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Andy Rice DINGHIES

Can you imagine being the offspring of two Olympic medallists? That’s the blessing – or the curse – that’s been thrust upon Erik Scheidt. He is the son of Robert, winner of five Olympic medals in the Laser and Star classes, and Gintare, who won Radial silver for Lithuania in Beijing 2008.

When you look down the list of results in junior fleets in this country, and probably anywhere in the world, there are always some familiar surnames up near the top of the leaderboard. There’s no doubt that coming from an established

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