Sailing into medal contention
Arnon Efrati, Dror Cohen and Benny Wexler, took gold in Athens and triumphed at the World Sailing Championship last year. After narrowly missing out in Beijing, their aim is to become the first double gold medallists in Paralympics sailing history.
"I'm going to do my best, and I'll be very happy to have the best week of my life again and bring a lot of pride to Israel," said Mr Cohen, who was paralysed in an accident 20 years ago while serving in Israel's air force. This is his fourth Paralympics and something of a homecoming. It was on the Isle of Wight that he first tried Paralympic sonar sailing.
"As soon as I did it, I felt good, even though I didn't know much about competitive sailing." His fondest memory as an athlete is singing Hatikvah after a victory.
