0:00:05 > 0:00:07Behind me is Weymouth Bay,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11home to some of the best sailing conditions in the world.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Chesil Beach just over there provides fantastic shelter.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20It's easy to see why this is the home of GB sailing.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30I've come here to meet the next generation of British sailors
0:00:30 > 0:00:32hoping to follow in the footsteps of Sir Ben Ainslie.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42These guys are well and truly ready to set sail
0:00:42 > 0:00:44on their Olympic journey.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Also in the show today,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Denise Lewis travels to East London to witness Christine Ohuruogu's
0:00:58 > 0:01:02determination to give back to the community she grew up in.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05There's a big world out there and if you just work hard you can
0:01:05 > 0:01:08really achieve what you want to go out and achieve.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11We introduce three young amateur boxers hoping to make
0:01:11 > 0:01:14a mark at this month's World Championships.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15When I started boxing, you know,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I could see the road that I needed to go to reach my goal.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21You just have to keep improving, and then take it as far as you want.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25If you want to get inspired and try a new sport like sailing,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28boxing, or athletics, then click on our website to find out
0:01:28 > 0:01:31how you can join a club near you.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Almost 6,000 miles south west in that direction is
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Guanabara Bay, just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45Those warmer waters will host the regatta of the 2016 Olympics.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Sir Ben Ainslie is not expected to compete in Rio,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52focusing instead on the America's Cup.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55With only one spot available in the Finn Class,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58in which Ben Ainslie won three of his four Olympic gold medals,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02the question is, "Who's ready to be his successor?"
0:02:06 > 0:02:07So, we're out on the water
0:02:07 > 0:02:10with the GB Finn Class coach, Matt Howard, here,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12who's shouting instructions to his boys
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and keeping them in check in very still conditions.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Just about on the edge to what you can sail in at the moment,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20but, still, they're getting some good work done.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Yeah, yeah, and we've kind of had to, um, change how we view,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27um, the very light winds.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It can be difficult for the patience,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32it can be quite difficult for the concentration,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34but with the next Olympic Games being in Rio,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37we're very likely to be sailing in this sort of stuff so we've got to
0:02:37 > 0:02:41kind of rethink what's fun and spend plenty of time sailing in it.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45There is so much strength and depth still in the Finn Class.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Does that mean there's a strain on friendships and relationships,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52or are you able to put that to one side when you come off the water?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53For sure, it's a factor.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Later on in the cycle, things become a bit more, um...
0:02:57 > 0:03:02personal, because, ultimately, we're all wanting the same thing and, uh...
0:03:02 > 0:03:05only one of us can have it, so...
0:03:05 > 0:03:08You know, with that does come a bit of friction, but, generally,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12you know, we manage it very well and we're all good friends and...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15we try and leave everything that goes on in the water,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16on the water as much as possible.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20It doesn't always happen though, I'm sensing an undercurrent of, um...!
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- The thing is...- It bubbles over. - Normally, it does, actually.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Um, it certainly doesn't ever last more than half an hour
0:03:27 > 0:03:28since we've been off the water.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30There might be a little bit of friction in the boat part,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33but then, you know, we'll go away, we'll have a beer
0:03:33 > 0:03:36and we'll be friends again until the next day.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I've probably raced against Andrew and Giles
0:03:39 > 0:03:43since I was about 15 or 16. So, built up over time,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46you're always trying to beat each other at everything we do,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48sailing, when we're out on the bikes,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51when we're in the gym, et cetera, so it does build up and build up.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Oh, good roll, Giles! Good roll!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58How difficult is it to manage their expectations and manage,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- you know, this rivalry on the water? - Yeah.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04On the water, it's certainly difficult to manage the rivalry
0:04:04 > 0:04:08and sometimes I feel like I should be, you know, wearing gloves
0:04:08 > 0:04:10and keeping them apart in a ring.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Um, but generally as they get ashore, it's all good again,
0:04:14 > 0:04:15but it's a tough thing in this sport.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18You know, we've got four guys who are top ten in the world.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Any one of those guys could compete at the Olympics
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and come home with a medal and only one of them will,
0:04:23 > 0:04:24so it's really tough, particularly as
0:04:24 > 0:04:27they know that it's really important that they all
0:04:27 > 0:04:30sail together, so that the person who does win the trials to
0:04:30 > 0:04:32go on has the best chance of medalling.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35But sometimes that's also difficult because you're then helping
0:04:35 > 0:04:37people who could potentially take your place.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42What's it like for you, then, having to deliver the bad news to
0:04:42 > 0:04:46people who've worked for a four-year cycle? It's not going to be theirs.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It's the worst day of my four-year programme.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Um...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53But I try and also make it the best day
0:04:53 > 0:04:56of my four-year programme by making the phone calls to the people
0:04:56 > 0:04:58who have been selected at the same day.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Do you make the bad calls first?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03No.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- So, you tell those who are going first...- Yeah.- And then you...
