Three Olympic medals not enough for Ben Ainsley to secure place in the Team NZ afterguard for 2007 Americas Cup
Despite winning three Olympic sailing medals - two of them gold - it looks as if there will not be any place for Ben Ainsley in the next Americas Cup.
The Briton has been part of the Team New Zealand afterguard but looks set to miss out on a place in the actual sailing crew in 2007. He is one of the hottest properties in sailing, after winning his second Olympic gold in Athens last year.
Ainsley had been squaring off against other team members in testing races, but Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton says he is happy with Terry Hutchinson, Kevin Hall and Dean Barker in the afterguard, and it would take something major to happen for him to change his mind.
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