Olympic
games may be over but there is one golden star from London 2012 who still has
her moment to shine.
Rita, Ben Ainslie’s loyal Finn from the
games is returning to National Maritime Museum Cornwall after helping Ben win
his incredible fourth gold medal, cementing him as the most successful Olympic sailor
in history.
Together,
Ben and ‘Rita’ have won three Olympic Gold medals, in Athens, Beijing
and now London and their partnership has become legendary.
Rita’s home, when she’s away from Ben, has
been the Maritime Museum in Falmouth, along with Ben’s gold medal winning Laser
from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Visitors will soon be able to see all of
Ben’s gold medal winning boats in the main hall of the Museum forming an
installation in honour of what Cornwall’s great man has achieved.
The boats
will be on display together as soon as Rita makes it back from Weymouth
– expected in the next couple of weeks. They will feature in the heart of the
Museum until the end of the year where they will then be ‘suspended’ in the
Museum’s flotilla of flying boats.
“It’s
coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming, Rita’s coming home…”
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