Sailing



Ayton back on the victory podium in new event

By Mike Rowbottom

June 23 -Sarah Ayton, double Olympic champion in the now discontinued Yngling class, earned her first World Cup victory in the class she plans to compete in at the London 2012 Games when she won the Kiel event in Germany, partnered in the 470 event by Saskia Clark.






Wright clinches Finn gold in Palma

April 2 - Ed Wright (pictured) bagged Britain’s only gold on the final day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Palma, with British sailors picking up a total of five medals from the opening leg of the European regatta today.