Ben Ainslie
Synopsis:
Ainslie's 2012 Olympics hell.
BEN AINSLIE has admitted: I may have to miss being part of Team GB at London 2012.
The Olympic triple gold medal-winner is desperate to compete in the America’s Cup, the world’s biggest sailing event, which could clash with the Games in four years’ time.
Ainslie, dubbed Britain’s most successful sailor ever, just hopes it is a choice he will not have to make.
He said: “At the moment, I don’t know if I’ll definitely compete at 2012.
“I would love to and missing out is not something I’m thinking about too seriously at the moment.
“But the America’s Cup is also a big ambition of mine. And if the two events clashed in 2012, I would have to think seriously about what to do. ...
- Publish date:
- 28 August 2008
- Author:
- Ian Mcgarry
- Source:
- The Sun
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