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U.S. Olympic Sailing Upheaval: Momentum Lost, Again

Posted onMarch 2, 2023March 2, 2023AuthorCarol Newman Cronin49 Comments

The latest upheaval in the US Olympic sailing program is disappointingly evergreen Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTags2004 Olympian, Carol Newman Cronin, Olympic Sailing Team, Paul Cayard, Team USA, USSailing

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Olympics: 5 Ways Sailing is Exactly Like Curling

Posted onFebruary 17, 2022February 15, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Why do I watch curling? Because it’s a lot like sailing. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Curling, Olympics, Sailing, Winter Olympics 2022

Watching Tokyo Olympics from Honolulu hotel room

Tokyo 2020ne: Inspirational Magic

Posted onAugust 19, 2021August 17, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Watching Olympic sailing still inspires me to excel at everything I do. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Gary Jobson, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

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Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story, now in Audio

Posted onJuly 29, 2021July 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Game of Sails is now available in audio, just in time to celebrate Tokyo2021! Here’s how to get a free copy. Read More …

CategoriesAudio, Books, OlympicsTagsAudiobook, Carol Newman Cronin, Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story, Olympic Sailing, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

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Tokyo 2020ne: Sailing’s the Easy Part

Posted onJuly 22, 2021July 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin6 Comments

Every Olympics is totally different—this one is just more so. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsAthens 2004, Carol Newman Cronin, Olympian, Olympic Sailing, Olympics, Tokyo2020, Tokyo2020ne

Road to Gold: How to Improve at Sailboat Racing

Posted onApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Andy Rice and Hamish Willcox have designed a 12 step program to help improve results—at any level of sailboat racing. Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, Sailboat RacingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Olympics

3 Writing Lessons from Olympic Sailing

Posted onJuly 23, 2020July 30, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Sailors might be better known for swearing than writing, but lately I’ve been realizing how much my Olympic training helped me succeed as an author. Physically, the two skills couldn’t be more different; one demands constant movement, while the other Read More …

CategoriesOlympics, WritingTagsauthor, Carol Newman Cronin, lessons learned, Olympics, swear like a sailor, writing

Olympic excitement: Read all about it

Posted onJuly 23, 2020July 21, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Tokyo2020 was supposed to start this week. Instead, here’s a special offer. Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Game of Sails, Olympics, Tokyo2020

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AP over 2020: Lessons from a Postponed Olympics

Posted onApril 2, 2020April 1, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

The 2020 Olympics have been postponed until 2021. What can we learn? Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsCarol Newman Cronin, lessons, Olympian, postponement, Tokyo2020

Winning a race at the 2004 Games. Photo: Daniel Forster

Olympic Memories: Audio-documentary

Posted onNovember 21, 2019November 21, 2019AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Interviewed by my nephew about my Olympic experience: does this make me the “cool” aunt? Read More …

CategoriesOlympicsTagsaudio documentary, Carol Newman Cronin, Elon University, interview, Sam Newman

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