Mr Cracknell is said to be the 'clear choice' of Conservative party members in Colchester.
Mr Cracknell and his coxless four crew won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic GamesOlympic rowing champion James Cracknell will run as a Conservative candidate at the next general election.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist has been confirmed as the candidate in Colchester, where the sitting Tory MP Will Quince Paul Dundas, Conservative group leader at Colchester City Council, said Mr Cracknell was the "clear choice" of members.Mr Dundas congratulated Mr Cracknell and said that he had topped a long list of applicants for the Essex seat."He will win because he is a guy who doesn't do losing."
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