(Reuters) - With the rolling Atlantic ocean behind him, yachtsman Ben Ainslie set the London Olympic torch relay on the road from Land's End in the extreme south-west tip of England on Saturday.
Standing next to a signpost marking 3,147 miles to New York to the west across the ocean and 874 to John O'Groats in the far north of Scotland, the triple Olympic gold medallist waited torch in hand.
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