Ben Ainslie reflects back on that tragic day.

"And in the middle of one of the bear aways we got a sharp gust at just the wrong angle. We didn’t wipe out but it was a hairy moment. I was thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’ I was thinking about Bart.”

To tell your grandkids, ‘I was there with Jess Ennis or Mo Farah at the closing ceremony’.”

With typical modesty, Ainslie neglects to mention that he was chosen to carry Team GB’s flag in the Olympic Stadium that night."


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