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Where to Now?

It’s official, not only is the United States no longer an Olympic power when it comes to sailing, it’s fast beginning look like an also ran—albeit an also-ran with loads of potential.

What other conclusion is there to draw from the fact that for the second time in three Olympiads, the U.S. Sailing Team failed to win a single medal at the 2021 (technically “2020”) Olympic regatta in Enoshima, Japan? Truth be told, it was never even close. Toward the end of the regatta, a U.S. crew just

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