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- start the ring round. - Yeah. Yeah. And, eh...
0:05:09 > 0:05:14And the reason is...it's not the actual conversation that's
0:05:14 > 0:05:16necessarily particularly hard, the reason it's hard is
0:05:16 > 0:05:22because I know the level of application and the sacrifice
0:05:22 > 0:05:25that those guys made, and how much they really want it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You know, if they hadn't made the effort, if they hadn't done
0:05:28 > 0:05:31the hard yards, if it wasn't the most important thing to them,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34then they wouldn't be disappointed. It wouldn't be that big a deal.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But the guys that are in our programme at the top end
0:05:37 > 0:05:38are fighting it out for selection,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41they're all in that bracket and that's why it's difficult.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45It's a selection process, isn't it?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That you have to tick a lot of boxes for.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Most people think we're going to peak in 2016,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52but already the World Championship's next year in 2014,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55are a key part of the selection process, so,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57in many respects, your campaign's got to be ready, you know,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01at the beginning of this season to do very well at the World Championships.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04So, we're kind of already moving into a little bit of a peaking zone,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08and that'll continue on until the selections are made.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11How much does a place in the squad for Rio mean to you right now?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Oh, well, it's kind of, you know...
0:06:13 > 0:06:14It's everything.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17In my mind, there's absolutely no point putting
0:06:17 > 0:06:20a four-year campaign together if...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25..you know, if you don't believe you can go and win in Rio, and that's
0:06:25 > 0:06:28ultimately what it's all about and that's what we're all trying to do.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35As these Finn sailors know,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39qualification for an Olympic Games is extremely tough.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Peaking at just the right time for selection is the same for any sport,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45but one athlete who always times her preparation
0:06:45 > 0:06:48and her races to perfection is Christine Ohuruogu.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52The world 400-metre champion may be one of our most successful athletes
0:06:52 > 0:06:56of all time, but she's never one to seek the limelight or fame.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58So, what does motivate Christine?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Former Olympic heptathlete champion Denise Lewis has been to
0:07:01 > 0:07:02the East End to find out.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I'm in Newham, one of the Olympic boroughs from last year, to visit
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Christine Ohuruogu, someone I've really admired
0:07:16 > 0:07:19and watched her career over the years. She's got three
0:07:19 > 0:07:24global titles and she could do anything with her time, yet she has
0:07:24 > 0:07:26chosen to visit all the schools in her borough,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and I really want to find out why.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35The Chobham Academy only opened in September, but it's
0:07:35 > 0:07:40the latest of the 150 schools that Christine has pledged to visit.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44What's more, it truly embodies the spirit of legacy as it uses
0:07:44 > 0:07:48buildings and infrastructure from the Olympic village itself.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Wow! This is an impressive school.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Hi, how are you?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Hi, guys. - APPLAUSE
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Morning, everyone. - CHILDREN: Good morning.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09DENISE WHISPERS: 'So, we're at a whole school assembly
0:08:09 > 0:08:13'at Chobham Academy and Christine is actually just telling everyone'
0:08:13 > 0:08:17about her athletics career and what it's like to be an athlete.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21You guys are a very, very new school. I couldn't actually find it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25That's how new you are, but it's great to be here.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30I just think she has such a natural way of articulating to these
0:08:30 > 0:08:32young people and they're riveted.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35So, I've made it my personal mission to go round to all the schools
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and just to try and give them a really positive message,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40just to tell them that, you know, sometimes...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43there's a big world out there and if you just work hard, you can
0:08:43 > 0:08:46really achieve what you want to go out and achieve.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47How many schools have you done so far?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Cos you've set yourself a pretty tall order.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Yeah, I think probably about 25.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- You've got a long way to go. - So, I have a long way to go,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57but I did, in the beginning, from the onset
0:08:57 > 0:08:59say it was going to be a long haul.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01So, just, um...
