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Thursday, 31 August 2006 |
Sailor Ben Ainslie leads Great Britain at Qingdao International Regatta
Sailor Ben Ainslie has led for Great Britain who won eight medals, including four golds, at the Qingdao International Regatta in China.
Ben Ainslie dominated the Finn class and at the end he totalled nine wins in 11 races.
Other wins for Britain came from Paul Goodison in the Laser, Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks in the 49er class and 470 sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield and Great Britain also won silver in the Yngling and Star and bronze in the Laser Radial and 470.
Ben Ainslie was making a return to the action after a year away from the Olympic class sailing due to America's Cup commitments and he was very pleased with his performance in the regatta, which was a warm-up for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
"I'm very happy with the result, and above all else it's good experience to be out here in China and see what the venue and the 2008 waters are like.
"I was pretty open-minded coming to this event as I'd only done five days' training in a whole year, so I wasn't really sure where I'd stand.," Ben Ainslie said.
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