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“I’m very excited – I’m the first British male windsurfer whose name isn’t Nick Dempsey to represent Team GB at an Olympic Games since 1996! I actually didn’t have such a great time this year and there were times when I felt I didn’t perform well, but this summer I got some great training in and really came on in the areas I was struggling in. There were even times where I thought about giving it all up and getting an adult job, but I managed to pull through in the end and qualify for a Games.
“I’m just super happy all my training has paid off. Now I’ve qualified of course I am going for a medal. If you had asked me this time last year I would have said I wouldn’t be in with a shout of a medal. But my winter training, with some of the best guys in the world, really made me think I can hang with them and get a medal now. Early selection means I can look at how people react and handle the pressure of big events in the knowledge they are still fighting for places and I have mine. I can really concentrate and watch how they perform.
“I don’t feel pressure following on from Nick, all the pressure I feel is just what I put on myself every day. When you are selected early like we are you have to try and rise to the occasion, grit your teeth and work hard, and because of that you don’t really feel pressure because you are just training so hard.”
“I’m just super happy all my training has paid off. Now I’ve qualified of course I am going for a medal. If you had asked me this time last year I would have said I wouldn’t be in with a shout of a medal. But my winter training, with some of the best guys in the world, really made me think I can hang with them and get a medal now. Early selection means I can look at how people react and handle the pressure of big events in the knowledge they are still fighting for places and I have mine. I can really concentrate and watch how they perform.
“I don’t feel pressure following on from Nick, all the pressure I feel is just what I put on myself every day. When you are selected early like we are you have to try and rise to the occasion, grit your teeth and work hard, and because of that you don’t really feel pressure because you are just training so hard.”
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