U.S. 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta Inspires Impressive Performances

The 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta concluded with some strong performances from Team USA. Twenty-five-year-old Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) led the team on the water with a gold medal in the Laser Radial class, the first gold medal for a U.S. female sailor in 20 years. Twenty-four-year-old Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) produced a strong performance in the Finn Class. Railey sailed a solid regatta from beginning to end to bring home the silver medal. This is the USA’s first Finn medal since 1992. Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman and Team Leader Dean Brenner (Wallingford, Conn.) said, “We’re proud of this team. We came here with a young team of fourteen first-time Olympians. We are going home with a gold and a silver and a lot to build on for the future.”

The U.S. Paralympic Team won a Gold and Bronze medal at the recently completed Paralympic Games. Nick Scandone (Newport Beach, CA) and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Marblehead, MA) clinched the gold medal in the SKUD-18 fleet on Friday with two races left to go in the Paralympic regatta. And John Ruf (Pewaukee, WI) won a bronze medal in the 2.4 mR class. Rick Doerr (Clifton, NJ), Tim Angle (Marblehead, MA) and Bill Donohue (Brick, NJ) finished eighth in the competitive Sonar class.

 

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