0:09:02 > 0:09:04..do it as and when I can, and I think that
0:09:04 > 0:09:07because I actually enjoy it and feel so strongly about it,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I don't really care how long it's going to take.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I was born in Newham, I went to school in Newham,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15um...I have, I'm from a big family,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I've got six brothers and one sister.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21There's eight of us and we all went to school in Newham.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25I was just conscious or very aware of the fact that, you know,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28once the Olympics goes, a lot of the youngsters will fall into that gap.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31They'll feel that the Olympics came, brought so much excitement,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34so much money, but it's almost like once it's gone,
0:09:34 > 0:09:35there's nothing left, you know?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38People are just here for the Olympics and once they've gone,
0:09:38 > 0:09:39we're just back to how it was before.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Please come and sit down here. - Here?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44You're writing on the table?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- We are writing on the table.- Wow!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49We're going to start with Ronaldo. What does it mean
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- to you to be part of the Olympic legacy?- It means quite a lot because
0:09:52 > 0:09:55when the Olympics came to London, and the Olympic Games,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I would be stuck to the TV every day watching and
0:09:58 > 0:10:03you could see people cheering, being happy, Team GB, Christine Ohuruogu...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Everyone who competed, they were completely amazing.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09I'd walk down the road and then I'd just go into the shop
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and I'd see hundreds of people going to the Olympics from
0:10:12 > 0:10:14all different countries.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17My idea behind it was to tell them that, you know, you can't go back to
0:10:17 > 0:10:22how it was before, you've really got to use the Games, um, and push on.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- And build on it. - Build on it, exactly.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Keep pushing on, don't just sit and say, "Oh, they don't care about us
0:10:27 > 0:10:31"and we're not going to do anything about it." Really use...
0:10:31 > 0:10:35what stories you got from the Games to build yourselves up
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and go out and achieve great things.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41The most important kind of defendants of this legacy programme
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- are the residents themselves. - Absolutely.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Those are the ones who are going to drive it, those are the ones
0:10:46 > 0:10:49who live there, who know what goes on, day in, day out,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51they're the ones that have kids that go to schools,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53they don't want to work in a borough, they know what the borough
0:10:53 > 0:10:56needs, so when we're talking about legacy,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59don't sit and wait for other people to put your destiny into place,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01you go out and say, "This is what our kids need
0:11:01 > 0:11:03"and this is what we're going to do as parents, residents,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06"as business owners. This is what we're going to do for the borough."
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We all can remember one thing growing up, somebody that's
0:11:10 > 0:11:12said something that really sticks in our minds, just one thing
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and that's all you need sometimes, you know?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18So, as long as they just can remember one thing I've said.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I talk for ages. I think today was quite short. I think I was cut!
0:11:22 > 0:11:25DROWNED OUT BY LAUGHTER
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Everyone that visits the Academy, we're going to start to get,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31like, autographs and just a little comment or a few little words.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34The pressure is on!
0:11:34 > 0:11:39When I think about my own experience, I was really young, so eight was when
0:11:39 > 0:11:42the light bulb went off for me and I wanted to be an athlete
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and learn how to run, and that was what I asked my mum.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48But you - it was about 18, did you say? Which is...?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49- 16, it was sports day.- 16.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53That was our final year at school, so I knew about athletics but
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I didn't know in that much detail, I never really watched track and field on TV.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I knew of all the big personalities, like yourself,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Linford, Sally Gunnell, but I didn't know what they did.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- I just knew they did something and they won golds!- Keep it simple!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I didn't know what they were doing.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I didn't have any idea of anything - how races worked,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15what you wore on your feet, because I was training in trainers.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I didn't... You know, I didn't know anything.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20My event is not actually very nice.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24It hurts, but in a strange way, I actually really enjoy it,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26because every day, I push myself really hard.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29' "I've never done a four before. What do I do?" '
0:12:29 > 0:12:31This guy just said, "Just jog the first three
0:12:31 > 0:12:36- "and then sprint the hundred." - Oh, so that's how it started, huh?!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40And you took that all the way through the international career.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Hey, it worked.- I didn't want to say that, but, yeah, that's how it's...
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- Three global titles. - He said, "Just jog."
