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The Olympics are coming
The Olympic Games are coming to Dorset. And Portland Harbour will host the sailing. In 2008 British sailors were hugely successful. This section is design to bring you the latest news about the preparation, the efforts of local sailors to strike gold.
Schools success on Olympic waters
8:13am Friday 25th May 2012
HUNDREDS of school children from across the country took to the Olympic waters of Portland Harbour for two days of competitive racing.
Young’s fourth at Worlds
8:49am Tuesday 22nd May 2012
PORTLAND’S Alison Young finished in fourth place – her best Worlds finish to date at the Laser Radial World Championships.
Weymouth duo make history in Barcelona
8:43am Monday 21st May 2012
HANNAH Mills and Saskia Clark made history by becoming the first British sailors to win the women’s 470 world championships in Barcelona.
Mills and Clark crowned world champions in Spain
8:24am Monday 21st May 2012
GREAT Britain’s sailors have made it two World Championship titles in two days with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark crowned the first ever British world champions in the 470 women’s class in Barcelona.
Sixth title for Ainslie
3:14pm Friday 18th May 2012
THREE-TIME Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie secured a historic sixth Finn world title today, albeit in frustrating circumstances.
Ainslie closes in on historic sixth world title
8:43am Friday 18th May 2012
THREE race wins amid ‘unbelievable’ conditions on the penultimate day of the JP Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth yesterday has seen Ben Ainslie move within touching distance of an historic sixth Finn World Championship title.
Veteran Olympian lured by gold
8:12am Friday 18th May 2012
NOSTALGIA and the lure of Weymouth and Portland’s world-class sailing waters have tempted veteran Olympian Mike McIntyre back to competitive racing next month.
Star duo settle for a silver
8:30am Monday 14th May 2012
OLYMPIC champions Iain Percy and Sherborne’s Andrew Simpson insist their eyes are on a bigger prize after narrowly missing out on the Star World Championship title in Hyeres, France.
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