Ainslie, 27, won gold in the smaller laser class four years ago before stepping up to the Finn class.

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The boat will be skippered by Dean Barker - who will be one of Ainslie's main rivals in the Finn class at Athens.

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ATHENS, Greece -- British sailor Ben Ainslie won his second successive yachting gold medal with victory in the Finn class at the Athens Olympics regatta.

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"I was approached by GBR Challenge but nothing much looked to be happening, " said the Olympic champion, tipped for gold at Athens in the Finn class.

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After the Sydney Olympics he stepped up to the more demanding Finn Class, meaning he had to add nearly 20 kilograms of extra body weight to be competitive in his new discipline in a bigger boat.

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Then on the 14th, Finn was charged with a Class-A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison.

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This season, Amjad's 38 victims makes him Kent's leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket, but he has fallen behind the likes of Steven Finn, Ajmal Shahzad and Tim Bresnan in the England pecking order.

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