National Sailing Centre, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 — Sailor Audrey Yong won Singapore’s sixth medal of the Youth Olympic Games when she came in an overall third place in the girls Bic Techno 293 event at the sailing competition.

Starting the day in fifth place, she finished the medal race in third. Italian Veronica Fanciulli won the race and claimed the silver medal. Runaway leader Kaewduang-Ngam Siripon placed fifth in the race but still won the gold.

Audrey’s third-placed finish enabled her to leap-frog Naomi Cohen (Israel) and Valentina Serigos (Argentina) in the fleet standings and win the bronze medal.