Athletics: SAIL NOW ON! ROBERTSON MISSES OUT Sarah's blonde ambition for Beijing breaks up Britain's golden girls team.Byline: Mike WALTERS MUTINY on the high seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. was ratified last night - but golden girl Sarah Ayton Sarah Ayton (born 9 April, 1980 in Ashford, Kent) is a British professional sailor. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailling class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Webb. External link
Ayton's Yngling class crew was among the elite sailing squad selected for this summer's Olympics in Beijing - only this time, there will be just two blondes aboard her yacht. Shirley Robertson, who joined forces with Ayton and Sarah Webb to win gold in Athens, has been jettisoned and her place taken by Pippa Wilson. The trio were dubbed our 'Three Blondes in a Boat', but when Robertson took time off to start a family, Ayton and Webb formed their own crew. Robertson was upset on discovering Britain was entering only one Yngling vessel in Beijing, meaning she would have to compete with her old shipmates Shipmates was an American syndicated television show that ran for two seasons from 2001 - 2003. Reruns later ran on the cable channel Spike TV. The show was created by Hurricane Entertainment and the executive producer was John Tomlin. Chris Hardwick was the host. for a place. At last year's worlds in Portugal, only a point separated Ayton and Robertson's boats going into the final race, but Ayton's crew took gold and went on to win the pre-Olympic regatta. And the choppy waters had not subsided as Team GBR GBR Great Britain GBR United Kingdom (ISO Country code) GBR Great Barrier Reef GBR Gesellschaft Bürgerlichen Rechts GBR Global Broadband Roaming GBR Ground-Based Radar GBR Great Bear Rainforest was unveiled last night with Ayton saying: "Winning in Athens was amazing but you cannot stay on top in the sailing world if you leave your boat in dry dock. "Gold medals in Beijing are not just about me, Sarah, Pippa and Shirley - it's about the rest of the world. I'm very driven. As soon as we got back from Athens, I wanted to get on with winning in Beijing. "A lot of water has sailed under the bridge since Athens, and I hope Shirley wants us to win. CAPTION(S): LOOKING AHEAD: Sarah Ayton wants another chance to win gold; WAVE GOODBYE: Webb, Robertson and Ayton |
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