NOW: THE DAY JOB

— Aug. 5 2:19 PM EDT

United States' Serena Williams, left, celebrates with partner Venus Williams, right, after defeating Czech Republic's Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova in a women's doubles gold medal tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana looks back as she runs on the finish straight to win gold during women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics on, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in London. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Andy Murray of Great Britain returns to Roger Federer of Switzerland during the gold medal men's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Britain's Andy Murray, left, hugs his girlfriend Kim Sears reacts after defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer to win the men's singles gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A child tries to catch rain drops during the women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics on, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in London. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

British Olympic star Ben Ainslie gets less than two weeks off before heading to his new job in the America's Cup.

After winning his fourth straight gold medal to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history, Ainslie will lead Ben Ainslie Racing in the second season of the America's Cup World Series, which begins with a regatta Aug. 21 in San Francisco. Next summer he'll sail with defending champion Oracle Racing in the 34th America's Cup on San Francisco Bay. He'd like to head a British challenge for the 35th America's Cup.

As Ainslie and other British sailors are painfully aware, Old Blighty has never been able to win back the oldest trophy in international sports. With Queen Victoria watching, the schooner America lifted the Auld Mug off a fleet of British ships in 1851 in a race around the Isle of Wight — up the coast from the London Olympics sailing venue at Weymouth — and it's never been back.

"We're very good at Olympic sailing. We have been good at single-handed offshore sailing," said Ainslie, who has an Olympic silver medal from 1996 to go along with his four golds. "It would be nice if we could branch out to offshore sailing, the America's Cup, and be successful in that."

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