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Israeli windsurfer Lee Korzits preps for London

Lee Korzits grew up at a humble water sports school north of Tel Aviv, where stacks of surfboards stand next to low-slung rusty tin shacks.

It's an unlikely training ground for a three-time world champion and Israel's best hope for an Olympic gold medal in windsurfing, but it's home."I like it like this," Korzits said. "You should have seen it when it was all shipping containers and sand."The 28-year-old Korzits has been in the final weeks of training before heading to London to compete in the RS:X windsurfing competition. It will be her second Olympics, and her first return to the games since two debilitating accidents in the water.Through all the setbacks, it's the sport she loves"All your body works," she said. "It's not like sailing where you sit in a boat. You just use your body to be a steering wheel."Korzits grew up in the small town of Hofit, from the Hebrew word for coast. She moved to the neighboring seaside town of Michmoret when she was in grade school and began taking winds...

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