WEYMOUTH’S Laser champion Paul Goodison is battling to retain his world title on British waters.

The reigning world and Olympic champion star admitted he is looking for “payback” at the international event at Hayling Island, which ends tomorrow.

Goodison, of Wyke Regis, Wey-mouth, was poised in second place in the men’s Standard fleet after eight races and is determined to retain his world champion status.

Australia’s Tom Slingsby tops the leaderboard after achieving back-to-back wins on Wednesday.

Goodison’s determined not to see a recurrence of last month’s Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland where Slingsby pipped him to the post and claimed gold.

He said: “The Worlds is definitely an opportunity for payback time.”

Other World Championships this week, include the RS:X Windsurfing event in Kerteminde, Denmark and the Finn Gold Cup in America.

Defending World champion Nick Dempsey was 11th after eight races and must pull out all the stops in today’s double points medal race to achieve a podium place.

Beijing bronze medallist Bryony Shaw, who was eighth after seven races in the women’s fleet, is after her first RS:X World Championship medal.

At the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco, Weymouth’s man of the moment Giles Scott, of Wyke Regis, hopes his Sail for Gold-winning form has followed him across the pond. The 23-year-old was third after eight races and is determined not to miss out on the medals in today’s final race, as happened at last year’s World Championship.