Special report: London 2012
The Guardian
Yngling, a class Britain won in Beijing and Athens – the "three blondes in a boat" – is no longer, though the Beijing gold medal winner Pippa Wilson has returned to the 470 where she has teamed up with Saskia Clark. "You could always have m...
Lucy Macgregor seeks to establish new 'three blondes in a boat'
Times Online
The “three blondes in a boat” name was given to the Yngling crew helmed by Shirley Robertson who won gold in the 2004 Games in Athens. Last year, Sarah Ayton skippered another all-blonde Britain crew to a gold medal. Now, though, the Ynglin...
BRITISH TRIO WIN SAILING GOLD
Sporting Life
Great Britain secured their first gold medal of the Athens Olympics on Thursday afternoon thanks to a superb display of sailing from Shirley Robertson's Yngling crew. Robertson, a gold medallist in Sydney four years ago, Sarah Webb and Sara...
The Australian Team for Beijing 2008
Sportal.com.au
RS-X Windsurfer: Jessica Crisp: Yngling: Angela Farrell, Karyn Gojnich, Krystal Weir. 470: Tessa Parkinson, Elise Rechichi. Shooting - Preview Men: George Barton: Skeet. Ben Burge: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle - 3 Positions, 50m Rifle - Prone. ...
St. Mary's coach Laser sharp
Baltimore Sun
The U.S. team could medal in the 49er, Yngling and Laser Radial classes, and it is always competitive in the Star class. Campbell would like to add to the U.S. total. "Every regatta I've ever sailed in my life, every day that I went out sai...
What happened next
The Guardian
Twelve months ago, we were a nation transfixed. We knew that the Beijing Olympics would be the greatest show on earth: we ... Olympics: Sailing - Yngling trio leave Dutch for dead as they navigate victorious route 18 Aug 2008 Olympics: Sail...
Nicole Cooke wins Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year
Times Online
The England women’s cricket team beat strong competition from their rugby union counterparts and the Yngling sailing trio of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson to win the coveted Team of the Year trophy. The cricketers had memorably b...
The Big Question: How did Britain's sportswomen become such world ...
The Independent
Aside from Cooke's road race victory (Team GB's first gold of the tournament), Adlington won two gold medals in the swimming pool, Romero and Pendleton won one each in the Velodrome, Ohuruogu won a thrilling 400m race, and the Yngling ...
2008 Olympic Highlights
espnstar.com
Ben Ainslie made it three consecutive golds in the sailing, where the Yngling 'blondes in a boat' also delivered as we knew they would. Rowing provided its usual ration, including Steve Williams, Tom James, Peter Reede and Andy Hodge in the...
British 49er sailors win silver
BBC Sport
The duo were competing in their first event together for six years after reforming their partnership. Brotherton coached Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson to Olympic gold in the Yngling class in Beijing. "It's a great start to our ca...
Dempsey injured on way to victory in Weymouth
The Independent
The win was some compensation for Dempsey after being fourth at the Olympic Games last year, where his wife Sarah (then Ayton) won gold in the three-woman Yngling keelboat. Dempsey went into the final, double points, medal race assured of ....
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson take command of Skandia Sail for Gold ...
Daily Telegraph
In the new women’s match racing event, which has replaced the Yngling class, Lucy MacGregor did enough to win through to the quarter finals despite losing their first race yesterday to American Anna Tunnicliffe. "It was frustrating because ...
Stars assemble for 2012 warm-up
BBC Sport
More than 700 competitors, including several British Olympic gold medal winners, are competing in the Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth from Monday. Pippa Wilson, who won Beijing gold in the Yngling, will be with Saskia Clark in the 470 cla...
'It started like flu - but hours later I was in a coma as bacteria ...
Daily Mail
With her golden hair, creamy skin and athletic figure, Sarah Ayton is the very definition of a picture of health. One of the three ‘Blondes in a Boat’ who won Olympic golds at Athens and Beijing in the Yngling sailing class, she was recentl...
