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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