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Golden boy: Barnes sailor Iain Percy. Photo: Ranald Mackechnie/Skandia Team GBR

Showing their desire to win gold at the 2008 Olympic sailing regatta in Qingdao in August, five members of Skandia Team GBR selected to compete at the Beijing Games, took precious time out of their intense training schedules to be photographed in this iconic golden sailors' photo shoot.

The exclusive photos are dedicated to Skandia Team GBR's mantra, Sail for Gold, and include Wandsworth's Bryony Shaw and Barnes-based Iain Percy.

The stunning images are a result of 19 hours of photography by Ranald Mackechnie, and more than nine hours spent in make-up with body painting specialist Phyllis Cohen.

Skandia Team GBR is the team from which the British sailors competing in the Olympic and Paralympic classes are selected.

Sailing is Britain's most successful Olympic sport and, having earned five sailing medals in Sydney and five in Athens, Great Britain is also the world's top sailing nation.

Team GB have won 45 medals in the sport.

The forthcoming 29th Olympic Games is set to be a testing sailing venue, as it is famous for light wind conditions and tricky tides.

4:44pm Monday 21st April 2008

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