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EinenglischerSegelprofiundOJympiagewinnerundeineamerikanischeSegJerin,dieauchschon
olympischesGoldgeholthat, unterhaltensichüberdieHärtendesSportsundüberdieMöglichkeiten,
damitseinenLebensunterhaltzubestreiten.MARLEYOBIbrachtediebeidenzusammen. 'IUiI'!,,'tothcmostlucrarivesportssuchasfootballandbase-
ball.What'rethingslikcinAmerica?TUNNICLIFFE,SailingisnotrealI)'highere.Ir'smuch
morepapulaeinarhercounrries.Thar'sunforrunare,
becauseit'salotofhardworkandwedon'rgerpaid
enough.But,I supposc,thatkeepsllS~tothcsport,
cspeciall)'women'ssailing, whichgetsevenlessatten-
tionthanmcn's.YouwercontheBritishTeamOrigin
forthe33rdArnecica'sCup,weren'[you?Youmust
havebeen.Y.llillaboutthecontroversysurrounding
therace(seeboxbelow).AINSUE:Weil,IthinkthcOracleandAlinghiteams
havehijackedehcCup.Thc)'willsailagainsteach
otherwithnoothercompetiwrs.Tharwashugelydis-
appoinringforus,aswe'dputaloeofeffon:mdmoney
intopreparingfortherace.TUNNICLIFFE:Howis youerrainingforthe 2012
Ol)'mpicsgoing?TUNN1CLlFFE:Ir surewas!Irc-
memberrellingm)'morher,
whenIwas 13 andwassail-
ingonLakeEric,rhatJwas
goingtowinanOlympicgold
oneday.Iwasveryproudto
reprcScntmycountryandI'rn
deccrminedtostandonthat
podium again,hearing my
nationalanthemplayed!AINSlIE:I'mdoinglotsof(Jehertypesofsailing,bur,
tobehonest,I'rnhavingthctoughesctimeof111yca-
reerrighrnow.ThcBritishsailingteam'isuaining,bur
I'mgoingtostart111)'campaignin 20 IO.Iamsrillin-
volvedwiththeteam.IwasacruallyjuStdowninWc)'-
mouth,inthesouthofEng-
land,rodaa photoshoo[with A CLOSERLOOK
them.Youwongoldinyour
fir:.tOlympieslastyear.That
musthavebeengreat.TheAmerica'sCup is
namedalterAmerica,a
~thaIwonthefirst
100 ~ Cup in
Britainin1851.Today,
theyachtclubthat.!l2m.
theCupmakestherace
rules. Oracle owner
LarryEllisonW041a legal
battletohostthe33rd
America'sCupinFebru-
ary 2010, winning
againslEmestoBertarel-
li.Swissowner 01 Team
Alinghi,Ihecurren!lro-
phy holder.The New
YorkYachtClubheldIhe
AINSLIE:TheOlyrnpicsis cer- Cupfer 132 years.
rainly[hehighestgoalforany '-- --'ANNATUNNIClIFFE:Thankyou,Ben.Yotl'renotdoing
badlyyourself.You'vewonthreegoldmedalsinfour
Olympicsandyou,"amtfourrhinrhcBBCSportsPer-
sonalityofrhcYear~.Thar'sreallysomerhing,
consideringrhatsailorsdon'rgerrhckindofancmion
thatothersponspcopleger.BENAINSLlE:CongraruJarionsonbeingrankednum~
beroneintheworldintheSailingWorldCupStand-
ingsbyrheISAF,Anna.That'sreallygrearforsomc-
oneasyoungasyou!AINSlIE:Yes,you'reright.Sailingisa fun,ili..ausport,
hurirdoesn'tgettherecognitionit deservcs,especially
intheUK,wherewehavesucha foorball-obsessed
media.Irhinksailingneedstubuildupmoreimerest
inthemajorevents,liketheArnerica'sCupandthc
VolvoOccanRace.AINSLIE:Weil,hccominga celebriryisnotsOllleching
thatanyserioussportsrnanshouldbcworriedabour,
but,ofcourse,moneyisan~.I'mluckycohave
fantasticsponsors,whomakI.'irpossiblefoeOll.'co
makI.'a goodIiyi",~.Burit'sstillnotreallycomparablc
TUNNICUFFE:Whatareyourviewsonhccominga rieh
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