Sailing line-up confirmed
Great Britain have added the final three sailors to their team for the London 2012 Olympics.
Last Updated: 09/05/12 11:38am
Great Britain's sailing line-up for London 2012 was completed on Wednesday with the announcement of the final three sailors.
The British Olympic Association confirmed the Royal Yachting Association's nominations of Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes - veterans of the 2008 Beijing Games - in the 49er class, while Alison Young will make her Olympic debut in the Laser Radial event.
Joining the Paralympics GB ranks is Helena Lucas, in the one-person 2.4mR event and completes the line-up for this summer's Games at Weymouth and Portland.
Potential
Stephen Park, RYA Olympic manager and sailing team leader said: "We've now got 13 teams in the 13 events - Olympic and Paralympic.
"As we go into the Games, I can honestly say hand on heart that we've got people who've got potential to medal in every single event. We've never had that before.
"That doesn't mean to say that we'll medal in every event - far from it - but in terms of preparing a good team, the sailors have done an incredible job to date.
"Having teams selected at this stage provides us with an opportunity for them to pull together, to bond as a group and really allows that to add an extra dimension to their preparation in the last weeks up until the Games."
Representatives
The four sailors are the final additions to the British team for the Olympics and Paralympics.
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie will represent Team GB in the Finn class, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson will race in the Star class and Paul Goodison will be the Laser representative.
Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw are the selections for the male and female RS:X events respectively, with Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell joining up for the men's 470.
Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills are the women's 470 representatives, while Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor will compete in the women's match racing event.
Niki Birrell and Alexandra Rickham will represent Paralympics GB in the SKUD class, while John Robertson, Steve Thomas and Hannah Stodel have been chosen for the Sonar event.
