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Kingston sailor hopes to ‘leave it all on the water and walk away happy’ at first Olympic games By Mandy Marciniak mandymarciniak@metroland.com

News - After years of training and hard work, Kingston native Danielle Boyd is heading to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer. The 26-year-old sailor, along with her teammate and skipper Erin Rafuse, will compete in the women’s skiff 49erFX sailing competition at the games. The pair earned a spot for Canada at the games last fall, but they still had to qualify as a team earlier this year. “We found out in March that we had been nominated to the team,” explained Boyd. “It was really exciting because we were one of the first teams named. We knew really early and that was incredibly helpful and it took a lot of stress off.” Since March, it has been a lot of practicing and preparation for the games, including Cristina Goncalves performs in the Blue Canoe production of Chicago.Tickets for the Tony a couple of practice runs on Award-winning musical are available at the Grand Theatre box office or online at king- the Olympic course in Rio. “It has been productive.

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ing.” The other challenge for Boyd and Rafuse has been the financial cost associated with competing in the Olympics. They are responsible for providing all of their own equipment, but luckily their hometowns have been very supportive. “We have had huge community support form both Kingston and Halifax (Erin Rafuse’s hometown) and we have raised an amazing amount of money and that has helped us cover all of our costs for the next few months,” said Boyd. “I don’t know what we would do without that support both emotionally and financially.” So what is Boyd looking forward to the most about the Olympics? “Everything,” she said. “I am really looking forward to walking in for the opening ceremonies. I think that is when it will really sink in that it is actually happenContinued on page 2

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We have done three training camps in Rio at the site and those have been really helpful,” said Boyd. “We have been working to get to know the area and the course areas too. It has been a lot of back and forth, but it’s worth it.” While there has been a lot of worry about the water quality in Rio and how that will affect the athletes, Boyd says the water has been better than expected. “It’s not as bad as we initially thought it would be and we have been coping,” she said. “The challenging part has been the weather, wind and water currents.” According to Boyd, the course in Rio is one of the most difficult she has seen and that has made training very challenging. “There are a lot of geographical effects because of the landscape,” she said. “It is really beautiful, but really mountainous and that creates some difficult wind effects and some massive waves that make sailing really challeng-

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