Caroline Lind on the medal stand
.... okay, it's not a medal stand in .. say, Beijing, but still, it's pretty impressive.
First, a quick reintroduction. Lind is a Greensboro native who took up rowing while at prep school and has progressed to the point where she's a solid favorite to be on the women's eight crew for the U.S. at the Olympics.
Last weekend, though, Lind tried at her hand at the women's pair. And it went pretty darned well.
Lind and her partner, Elle Logan picked up a bronze medal. Pretty impressive, huh? Even more impressive when you consider that Lind and Logan had NEVER rowed in an international competition before. Really, really impressive when you consider that this was Logan's FIRST elite international competition.
(I added the all caps for emphasis. If you want to imagine me yelling this, go right ahead).
Does this mean Lind might have a shot at a second event in Beijing? I don't know right now, but don't worry, I'm looking into it. My hunch though, is that this was more of a very, very advanced training session for her.
Check that, a very, very impressive training session.
UPDATE: 5:18
Actually, never trust my hunches. According to the folks at Stanford, where Logan went to school, Lind and Logan are hoping to qualify for the Olympics at an upcoming World Cup race in Lucerne.
Now, does this mean Lind is no longer in the picture for the women's eight? I'm not going to hazard a guess on that. I'll just let you know as soon as I find out.