0:12:45 > 0:12:51I know. It's terrible, isn't it? But I won. I won and I kept on winning.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So, that became my event, the 400.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Will she get there? Christine's coming. She might just make it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58She might just... Made it!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Imagine when things haven't gone well.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05We've had that scenario, haven't we?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Someone's asking you a ridiculous question
0:13:07 > 0:13:11that you really don't want to answer, but you feel like you have to.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I'm sure I've done that to you, Christine.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16THEY LAUGH 'The Olympics was incredible,'
0:13:16 > 0:13:19but you were disappointed with that silver medal.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22How did you pick yourself up?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I did want to win that and, in the schools I go to,
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I make no illusions about the fact that I did want to win.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32And I have got a silver, but I would have liked it to have been gold.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36That's standard, I'm sorry, I'm not going to beat around the bush.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I wanted to win gold. I didn't. I came with a silver.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40That's where my disappointment came from,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42but I think, at the same time,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I think it's recognising where I'd come from to get that
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and I think, now I look back on it,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51I think the silver meant more to me than the Beijing gold medal...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Right. - ..because of where I'd come from.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I, literally, clawed my way out from the bottom of a bottomless pit.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57That's what it felt like.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I think it felt like every year was just not going right,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01nothing was working.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I always tell myself that what I was going to do going into 2012
0:14:04 > 0:14:07was that I would prepare myself the best way I can
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and I'll defend my title with everything I've got.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12The one thing I really want to tell you
0:14:12 > 0:14:14is go out there and dream big.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Really go out and really set your standards high.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- This seems to be your calling. - Yeah.- To give something back.- Yeah.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27- To inspire. Not the glitzy, glamour, the...- Yeah, I mean...
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- All the other side that people expect you to do, having been a champion.- Yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I always try to live by what I preach,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37that's one thing I've always, you know, tried to be true to myself
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and what I believe and what I expect of myself.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Me, personally, I just like to be on the ground floor.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I like to get my hands dirty.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I like to go out and work and just see what's happening.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50That's my kind of passion for, you know,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53helping my borough move on, is...
0:14:53 > 0:14:58far outweighs my passion for, you know, glitzy life stuff!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I'm sure we could stand here and talk all day,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04but I've got to head off now, so go out and enjoy yourself.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Remember to dream big and keep looking after each other. Cool.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Do you feel satisfied? Are you complete?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I'm happy with what I've done. With me, I'm never fully happy,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19because it's what I do,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I, kind of, have a responsibility to keep doing it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26So, it doesn't matter what I've achieved. That's not the point.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29The point is that this is what I have been put on this Earth to do.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31This is my purpose, my calling.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35So, I will keep on doing it until, you know, the time's up.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42If Christine has inspired you to get involved in sport,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44then visit our website
0:15:44 > 0:15:46for information on where to find your nearest club.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Back in May,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01this close-knit sailing community here in Weymouth
0:16:01 > 0:16:03was hit by devastating news.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Andrew Simpson, or Bart as he was affectionately known,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12won gold at the Beijing Olympics
0:16:12 > 0:16:17and silver on these waters in 2012, with sailing partner Ian Percy.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Having switched their focus to the America's Cup this year,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22the pair were on a routine training exercise
0:16:22 > 0:16:24when their yacht, Artemis, capsized.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Simpson was trapped under the hull of the boat.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Attempts to resuscitate him failed.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Andrew's widow, Leah,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and close friends, including Olympic medallists Sir Ben Ainslie,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Iain Percy and Paul Goodison have set up
0:16:42 > 0:16:44the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation
0:16:44 > 0:16:47to help encourage youngsters into sailing.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Bart had more friends than any of us.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Literally, he would speak to anybody, help anybody,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54and he was just one of those lovable characters
0:16:54 > 0:16:58that everybody felt really close to and felt really special to be around.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01He was one of those guys who'd always go out of his way to help you out,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03no matter where you were or what you were doing.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05He was a real special guy.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07You know, life can be pretty short
0:17:07 > 0:17:11and you've got to value the time that you have
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and the conversations that often,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17in amongst all that competitiveness that we were talking about,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20that actually, it's a pretty tight-knit family.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23These are people that travel the world 200 days a year.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26You spend more time with them than you do with your family.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28And you refer to some of the younger sailors
0:17:28 > 0:17:30and Andrew being a big impact.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Quite a big impact on some sailors
0:17:32 > 0:17:34he maybe only had one conversation with,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37maybe only a passing comment with,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40but was a big character in the squad.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I always remember him as, you'd be in the gym in the morning
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and there'd be maybe five or six guys there
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and he would spend his time speaking to every single person individually
0:17:48 > 0:17:51to make sure they're all right
0:17:51 > 0:17:54and what they're working on and everything.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It was maybe a bit because he didn't particularly like the gym,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00but, you know, he was always there and he chatted away
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and he would always put everyone before everyone else.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Andrew was a...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07You know, he was a great man.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09And to me, personally, he was very much a mentor.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13You know, he was someone I always went to for advice.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16It's had a massive impact on the team
