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    THIS SPORTING LIFE

    Aug 26, 2021 3 minutes

    PATRICK KIDD

    SOMEONE HAD FORGOTTEN TO order the wind. The sea had come in at Weymouth, on time and under budget, but the flags hung limply at the 2012 OLYMPIC SAILING VENUE. Racing abandoned for the day, I did what any responsible journalist would do and headed for the pub.

    I could hear the excitement before I entered. “Come on my son!” they were roaring. “Get in there! Yurssss!” A crew of decorators were crowded around a television in paint-spattered dungarees, cheering on Britain as they went for gold in the

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