Patience, bottom-centre, joins his crew-mates in a triumphant salute at the culmination of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Round Britain Voyage in 2017 onEditionLuke Patience has experience of how quickly cancer can strike. It could have cost him the chance to compete for a second Olympic medal. It could have cost his sailing partner much more. But less than nine months before the Games, Willis had bowel cancer diagnosed. It was one of the main reasons why Patience took up an invitation to become an ambassador for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.

Source: The Times December 16, 2017 00:00 UTC