I’m sad to report that our dream of winning a gold medal for the USA ended today …

“I’m sad to report that our dream of winning a gold medal for the USA ended today in a 3-1 loss to Team Finland in the quarterfinals. It hurts! I can’t describe how upset and disappointed we all feel, but we know we gave it our all. We sailed the best we could, and as a team are extremely strong. We gave these last three years everything we had and are extremely proud of where we have come. Team Finland has been amazing training partners and it was a bittersweet finish to our series as one of us got to go on and the other to go home. Unfortunately this time it was us that had to go home, so we are cheering hard for them to bring home the gold.”

— Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), on behalf of Team Maclaren (Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer), world #1 ranked women’s match race team