British sailor Ainslie calls time on Olympic career
- Published: 27 Nov 2012 at 18.47
- Online news: World
The most successful Olympic sailor, Britain's Ben Ainslie, on Tuesday confirmed that he will not defend his title at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro to focus instead on a new challenge in the America's Cup.
Britain's Ben Ainslie waves the Union Jack after winning the gold medal in the Finn sailing class at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth, August 2012. Ainslie, confirmed that he will not defend his title at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro to focus instead on a new challenge in the America's Cup.
"It fills me with both relief and sadness to write these words but I can now officially confirm that I have donned by Team GB tracksuit for the last time," the quadruple gold medallist and multiple world champion wrote in the Daily Telegraph.
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