Both New Zealand crews at the opening regatta of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup series for Olympic class sailors have won medals, with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie taking gold in the women's 470, while Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox secured bronze in the men's 470.
The regatta, which ran over six days and concluded this weekend, was staged at the 2008 Olympic sailing venue off the eastern coast of China.
Olympic and World Champions Aleh and Powrie opened the regatta strongly clean sweeping the opening six races for the women's 470 class in which eight boats were sailing.
Over the second half of the regatta, Qingdao produced the light and tricky conditions it is well known for and things didn't go all the way of the kiwi pair with a strong challenge come from Chinese pair Hui Feng and Lizhu Huang over the final days.
But Aleh and Powrie held on and after a third place in the final double points medal race they secured the victory with four points to spare.