Klepacka came into the medal race as a strong favourite for victory and lived up to her billing, crossing the line in first place at the St Kilda Sailing Precinct.

Chinese duo Manjia Zheng and Yunxiu Lu took silver and bronze respectively.

The Polish competitor had admitted being overlooked for the Rio 2016 squad had left her pondering retirement but is now targeting a podium finish at Tokyo 2020.

“I'm 30 and a mum of two kids and sometimes I think about quitting,” she said.

“But when you win a competition it motivates you to work harder.

"I think I'm going to try to go to the Tokyo Olympic Games and take a medal."

Hosts Australia enjoyed a successful outing on the penultimate day of competition as they picked up two gold medals.

In the 49erFX, Tess Lloyd and Eliza Solly held on to their overnight lead to clinch victory in Melbourne for the second consecutive year, with Helene Naess and Marie Ronningen of Norway holding on for silver.

Haylee Outteridge and Nina Curtis added to the Australian medal haul as they earned bronze.

Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin had controlled the Nacra 17 competition throughout the season-ending event and recorded their sixth race win out of 10 to end at the top of the pile.

New Zealand’s Olivia Mackay and Micah Wilkinson were forced to settle for silver, while John Gimson and Anna Burnet of Britain rounded out the podium in third.

There was drama in the men’s 49er competition as overall leaders Diego Botin and Iago Lopez of Spain endured a disappointing final day.

They entered the water for the medal race with the gold medal in sight but a black flag ruled them out of finishing in the top three.

Austrian pair Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl took full advantage to snatch the crown, with Price and Harry Morton of Australia edging out Josh Porebski and Trent Rippey of New Zealand for second.

Kiran Badloe of The Netherlands had no such worries as a second place result in the men’s RS:X medal race was enough for him to wrap up his overall triumph.

Ivan Pastor of Spain and Japan’s Makoto Tomizawa ended the week in silver and bronze medal position respectively.

Oliver Bridge of Britain recovered from a tricky start in the foiling kite event to seal the gold medal, working his way up to fifth and a top finish in the second race on his way to being crowned as the World Cup champion.

Spain’s Florian Trittel took silver as he recorded a first, second and fourth from the three races, which condemned Oliver’s younger brother Guy to bronze.

The event in Melbourne concludes tomorrow.