10th for Roble and Shea at Paris 2024, Windsurfer Medal Series postponed
by US Sailing Team 2 Aug 17:29 PDT
July 28 - August 8, 2024
Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) and Maggie Shea (Chicago, IL) finished their medal race in 10th place © Sailing Energy / US Sailing Team
After five days of racing on international sport's biggest stage, Team USA's Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) and Hans Henken (San Francisco, CA) brought home a bronze medal in the Men's Skiff (49er) event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Read more about the first medal for the USA in sailing since Rio 2016 here.
In the Women's Skiff, Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) and Maggie Shea (Chicago, IL) finished their medal race in 10th, ending their Olympic Games in 10th overall. While it was not the result the pair was hoping for, they enjoyed their time in the medal race and reflected on all the lessons learned over the last two quads.
"The Medal Race was really fun today," said Roble. "We had really nice conditions that we'd been working really hard to improve our speed in for about a year now, so we were really happy with how things were going in the race. Unfortunately, a little error kept us away from finishing where we wanted to but overall we're really happy with our start, our speed, and our tactics around the race course and having a great race."
"The result here at the Olympics does not define who we are as people or as athletes. For us, these last eight years have also been about the process that we've followed as athletes and as people to be the best teammates, sailors, and people that we could be, and we showed up every single day."
"I am so genuinely and deeply excited about the future of the US Sailing Team because the leadership is huddling around the athletes in a way that I've never experienced before in the last 15 years of my involvement with the Team," continued Shea. "I'm so excited to see what this new group can do. I have never felt more taken care of and looked after than we have these last few months in Marseille. All we had to do was eat, sleep, and sail- and that, as an athlete, is the dream."
As the skiff sailors returned from their medal races, the breeze died, keeping the Windsurfers on land. After a long postponement, the race committee once again decided to use the reserve day and canceled racing for the day. Noah Lyons (Clearwater, FL) will continue in the medal series tomorrow, August 3.
The Women's Dinghy (ILCA 6) completed two races as they dug deeper into their event. Erika Reineke (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) ended the day in 20th overall, with 25th and 18th finishes today.
In addition, the 470s hit the water for their first day of the Paris 2024 Games. Race Committee was able to complete two races in the dying breeze, and USA's most veteran athletes - five-time Olympian Stu McNay (Providence, RI) and two-time Olympian Lara Dallman-Weiss - finished the day with a 9th and 17th finish in the two races.
Viewers back home can catch the action on NBC's Peacock with archived reruns to follow. For more information on the 13 Team USA athletes competing in the sailing events, on the racing schedule, the broadcast coverage and more, see US Sailing’s Olympics Page.