Eilidh McIntyre: 'I'll be nervous about the Olympics going ahead until I'm at the start line'

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With one year to go until the postponed Tokyo Olympics begin, Eilidh McIntyre, a gold-medal hopeful in sailing, shares how the delay of a lifetime dream has affected her

ilidh McIntyre offers profuse apologies that are completely unnecessary. A gentle question about her likely emotions this week, when she would have expected to be part of an Olympic opening ceremony, has triggered tears. The British sailor,in the 470 class, has seen a lifetime’s dream delayed 12 months by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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