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The team and I extend our thanks to the NRF for its major role in making
HIGH PERFORMANCE our strategies and system a success.
DIRECTOR USROWING
Curtis Jordan First, the NRF has made it possible hire and retain the best coaches;
sending a clear message to our athletes that we will provide them with
the best possible coaching talent.
Second, with the additional funds received, we have been able to give
our top athletes more competition and development opportunities than
in the past. Our goal is to provide our athletes with the same assets and
experience as their competitors.
Third, we now have the funds to provide better and more consistent
access to physical therapy and medical care to our athletes. This keeps
them healthy and in the game longer.
We are now at a point in our preparation that every dollar has a
significant impact on the athletes’ potential and the success of the
system in which they work. We look to our continuing partnership with
We started the Rio quadrennial with a focused, four-
year strategy to maximize the success of our athletes and the NRF and its support to ensure that our athletes may realize their
dreams and ours of gold in Rio.
our medal count at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro:
Thank you for supporting our U.S. National Teams.
In 2013 we corralled the country’s best
athletes and hired a new coaching staff; Best,
Curtis
In 2014 we developed our athletes and
proved in Amsterdam the success of our
staff and strategies;
In 2015 we demonstrated an extended
dominance of our women’s team and even
though we had some disappointing results
with our men’s team, we remain confident
in our athletes, coaches, strategies and
their potential to produce high competitive
results;
In 2016 we are honing our skills and speed
confident of our ability to win against the
best in the world at the Olympic Games
in Rio.
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