossed the line, we were screaming and crying and shouting. The feeling has not sunk in yet.'' said Rechichi, 22. "This is our first Olympic campaign. ... I don't think we've even felt an Olympic medal before.''

Because of the light summer winds in Qingdao, the sailing venue about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Beijing, many of the sailors cut their own weight dramatically to gain an edge. Now, they say, it's time for a feast.

"We're going to have a buffet with lots of food. We plan on getting fat,'' joked Page.

Dutch silver medalist de Koning in the women's 470 had a similar plan.

"Tonight, we are going to eat a lot of chocolate because we have lost so much weight,'' said de Koning.

In the men's medal race, Tetsuya Matsunaga and Taro Ueno of Japan finished second, for a final placed of seventh overall, while the British silver medalists were No. 3 after steadily fighting their way back from ninth place at the end of the first leg.

For the women, the Brazilian pair won the medal race, giving them the bronze.

Medal races in the men's Laser and the Laser Radial for women were slated for Tuesday.

American favorite Anna Tunnicliffe lead overall after nine Laser Radial races, seven points ahead of Lithuanian Gintare Volungeviciute and 11 points ahead of China's Xu Lijia.

Britain's Paul Goodison seemed all but assured of a medal, with an 18 point lead on Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden and 21 points ahead of Portugal's Gustavo Lima after nine men's Laser races.