Both individual categories were in different scenarios going into the final day of competition on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic course in Enoshima.

Peina Chen had an almost unassailable lead in the women's while the battle for gold in the men's was between China's Bing Ye and Mateo Sanz Lanz of Switzerland, who were tied on 33 points.

Today's medal races offered double points, with the top 10 in the men's and women's fleets taking to the water.

Chen, the 2015 world windsurfing champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist, was languishing at the back of the fleet in the early stages and struggled for speed.

She failed to move up the standings and finished in ninth place but that was still good enough to seal the gold medal.

Her compatriot, Manjia Zheng, claimed the race win but she still finished outside the medal positions in fifth.

Jiahui Wu finished second to secure the silver medal while Yunxiu Lu crossed the line in sixth place to seal a one-two-three for China on the podium.

In the men's race, Sanz Lanz had the better of Ye in the early stages and was leading his Chinese opponent in the first lap.

However, as the race approached its conclusion, Sanz Lanz was then bumped down the standings.

With Ye coming in from the right, the Chinese sailor managed to sneak ahead of his Swiss opponent and would just need to hold him off down the final run to secure gold.

Ye did enough and finished in ninth place to secure the world title with Sanz Lanz in 10th and therefore coming second overall.

The battle for bronze was extremely tight but China's Mengfan Gao finished eighth to take third by just one point from Israel's Shahar Zubari.

Dutchman Dorian Van Rijsselberghe produced a dominant display to win the men's race today with France's Louis Giard coming second and Hong Kong's Michael Cheng finishing in third.