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Following the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland in June 2011, the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic Selection Committee named the sailors who will compete for Skandia Team GBR at the 2011 Weymouth and Portland International Regatta – the official test event for the London 2012 Olympic sailing competition.

The event runs from 31 July-13 August at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

The Skandia Team GBR squad includes:

Star: Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson
Laser Radial: Charlotte Dobson
Laser: Paul Goodison
RS:X Men: Nick Dempsey
RS:X Women: Bryony Shaw
Finn: Ben Ainslie
49er: Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes
470 Men: Nick Rogers and Chris Grube
470 Women: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark
Women’s Match Racing: Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor

You can follow the team’s progress at the event website and get daily round-ups at the team’s own website.

To give you a flavour of how they’re getting on and some of the challenges they’re facing, we’ve captured some of the team on film during the event.

Ben Ainslie

Ben Ainslie is pleased about his gold medal win but his sights are firmly set on 2012.

Iain Percy and Andrew (Bart) Simpson

Iain Percy and Andrew (Bart) Simpson scooped silver at the event and were happy to share the podium moment with Bart's young son.

Paul Goodison

Bronze medal winner in the Laser class, Paul Goodison, talks about missing out on gold to an Aussie and his plans for the future.

Bryony Shaw

Bryony Shaw sums up her feelings after winning bronze – and gets a big kiss from mum!

Nick Dempsey

First medal race delivers a silver for windsurfer Nick Dempsey, with him missing gold by the closest of margins.

Ben Ainslie

Ben Ainslie is once again dominating the Finn class field, managing to use the strong winds to his advantage on Wednesday 10 August.

Saskia Clark

Saskia Clark and team-mate Hannah Mills found themselves under pressure from other competitors in the strong winds on Wednesday 10 August but Saskia's still confident of a podium finish.

Hannah Mills

Hannah Mills and team-mate Saskia Clark are having a good regatta in the 470 class and look in good shape for a podium position. Here’s what Hannah thought of their performance on
Tuesday 9 August.

Chris Grube

Chris Grube and team-mate Nick Rogers are finding conditions challenging at the test event, lying in seventh place overall on Tuesday 9 August. Here are Chris’s thoughts on how they are feeling and their hopes that a podium finish is still in their grasps.