Mersea sailing champion quits retirement

Mersea Island's Olympic sailing champion Saskia Clark is coming out of retirement to participate in the first-ever women’s America's Cup. Saskia is a three-time Team GB Olympian, and will be reunited with Hannah Mills for the first time since they won gold together at Rio 2016.

The Women's America's Cup will take place in September and October.

Picture: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark (right) with their gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
Credit: Richard Langdon/Getty Images.