Cummins wins rowing gold in Beijing By Joel Willits
August 19, 2008 · Updated 10:41 AM
Anna Cummins made her final Olympics her best yet.
Cummins (formerly Mickelson), a Bellevue native, captured the gold medal in the women’s eight rowing event Sunday.
It was the first U.S. women’s gold in the eights since 1984.
Cummins, a University of Washington graduate, captured a silver medal four years ago in Athens.
It was a fitting end to Cummins career, 10 years after she first took up the sport as a UW freshman; the 28-year-old has already announced her intentions to retire home back to Bellevue from Princeton, N.J., and start a family.
The win was the women’s rowing teams only gold in Beijing.
Joel Willits can be reached at 425-453-5045 or at jwillits@reporternewspapers.com.
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