Losing the Belly Fire: Olympic Retirement

Today Olympian (and Women’s Snipe World Champion) Anna Tunnicliffe announced her retirement from her Rio 2016 Olympic campaign.

For ST Editor Carol Cronin, it brought back the memory of her own Olympic retirement several years ago.

The morning of February 6, 2007 is etched in my memory. Pulling out of the Olympic Sailing Center in Miami with my Olympic boat in tow behind me, I turned right to head north. Next stop: a snow-covered New England driveway, 1500 miles away. Read more