Malaysians to train under Olympic Champions

10:24 AM Fri 23 Jul 2010 GMT

'Tessa ( middle) giving some pointers on sailing at Monsoon Cup’s corporate sailing event' Monsoon Cup &copy Click Here to view large photo

Two of Australia's Olympic Gold Medallists Tessa Parkinson and Belinda Stowell, will be coaching at Malaysia's Monsson Sailing School. Parkinson, who won Olympic gold in the 470 class with Elise Rechichi in China two years ago, is one of five coaches for the four-day Monsoon Sailing School which will be opened by the Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek next Thursday. Stowell was a gold medalist in the 470 Class with Jenny Armstrong at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is currently the head coach of sailing at the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The other ...

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