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30/10/2023 18:37
When the Olympic Sailing Program re-imagined the Two Person Dinghy event, and the men's and women's events were merged into one mixed event, this completely shuffled the deck for all the existing teams. The 470 has been the boat for this event since 1976, and has proven well suited for the this new era as both men and women are skippering and crewing.
The top USA team with a female helm is Louisa Nordstrom and Trevor Bornarth (aka NB470), and as both a new team and new to the boat, they have been scratching and clawing their way to the top of the fleet. While the top USA team is arguably 4-time Olympian Stu McNay and 2020 Olympian Lara Dallman-Weiss, the combined talents of Nordstom and Bornarth like their chances to win the USA trials. Here is their latest update:
NB470 Racing checking in again from our training overseas! We are now 70 days out from the US Olympic Trials taking place in Miami on January 6-13, 2024. All gas no breaks as we accelerate towards this exciting culminating event. The athlete selection procedures outline our qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympics, and for the mixed 470 class, our qualifying event will be this one week event, winner takes all!
