Adventures

At the end of the #RoadToRio: The Australian Sailing Team's Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin

Behind every Olympic and Paralympic medal is an amazing adventure and journey, this is the second in a series of videos looking at the #RoadToRio with the Australian Sailing Team medallists, celebrating their homecoming and looking back on their journey. At the Rio Olympics the Australian Sailing Team collectively won one gold and three silver medals, with all of the Paralympic sailors winning a…
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At the end of the "Road to Rio": The Australian Sailing Team Paralympic journey

Behind every Olympic and Paralympic medal is an amazing adventure and journey, this is the first in a series of videos looking at the #RoadToRio with the Australian Sailing Team medallists, celebrating their homecoming and looking back on their journey. The Rio Paralympics resulted in medals for all of our Australian Sailing Team Paralympians (amazing!), in the Sonar: Colin Harrison, Russell…
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NC Sports broadcast 17 June 2016

My broadcast on the Nautical Channel Sports show on 17 June! Check out the previews for the Extreme Sailing Series and Kieler Woche, as well as reports on the Australian Sailing Team‘s progress leading into Rio 2016, and my personal concerns about Rio (not pollution but rather violence) following Liesl Tesch‘s confrontation in the streets of the Olympic city a fortnight ago&#8230…
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AUSTRALIAN SAILING TEAM: Rio 2016 announcements

This week the Australian Sailing Team announced the first of their athletes that will be competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I spoke with Victor Kovalenko, head coach and Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin. Congratulations to the whole team (on and off the water) and in particular to Nath Outteridge and Iain Jensen (49er, who were unable to attend as they are currently training with Artemis…
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One year until Rio 2016

Congratulations to all of the medallists at the Rio 2016 ISAF Test Event, but also those who didn’t medal, and the mass of support crews and families behind all of the sailors. Olympic sailing is a tough road that is often underrated due to the public perception of our sport, and I have to say I am in awe of what our Olympic sailors give up every day of their lives to chase their dream to be the…
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