Duchess Kate watched the Olympic Laser Radial medal race off Weymouth today.
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Kate was on a boat and used her binoculars to watch China's Xu Lijia take gold and Team GB's Alison Young come fourth. The Duchess has a personal interest in aquatic sports. She and William competed in a dragon boat race in Prince Edward Island last year.
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Kate was accompanied by The Princess Royal, her husband Sir Tim Lawrence and Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave.
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It is the first in a number of solo appearances for the Duchess as Prince William returned to work as a Search and Rescue pilot in Anglesey today.
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| Max Foster CNN |
Weymouth is located in Dorset on the south coast of England and provides some of the best natural sailing waters in the UK. Improvements to the existing Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy include a new permanent 250m slipway used for launching and landing boats and 70 new moorings.
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After the games The National Sailing Academy will benefit from the improved facilities that the games will leave behind, providing a state-of-the-art facility for training, competition and community use.
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After the race Kate met with Team GB and shared a joke.
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Kate wore her Team GB jacket, white Adidas Team GB polo shirt, navy Zara jeans and pearl earrings. The Duchess wore her hair in a ponytail.
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Kate wore the Team GB Adidas Supernova Glide 4 Running Trainers (With thanks to What Kate Wore) The vivid red/metallic silver trainers are available for £87.11.
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The Duchess also wore her Givenchy sunglasses.
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Finally Team GB rower Greg Searle shared a photo of him and Kate taken at yesterday's handball.
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