ON THE WATER Racing Planning begins for Los Angeles 2028
ollowing well-deserved downtime, the British Sailing Team (BST) now looks to the challenges
California dreaming F
ahead. While the LA Games are four years away, Olympic cycles tend to come round very quickly, especially as internal selection trials begin in two years’ time. ˇ˛˘ Ѓ˥˦˧ ˖˥˨˖˜˔ ˧˔˦˞ ˔˦ ˧ unpick our performance at Paris, and the three-year build-up to it, to understand what went well and where we fell short,’ says RYA Performance Director Mark Robinson. ‘It’s vital that we learn from our experiences and, as a
the iQFOiL World Championships in 2021. ‘I’m stoked to be on the podium with Andy,’ said Barton. ‘It’s a great way to start this new Olympic cycle.’ The BST’s Finn Hawkins was
team, adapt to the new challenges we’ll face in LA and the years leading up to it.’ While most Olympic classes
front-loaded their racing calendars to get as much in prior to Paris, there have been a few post-Olympics regattas. In October, Andy Brown and Matt Barton scooped silver and bronze medals at the iQFOiL European Championships in Sardinia. Brown’s result is a career best and follows on from victory at the 2022 ˃˥˜˖˘˦˦ ˆЃ˔ ˅˘˚˔˧˧˔ʡ ʼ˧ ˔˦ ˔˦ a welcome return to the podium for Barton, who was runner-up at
“It’s vital that the team adapts to the new challenges we’ll face in LA”
seventh overall, with young gun ʷ˨˖˔ ˀ˔˚˛˔ Ѓ˜˦˛˜˚ ʤʥ˧˛ʡ ʼ ˧˛˘ ˠ˘Ϡ˦ Є˘˘˧ ˘˔˥ ˘˔˗˘˥ Islay Watson had to settle for tenth ˩˘˥˔ ˔˙˧˘˥ Ѓ˜˦˛˜˚ ˦˘˩˘˧˛ ˜ ˧˛˘ ˤ˨˔˥˧˘˥ Ѓ˔˦ ˔˗ ʴ˜˖˘ ˅˘˔˗ ˔˦ 15th overall. In November, the BST and British
Sailing Squad – 60 sailors and 50 coaches and support staff – got together for the week-long Sailing Squad Camp. ‘After a year of the focus being on the Games team, it was brilliant to see team members old and new coming together. This is where our strength lies,’ says Robinson.
During the winter the team will
decamp to various destinations in Europe, enabling them to continue to train in a range of conditions, ready to kick off in spring with the ˃˥˜˖˘˦˦ ˆЃ˔ ˅˘˚˔˧˧˔ ˜ ˀ˔˥˖˔ʡ
Friends Andy Brown and Matt Barton battled it out in Sardinia.
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