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Team 7 Sailing has been selected to represent the United States in the three-woman Yngling Class sailboat at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Qingdao, China.  OceanRacing.com, supplier of the worlds' best waterproof sailing luggage, is pleased be a sponsor.

After years of hard work, Yngling sailors Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wis.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) it is official: after years of hard work, the team is bound for China this summer to represent the USA at the 2008 Olympic Games.

"We're very excited to be on the Olympic Team," said skipper Sally Barkow. "We have a long road ahead of us to get ready for the tough competition in China, but we're looking forward to it."

After earning a fourth overall finish at the Yngling Women's World Championship in Miami, Fla., the trio – also referred to as Team 7 – successfully completed qualification for the U.S. Olympic Team for Sailing. US Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee will now officially nominate the Team to the U.S. Olympic Committee.

The competition at the Yngling Women's World Championship was fierce, with several countries still hoping to qualify for a berth at the Games. Team 7 earned the Yngling berth for the USA last August after winning a silver medal at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, which was also the first event of two that would determine the USA representatives to the Games.

"We had to fight hard to come back from behind," said Barkow, the 2007 US Sailing Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, about the team's fourth place finish at the Worlds. "It wasn't easy but we did a pretty good job."

Ocean Racing founder and owner G. E. Kriese said "It really got my attention when I learned that some one from my home town who also attended junior sailing at the same club I did years ago was going to the Olympics. The more I learned about Team 7, the more I wanted to be involved."

The 2008 Olympic Games will take place August 8-24. The Olympic regatta will be held in Qingdao, China, a coastal city located 430 miles east of Beijing. The USA has qualified for a berth in all 11 Olympic and 3 Paralympic classes. Athletes for the other Olympic and Paralympic sailing events were named after the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials - Sailing were held last fall.

For more information go to www.Team7Sailing.com