0:18:16 > 0:18:20and, you know, everyone's pretty keen
0:18:20 > 0:18:23to try and make sure they do what they can do,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25in terms of their sailing,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28to try and sort of live up to the sort of standards
0:18:28 > 0:18:31that Andrew kept, in terms of actually putting his performance
0:18:31 > 0:18:33and putting himself on the line when he went racing.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35The foundation in his name will do that.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It will help to encourage kids
0:18:37 > 0:18:38who might not have an opportunity to sail
0:18:38 > 0:18:41to get access to the sport that you all love.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44One of the biggest things is trying to get these young guys
0:18:44 > 0:18:46into sailing clubs, just their local sailing clubs,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47so anywhere around the country.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50The foundation aims to try and provide some coaching
0:18:50 > 0:18:54from just local, regional coaches, all the way through to Olympic medallists,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57to try and help mentor these kids and give them the chance
0:18:57 > 0:18:59to find out what sailing is all about.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00It's not only just that.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02It's actually trying to get little Freddie and Hamish
0:19:02 > 0:19:04something to remember their father by,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06because they are only three and one years old,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08so they need to be reminded of Andrew
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and what he actually did for the sport.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13This is a great way to try and show them
0:19:13 > 0:19:17how he influenced so many people and also try and help them into sailing
0:19:17 > 0:19:19and follow in his father's footsteps.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Andrew's love of sailing and his passion for helping youngsters
0:19:25 > 0:19:28will be remembered through his foundation,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31which is so important for those who loved and cared for him.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Nurturing talent is vital in any sport,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36and at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39youngsters are given the opportunity to learn and grow.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41We caught up with three boxers
0:19:41 > 0:19:43who are flourishing in that environment.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51As an athlete, I'd say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53If I want something, I'll put everything
0:19:53 > 0:19:56into it and, hopefully, when it matters, I get it right.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58When I started boxing, you know, I could see the road
0:19:58 > 0:20:00that I needed to go to reach my goal.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Just have to keep improving and then take it as far as you want.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05As soon as you've won that fight,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07it's just the best feeling ever.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You know, it's worth it.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's just a shame the training feels so hard!
0:20:15 > 0:20:16This is their workshop,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19this is where they go to work. They are full-time elite athletes.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22They come here, it's a job. A job of work.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Monday to Thursday, we train three times a day,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and we usually leave the sparring till last.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30If we can spar and perform to full potential
0:20:30 > 0:20:32when we've done all these things during the day,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35like strength conditioning and running,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39then when we're out in tournaments, it should be easy work.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Got to get your front foot in.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Quicker to your left and to your right, quicker.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The expectation's always high, because if you're a GB boxer,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48you're expected to medal wherever you go.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50JOE: You're around top athletes,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54so it's a good environment to improve and train.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56You know, it's a bit like uni or something like that.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Like, it's got a good group mentality, sort of thing.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- SAM:- Train here Monday to Thursday.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Every Thursday, when you wake up in the morning, you think,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06"Got two more sessions, can't wait to get home."
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It's the best feeling ever. But then when you're home,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11you do look forward to coming back here,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14because you know we're getting the best training in the world.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18It's a bigger gap between the two of yous. Come on, box closer, Sam.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21That was good, really liked that.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Can't get better sparring than what I've just had.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27These lads have been the Olympics, been the Worlds, been the Europeans.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31So, sparring with them, it's only a bonus. Only make me better.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33OK. Away we go.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37JACK: Me and Nicola, we spar together, we bring each other on.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40She's been great for me in the past and I've been great for her.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I was sparring with her before she won a gold medal in the Olympics
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and, hopefully, I helped her win that gold,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49but we all play a part in each other's training
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and it really helps and we all spar each other.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- DAVE:- Boxing's a very solitary life,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57even though we've got a team ethic here.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59They get in the ring and they're on their own.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02They can't do things like normal people do.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04They have to make weight, they have to train hard,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06they can't go out, like their friends,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09or go out and have a pizza. They've got to be careful what they eat.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- SAM:- Constantly a boxer, like, your whole life,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14you're constantly thinking about what you can eat,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17what you can't eat, because it's a weight-making sport.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22We get given all our food and we get breakfast, we get snacks,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24we get lunch, another snack and then the main meal.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26There's no preparation or nothing like that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29'However long it says put it in a mic, you put it in the mic
0:22:29 > 0:22:31'and then it's done.' Easy.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34If you're close to the competition, you'll get the same meals,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36but you might only get, like, you know, a smaller portion of it.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39It just helps. You don't have to think about cutting down your food.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You just eat what they've given you.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44So, yeah, it makes weight-making easier.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46DAVE: They stay at the flats up the road.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49They get given nutritional food, which is sent in to them,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52but they then have to look after themselves. They're grown men.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Yes, boys.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Smells nice in here.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Kezza's cooking, yeah?- Yeah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I think the furthest we go is a yoghurt, innit, on a night.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- That's our treat, innit?- Yeah. - Chocolate for some of them.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I have a huge bar of chocolate!
