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Our Olympic Team: Lucy Macgregor, Match Racing class

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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Looking to make our mark at the Sail for Gold regatta

Although our focus is very much on the Olympics, it would be great to put in a strong display at the Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth next week.

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You have to race with respect for your rivals

Respect for our rivals – rather than any kind of animosity – will be a motivation for me this summer.

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Disappointed we didn't win a medal in Weymouth - but we've learnt so much

We were a bit disappointed to lose our quarter-final at the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta – but it was actually a really valuable experience.

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Match Race Girls: Trying to nail down how best to beat our rivals

The level of competition in our event has really stepped up a notch with the Games on the horizon.

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Our Olympic Team: Stuart Bithell, Portland's 470 sailor

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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Wondering what it will be like to sail in front of such a big crowd

I WENT to Wimbledon this week and I found watching Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic really enjoyable and insightful.

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Match Race Girls: Awesome week of training on the Olympic waters

WE ARE really pleased with our preparation so far.

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Speedway: Holder claims world title

CHRIS Holder tonight claimed his maiden world title after a dramatic meeting in Torun.

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Pirates: Weather hits final again

PIRATES' scheduled Elite League Grand Final second leg against Swindon has tonight been postponed for a second time.

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Our Olympic team: Paul Goodison, Weymouth's Olympic gold medallist

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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Our Olympic team: John Robertson, helm to the British Sonar Team

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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Our Olympic team - Skud-18 sailor Alex Rickham

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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The Match Race Girls

In this exclusive column, Poole-based women’s Match Race sailing trio Lucy Macgregor, sister Kate Macgregor and Annie Lush update Daily Echo readers on their preparations for London 2012.

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Match Race Girls: we can't wait to compete in front of friends and family at...

In this exclusive column, Poole-based women’s Match Race sailing trio Lucy Macgregor, sister Kate Macgregor and Annie Lush update Daily Echo readers on their preparations for London 2012.

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Gold for the Match Race Girls at the Rolex Miami OCR

It is impossible to write this without talking about the weather – and that’s not just because I’m British.

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Our Olympic team: Luck Patience

WE’RE so excited to be joining Team Volvo! It’s funny because for the past few years me and Stu have been training partners to these guys who have all been driving Volvos around and have Volvo on...

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So nice to have the support of everyone in Dorset

It was a shock when I first wrote 2012 as a date – I have been thinking about this year for a long time and now it is finally here.

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Our Olympic team: Paul Goodison, Weymouth's Olympic gold medallist

SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

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Match Race Girls: working toward an Olympic performance

The next few months are about building towards the Olympics – even if results in the meantime might suffer.

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