The Welshman will make a long-awaited Olympic debut at Paris 2024, one of a group of 10 sailors who are the first athletes to be selected by Team GB for the Games. A rock-solid performer, Beckett bombed out at the World Championships in 2021 and 2022, delving deep for answers and revealing an uncomfortable reality. Beckett learned the lesson indeed, winning silver at August's World Championships to qualify Team GB a quota place that he will take up in 2024. With the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games set to inspire people and communities across the country, Beckett hopes that by sharing his story it will give others motivation to get involved in sport. He joined the British Sailing team since 2013 and it took him a decade to make the Olympic team, missing out on selection to Tokyo by the barest of margins.

Source: The Times October 15, 2023 02:54 UTC