The British Olympic Association has named the final three sailors for Team GB's 2012 squad.
Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes will compete in the 49er class, while Alison Young will take part in the Laser Radial event. They complete the 16-sailor squad for all 10 sailing events in the 2012 Olympics. Team leader Stephen Park said Team GB had "people who've got potential to medal in every single event". Morrison and Rhodes have been sailing together since 2001, and have won World and European titles. London 2012 will be their second Olympics, after Beijing in 2008.
"It's a massive honour to be selected," Morrison said. "The trials have been a lot closer, but we always believed that we were the best team to deliver gold in 2012." Young, 24, who will be making her Olympic debut at Weymouth and Portland, said she was stunned to be chosen. "It's pretty cool to be selected for an Olympic Games. There's a lot of experience on the team, so hopefully I'll be able to tap into some of that to help me at my first Games." British sailors are the most successful in Olympic history, having won 50 medals - including 25 golds - since sailing was introduced to the Olympics in Paris in 1900.
9 May 2012 Last updated at 12:06
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18005751
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