Cristabella crew excel at the Audi MedCup
| The Independent Thu, July 22, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT Britain's star-studded and medal-strewn sailors were again struggling for pace and consistency in waters off Barcelona as the third of this year's ...Team Origin's director of sailing, Mike Sanderson, has gone ...be dazzling (that's six Olympic golds between those three) ... |
Ainslie is willing to sacrifice 2012 gold for America's Cup
Sun, July 18, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
His earnest, youthful demeanour may be suggestive more of Tom ...seems plausible, Britain's greatest sailing Olympian is about to ...preparation for his fifth Olympic Games. The man frequently ...media already boasts three Olympic golds and a silver. ...Steve Redgrave. The 2012 Olympic sailing regatta begins at Weymouth ...starting with the Skandia ...
McDonald's to train Olympics volunteers
Sat, July 10, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
McDonald's will help recruit and train the 70,000 volunteers who will be key to staging the London 2012 Olympics. The volunteers, who will be called Games Makers, will be given roles ...will be posted at sailing events in Weymouth and ...
Origin expected to part company with Juan K
Sat, July 10, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
A further reshuffle at the top is expected to see the severance of the British America's cup challenger Team Origin with one of the world's top designers, the Argentinian Juan Kouyoumdjian. That is like Red Bull parting company with Adrian ...
BOOK REVIEW: 'A Full Cup'
Fri, July 9, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
A FULL CUP: SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND HIS QUEST FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP By Michael D'Antonio Riverhead, $26.95 354 pages, illustrated When Kaiser Wilhelm II was ...quest to win the America's Cup ...quest to win the America's Cup, ...
Williams wins battle of the Brits in Stena Match Cup
Tue, July 6, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
Scalps do not come much more highly prized than that of Ben Ainslie, four times Olympic medallist, including a hat trick of golds, and skipper of the Team Origin America's Cup challenge. But his was just one of four, including ...
Ainslie and Williams drawn together in Stena Match Cup
Mon, July 5, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
Britain's two top match racers, former double world champion Ian Williams and triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie, meet each other in the same half of the draw at the Stena Match Cup this ...six-regatta 2011 series for America's Cup ...
Team Origin make preperations for America's Cup
Fri, July 2, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT
The Cowes Week stage is to be used for a ...by Sir Keith Mills, Olympics bid leader, and founder ...London Organising Committee for Olympic Games, has said that ...triple gold and silver Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie. The ...But, with five races sailed and one left to ...