Gold Medallist Ben Ainslie shares his medal winning glory
Written by RYA | 06 August 2012
We catch up with the greatest sailor of all time Ben Ainslie after he claimed his fourth Olympic Gold Medal in Weymouth and Portland yesterday.
Ainslie claimed his fourth Olympic gold medal – his fifth medal in total – to eclipse Paul Elvstrom’s (DEN) previous best of four golds won between 1948 and 1960.
The triumphant 35-year-old did what he needed to do in yesterday’s double points’ medal race by finishing one place ahead of Jonas Hogh-Christensen (DEN), who had led the regatta from day one.
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