Three-time Olympic sailing gold medallist Ben Ainslie has escaped further sanctions from British yachting’s governing body for grappling with a cameraman during a race in Australia.

Ainslie was disqualified from races at the world sailing championships in Fremantle in December last year after being found guilty of gross misconduct by the International Sailing Federation.

The Royal Yachting Association’s tribunal announced on Friday that “it would not be appropriate … to impose a penalty over and above that imposed by the international jury.”

Ainslie jumped from his dinghy and confronted the cameraman after being angered by the media boat creating a wash by being too close to the race.

The RYA says “there was an apparent lack of active management of media boats.”