Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox After almost 18 months of waiting, Macclesfield sailor Elliot Hanson can finally say he is an Olympian and is now fully focussed on delivering at Tokyo 2020.
The 27-year-old finished the first race of the laser regatta in fifth place, while the scheduled second race was postponed due to light winds.
It has been a long road to Tokyo for Hanson, who was added to the Team GB sailing squad all the way back in March 2020 and he admits he was nervous before the hooter first sounded. “It’s great to be underway.
There’s obviously a lot of anticipation built up, certainly over the last couple of days but equally over the last 18 months – or definitely over the last
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