Olympic Kids: Carl & Peter

The youngest sailors ever to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games have been selected for the New Zealand Olympic Team to compete in the Olympics in Beijing 2008. Carl Evans and Peter Burling are New Zealand’s top 470 performers and were named to the team. At just 17 years old the pair have impressed selectors with a string of top performances at all the recent major international events.  Most recently they finished 11th at the 2008 470 World Championships in Melbourne (there’s a clip of a 470 race). The pair stepped up to the 470 class less than twelve months ago from the 420 where they were reining World Champions! Wow! What do you think of that? Here’s a page from their diary in 2007. Peter was 6 years old when he started sailing and 8 when he started racing! Imagine going to Beijing at 17! Melbourne at 16! Let me know what you think. Let me know if you play any sports, like or go sailing, or are working towards any sporting competitions. . . .Do you want to go to the Olympics one day