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Golden vision of
Skandia Team GB
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Britain leads the way with winning double in Hyeres
ON TOP OF
T
eam GBR
THE WORLD
Picture: Richard Langdon/Skandia
T
eam GBR
Ainslie
takes
LEADING THE WAY: Gold medalists Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield in action in the French Olympic Sailing Week
fourth
GREAT Britain emerged as top nation at the Rogers and Glanfield were in second place the 470 World Championships in January.
conclusion of the French Olympic Sailing heading into the final double-points scoring “The wind was really light and patchy and
Week on Friday (25 April), with Nick Rogers medal race on Friday, with two bad starts to didn’t reach any more than five knots
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and Joe Glanfield adding a second gold to the Thursday’s two races allowing the Dutch throughout,” explained Glanfield.
total of four medals for Skandia Team GBR pairing of Sven and Kalle Coster to extend
“It’s pretty hard to sail under pressure in
at the Hyeres event. their lead.
those sorts of fickle winds – you have this
Rogers and Glanfield, Athens silver But the Brits held their nerve amid the
kind of nervous energy and have to make
crown
medallists in the 470 men’s class, added gold light wind conditions on Friday, rounding the
good decisions – so it’s pleasing that we
to the one already won by John Robertson, windward mark of their one-lap race in third
managed stay calm and sail well under those
Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas in the place and showing superior speed on the
circumstances.
Paralympic Sonar class on Thursday, with downwind leg to win the medal race. The
“While you’re kind of obsessing about
Finn sailor Ed Wright taking silver and Sarah Dutch pair finished the race fifth, which gave
light winds for China, we could easily be in
Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson bronze the Skandia Team GBR pair the overall vic-
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in the Yngling event. tory by four points at their first regatta since
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