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Report by Dave Hughes
The first members of the US Sailing Team will soon arrive in Qingdao, China for the 2007 Pre-Olympics. The 2007 Olympic Test Event – or ‘Good Luck Beijing - 2007 Qingdao International Regatta’ – will be held August 9-24 at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Center. Only one entry per country in each Olympic event is allowed. Olympic Sailing Committee Chairman Dean Brenner will act as Team Leader, followed by Head Coach Gary Bodie and a core group of coaches and support staff. Visit the regatta website at www.2007qdregatta.com.
The athletes qualified to represent the USA at the Pre-Olympics are:
49er (Skiff)
Morgan Larson (Capitola, Calif.)/Pete Spaulding (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
470 Men (Men’s Two-Person Dinghy)
Mikee Anderson-Mitterling (Coronado, Calif.)/David Hughes (San Diego, Calif.)
470 Women (Women’s Two-Person Dinghy)
Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.)/Sarah Mergenthaler (Harvey Cedars, N.J.)
Finn (Heavyweight Dinghy)
Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.)
Laser (Men's One Person Dinghy)
Brad Funk (Clearwater, Fla.)
Laser Radial (Women's One-Person Dinghy)
Anna Tunnicliffe (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Neil Pryde RS:X Men (Men's Windsurfer)
Ben Barger (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Neil Pryde RS:X Women (Women's Windsurfer)
Nancy Rios (Cocoa, Fla.)
Star (Men's Keelboat)
John Dane (Gulfport, Miss.)/ Austin Sperry (Gulfport, Miss.)
Tornado (Multihull)
John Lovell (New Orleans, La.)/Charlie Ogletree (Kemah, TX)
Yngling (Women's Keelboat)
Sally Barkow (Chenequa, Wis.)/Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.)/Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.)
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