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Strange sequence takes Broadneck grad from thrill of victory to agony of redress

Published 10/24/07

Anyone who has ever mounted an Olympic campaign in the sport of sailing knows how difficult it can be.

Courtesy photo Farah Hall thought she had earned an Olympic boardsailing berth before a protest stripped her of her U.S. title.
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Lack of funding, minimal support and the fact the United States gets just one representative per class make the odds of earning an Olympic berth extremely long.

Annapolis resident Farrah Hall overcame all those obstacles to claim the U.S. berth in women's sailboarding… or so she thought. Hall, a 1999 graduate of Broadneck High, won the U.S. Olympic Trials in RS:X class on the water, posting a low score of 29 points after 16 races over eight days.

"It was one of the greatest feelings of my life. Knowing that I had...

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Redress BS - 2007-10-25 02:00:01

Another reason that sailing is in decline because of all the legal crap that would alow such a misjustice, how sad, stupid, and destructive to the whole sailing
community. Perhaps we should return to our roots and just challange the other to a duel.

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