Heartbreak...

You can't imagine the sadness watching an athlete's 4 years of sweat, blood and tears coming to an end and not in the fashion anyone anticipated. Our women match racers (Anna Tunnicliffe, Molly Vandermoer, Deb Cappozi) won worlds last year and have been ranked #1 in the world. They were the favorites coming into the Olympics. And they lost today to their Finnish training partners. WOW! So very sad for them. It was a shock to everyone as this was the one event we were confident we were guaranteed a medal. Now they are racing for 5th place. My heart goes out to these girls, their coaches, family and friends as it affects everyone. Such a bummer. It was the best of 5 matches with 2 matches yesterday and the remaining matches today. They were down 0-2 yesterday which obviously adds some pressure to have to win the next 3 matches. There will be no medals for US Sailing. The first time in history we have not medaled. WOW.