Sunday, September 9, 2007

Anna Tunnicliffe and the Pressure to Win

"I had lost sight of the fun aspect of the sport and had begun to put pressure on myself to perform," Anna Tunnicliffe wrote. "The reason I got into sailing and the reason for my past successes was because I was enjoying what I was doing."

That is Anna's description about how she overcame her rocky spring season, in which she had not won a single international event, to bring home the gold medal from the Olympics tune-up regatta in Qingdao China.

So take a tip from Anna, who was also named to the ISAF Women's Laser Radial world #1 spot for the third successive ranking, and view her comments about dealing with pressure.

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