Heading to an impressive fourth Olympic Games is windsurfer Jessica Crisp. Competing in the Mistral class at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games, Crisp finished fifth and sixth respectively. She then finished fifth again at the Beijing 2008 Games, where the RS:X class was contested.

Jessica Crisp will be looking to improve on her top five finishes and will be eyeing a medal on the Weymouth course where she finished eighth at the 2011 Test Event.

“I’m excited to be heading to my fourth Games,” 42-year-old Crisp said. “I’ve upped my training load since the Worlds and I’m focused on chasing down that medal that has eluded me so far.”

Crisp will spend the best part of the next six months training with the top women in her sport over in Europe, working on her performance in cold and windy conditions that will prepare her for the Weymouth environment.

“For me it’s a real mental game,” Crisp said of the tough 10-day windsurfing competition. “I came pretty close to a medal last time and since then I have been working a lot on my mind and learning how to perform at my best all the time. The Olympics require extreme mental endurance and I’m just trying to make the best of myself and be ready for it.”

Further athlete selections in the other Olympic classes to the sailing section of the Team will take place in May. In particular, the nomination process continues in Women’s Match Racing and there is strong competition between the talented crews vying for one Olympic spot.

Sailing at the London 2012 Olympic Games will take place from Sunday 29 July – Saturday 11 August in Weymouth and Portland, approximately three hours south of London.

Athletes selected to the sailing section of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team:

Name                                    Class                      Age                        Born                                      Lives

Mathew Belcher              470                         29                           Gold Coast, QLD               Gold Coast, QLD

Malcolm Page                    470                         39                           Sydney, NSW                     Sydney, NSW

Nathan Outteridge          49er                       25                           Newcastle, NSW              Lake Macquarie, NSW

Iain Jensen                         49er                       23                           Belmont, NSW                  Lake Macquarie, NSW

Tom Slingsby                      Laser                     27                           Gosford, NSW                   Gosford, NSW

Jessica Crisp                       RS:X                       42                           Sydney, NSW                     Sydney, NSW

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