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...Fridman promised his girlfriend that if she came to Athens to watch him compete in the Olympic windsurfing regatta, she'd get to hear the Israeli anthem at the medals ceremony. Last week, he kept his promise?and fulfilled Israel's long-unfulfilled hopes of Olympic glory. Fridman sailed to victory in waters as blue as the Star of David on his country's flag, winning Israel's first-ever Olympic gold. "It is," he said, over and over, "a dream come true for the whole country...
...have good confidence in my skills," Fridman says, and it showed out on the water. In second place going into the 11th and final race, he had racked up enough points to secure a medal, but needed some alchemy - or at least some wiles - to turn it gold. When regatta leader Ricardo Santos of Brazil latched onto him at the start, says Fridman, "I decided to take him where the wind was not the strongest." It was a winning move: Santos faded with the wind and couldn't keep up, whereas Fridman muscled back into a better position. "When...
...second time in as many regattas, Harvard crossed the finish line within striking distance of a shell with medal hopes at the upcoming Olympic games, taking runner-up honors in the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in London on July...
Despite the difficult draw, the Crimson more than held its own against the Dutch, improving upon its performance at the BearingPoint World Cup regatta last month in Lucerne, Switzerland...
Despite its name, the Challenge Plate is the second-most prestigious race in the regatta, featuring the world’s top collegiate varsity crews...