America's Cup 2010 - Australian's soar to victory

1:35 AM Sat 18 Sep 2010 GMT

'John-Bertrand-winner-of-race-2-Etchells-Worlds.' Ingrid Abery &copy Copyright

America's Cup 2010 - Well, the Americas Cup win was our Everest. It stopped the nation. The win is still considered one of the most memorable events in modern Australian sports history. That's hard to top! This Etchells world championship for me is quite different. In winning the Americas Cup I don't have anything left to prove. So my motivation, my interest in sailing is different. This is all about putting a world class team together and flying with the eagles! I'm in a very privileged position in that people like Ben Ainslie, Andrew Palfrey and young Tom Slingsby want ...

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