7th January, 2011
Great Britain Olympic and World rowing champion Mark Hunter believes he will keep his place in the menâ€
The 32-year-old and rowing partner Zac Purchase won GBâ€
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“So good luck to someone who tries,†the Londoner said. The duo took a break from their partnership in 2009 and Hunter moved to the United States to coach at University of California, Los Angeles, but he said the desire to take part in a home Olympics played on his mind.
“It was a great lifestyle, living by the beach, doing no exercise, having a social life, having fun, being normal,†he said.
“Then I started to think about London 2012. “I grew up in the East End and to not be a part of the Olympics would be depressing, and criminal to be watching it on television,†he said.
“I still believed I would be good enough to come back and compete but coming back was tough.â€
The pair returned to competition in 2010 and won the menâ€
However Hunter, who has competed at two Olympics, thinks he will bow out of the sport after the London Games.