2016 Olympics: One step forward and three steps back

11:02 AM Thu 12 May 2011 GMT

'USA Team Cronin - Carol Cronin, Kim Couranz and Margaret Podlich sailing the Yngling before pulling the plug on their 2008 Olympic campaign'

Carol Cronin, US Womens Olympic Keelboat representative at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, gives her views on the recent decision by the International Sailing Federation to drop both the Men's and Women's keelboat events from the 2016 Olympics: During the International Sailing Federation's mid-year meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Olympic sailing made one step forward. Unfortunately, it also took three steps back. Step Forward into the Future Here's the good news: the final slate for Rio 2016 includes a women's skiff, one of the few places where what's 'good for TV' and what's 'good for athletes' dovetail. Though the actual ...

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by Carol Cronin