The Comeback Kids
Andy Rice | January 30, 2008You’ve got to hand it to the 470 class. It’s not the fastest boat by modern standards, but it certainly delivers drama. Two new World Champions, but neither the Men’s or Women’s teams going to the Olympics. That speaks volumes about the depth of talent in the fleet.
Delighted Nic Asher admitted he and teammate Elliott Willis had done it the hard way as they celebrated clinching the 470 World Championship crown in Australia before insisting: “Now we want to help Great Britain win gold at Beijing.”
The British team that will be going to the Games is Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield who had a lacklustre conclusion to the Worlds, a 9th place dropping them to 9th overall. Asher and Willis’s victory poses an interesting – but ultimately futile – question about who would be the better bet… Read the rest












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