0:23:08 > 0:23:11'I started boxing at the age of nine. My dad,'
0:23:11 > 0:23:14he was a coach, and my uncle's a coach.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And I had my first fight at the age of 11.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Before I knew it, I was on my trials for Great Britain at 17,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and when I found out I had trials, I trained so hard.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28When I was out on my runs, that's all I was thinking about.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29And when you finally get on the squad
0:23:29 > 0:23:32it's mad, because you get your kit
0:23:32 > 0:23:35and you're really excited and stuff, so to be on the squad
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and competing in tournaments such as Europeans, Worlds
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and, hopefully, looking towards the Olympics, it's massive for me.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46Hopefully, one day I can go to Rio 2016 and be on the podium.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59- JOE:- We weigh in each morning and we have to have a weight target.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00108.6.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I enjoy weightlifting and that and, you know,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04the sparring, the bags and the pads.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08But I think the run's probably the toughest one in the morning.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13If I wasn't boxing, I'd still be training hard because, you know,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15that's my lifestyle, that's what I've always done.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Since I was little, I've done every sport under the sun.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I do them for a while and then get, you know,
0:24:22 > 0:24:23want to try something else.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Go on. WHISTLE BLOWS
0:24:26 > 0:24:30But I think with boxing, you know, there's so many aspects to it,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34so many things you've got to do to train, you don't get bored.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Slow feet, fast hands. What does that say? Get in, get out, hit him hard.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Take your foot off the gas in the middle if you have to.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46This is your last round, this is the big one. Don't give it away.
0:24:46 > 0:24:47That's nice and long.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50We create competition at all weights
0:24:50 > 0:24:54so that there's always somebody, you know, alongside you that's a rival.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56The rivalry that's developed between Sam Maxwell
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and Josh Taylor is a healthy rivalry.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02You know, they push each tremendously hard in training.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04If I see Josh training hard, I think,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05"I want to train as hard as him."
0:25:05 > 0:25:08If he's winning the runs, I want to, next time on a run,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- I want to try and beat Josh. - We're great friends,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13but then, obviously, it turns into, "I want to win",
0:25:13 > 0:25:15because we're in the sport to win.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19In the ring, we're taking no... No mercy, as they say.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22You change lives coming up here and it's nice to watch them grow,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24as people and as boxers.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Time. Let's go, come on.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- SAM:- My dad passed away and all my mum's family are from Liverpool,
0:25:30 > 0:25:31so we moved from London to Liverpool
0:25:31 > 0:25:33so we could be around all the family,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37cos Mum was only young and she was left with three kids
0:25:37 > 0:25:40and we were all under ten, and my little sister wasn't even born yet.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42My cousin was part of a boxing gym, and he said,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44"Why don't you try boxing?"
0:25:44 > 0:25:45I fell in love with boxing.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48My coach, he was like a father figure, a role model, a friend.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50When I first came in, he could see I had talent,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53but I had a lot of, like, anger in me and stuff like that,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and boxing just helped to...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57He said boxing helped me get the discipline I needed
0:25:57 > 0:26:01to channel that aggression into boxing and performing.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03These three guys have applied themselves,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05they're good lads, they've got a good attitude.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10JACK: When I'm training, I'm thinking about maybe getting that gold medal,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and if I don't put the sacrifice in in training, then it's not going to happen.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I'd just like to see them fulfil their potential,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18because when they're boxing and firing on all cylinders,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21it's a joy to watch, all of them.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27The Olympic journey is a four-year cycle
0:26:27 > 0:26:30that requires a deep determination.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Our young boxers are being carefully nurtured every step of the way.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Christine has achieved so much, yet remains so focused.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Her desire to share her love of sport is inspiring in itself.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And the Finn boys are unwavering in their commitment,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51even though their journey may end in disappointment.
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