DOUBLE Olympic medallist Hannah Mills has teamed up with Hampshire's Alain Sign in a bid to replicate her Rio success at Tokyo 2020.

Mills, 29, parted ways with long-term crew Saskia Clark following their gold medal-winning performance in the 470 women's class last summer to add to the silver they won at London 2012.

The Welsh sailor has now announced plans to attempt to become Britain's most successful female Olympic sailor by going for gold in three years time in the 49er FX high performance dinghy.

And to help her on the way she has enlisted Lee on Solent's Sign, who competed in Rio 2016 in the 49er, the men's version of the FX.

The mixed duo will compete for the first time at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma later this month, although she will need to pick a female crewmate to compete with at Olympic events.

“Alain is one of the best crews in the world in the 49er class, and for me I didn’t want to be swimming around the ocean for the first year sailing with another person just because both of us would probably be inexperienced," Mills said.

“It was about using what we’ve got within the British Sailing Team, which is a lot of resources, and linking that up so I can be fast-tracked and hopefully that will help me master the boat quicker than I could do otherwise.

"I think it’ll be great fun and it’ll be really good having Al there as he’s very experienced."