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Andy Rice

Will Micky Beckett be able to beat Matt Wearn when it matters the most? Australia’s Wearn is looking to become the first ever sailor to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics in the men’s Laser class, these days known as the ILCA 7.

Great Britain’s Beckett has taken the fight to Wearn on a number of occasions when they have found themselves so far ahead of the rest of the pack that they’re locked in a match race for gold and silver. Generally Beckett has come off second best to Wearn in these head-to-head battles at

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