Honours hail golden sailing year
Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robertson’s “three blondes in a boat” have capped a golden year for British sailing by being named in the New Year honours.
Ainslie, who triumphed in the Finn class at the Athens Olympics, has become an OBE.
Beijing is something Ainslie must also make a decision about but for different reasons.
He is intent on success in a much bigger boat - in the Americas Cup, an event in which he will compete for Team New Zealand next year.
But he can already lay claim to the title of Britain’s greatest-ever sailor after collecting his third Olympic medal, and his second gold, in Athens.
Honours hail golden sailing year [BBC]
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