The Royal Yachting Association’s racing director Ian Walker hopes a new documentary following the British Sailing Team will break down the sport’s elitist stereotypes.
The feature-length Olympic Channel film ‘Chasing Tokyo’ follows Walker and his charges as they gear up for Tokyo 2020, an Olympic Games thrown into uncertainty by Covid.
It also shines a light on some of British sailing’s brightest characters who come from a variety of backgrounds, all set on continuing their country’s sparkling legacy in the sport.
I think generally sailors are incredibly rounded people who I think are then really well placed to go into other walks of life.”
Walker has entered his final week in the role as racing director having guided Team GB to the top of the sailing medal table with three golds, a silver and a bronze apiece in Tokyo last year.
Sailing is a fairly individual sport, but at the Games, we’re 10 events and everybody goes as a team and that really comes across actually in the documentary.
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