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3rhlctc.Burir isverymuchayoungperson'ssport.

I'm 32 oow,andehenex[Gameswillprobablybemy

last.You'reBririshbyhinh,aren'[you?Howdoyou

fcdaboutracingforAmeriea?

TUNNICLIFFE;Weil,wemoved[0theUSwhcnIwas

12.Afterlivingherefor 14 ycars,Ifeel moreAmeri-

eanthanBritish.

AINSlIE;Youtalkedaboutthehardworkehatgocs

intotraining.Oneofehehardesrthingsformeisbe-

ingawayfromhomesomueh.Whar'syourbiggest

sacrifice?

TUNNICLIFFE:Nothavinga lifeouesideojf~ailing!j've

neverrcallybeenahletoenjoyanythingdifferent.I

don'thavemanyfriendswhereI live.Luckily,myhus-

bandalsosails.Othcrwise,('dhardly.everseehirn.

Howdayoucapewitbbeingawayfromhorne?

AINSLIE,Notverywel1.I'vebeenawayfortenmonths

everyyearforthelastfiveyears.I'dsay[hat 70 per

centofmyfriendsaresailors,burI'vcmanagedto

kecpthefewacquainranecsoursideofsailingbeeause

[heyaresuchgoodfriends.

TUNNICLIFFE:You'reknownforbeinga niee~2fi

roewarerbutabsolutclyrurhlesswhenracing.

calledRobenScheidtinthe 1996 andthenthe 2000

OlympicGames.Jrecciveddeath{hrear<;andhad

effÜÜesofmyselfbllrn[inBrazil!I gucssI usedtobe

veryaggressivewhenJwasyoungerbutnow,hopc-

fully,I'moldcrandwiser.

TUNNICLIFFE:YOll'vewonmedalsinthreeülympics

andaredoingweIlfinanciallyfromsailing.I hopetO

dothcsamesameda)'.Whatadvicecanyaugiveme?

AINSLlE;Yes,peopleoftensaythar,probablybeeausc

ofthehugerivalrybetweenmeanda Bral..iIiansailor

TUNNICUFFE;Jthinkitwouldbegrearrohavemore

mixedcompetitions,asgirlslovetocompere3l:ainst

menandbearthern.Sailingismosrlytodawirhstrat-

egy,and,jnrbisrespeer,rherearen'ranydifferenees

benveenmenandwarnen.Theonlybigdiffcrenceis

inphysicalstrength.So,obviously,you:tndI eouldn't

campeteagainsteachatherinoursmallerboars,but

onrhebigger~,whcrerhereismorecrewand

thustheweightiseyenedout,rhereshouldn'tbeany

differcnce,

AINSLtE:WeIl,Ithinkatthemomentir'sroughfor

warneninprofessionalsailing.Youalreadyhavesuc·

cessandaprofile,andI'dencouragcyourorcally

pyshyoursclf.Gooutandfmdsponsorshipandfinan-

cialsupport,becauseit'sunJikelysorneonewilldoit

foryou.Womennowhavesamercallygaadclasses

theycanrne!,:inantheirown.

A1NSLlE:Butirwouldn'treallybeanevenplayin~

ground.Thcrearea coupleofdassesofboarswhere

warnenandmenhavesuccessfullysailedrogerhcr.But

whensailingrequiresstrength,womenaredisadvan-

taged.Itisagoodthing,however,thattherearenow

morebaatclassesforwomentosailin.

TUNNICLIFFE:Yes,worpen'ssailinghasgrownasa

sportovertheyears,andhopcfllllyirwillkeepgrnw-

ingin[heyearstocame. [J

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