VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — There wasn’t really any way to sugarcoat what happened with America’s Olympic rowing team three years ago in Tokyo.
For the first time in 108 years, American rowers left an Olympics empty-handed. On its own, that was plenty troubling, but it hit particularly hard for the women’s eight, which had been one of the juggernauts of Olympic sports in the 21st century.
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The boat had won every major race from 20o6 to 2016, a streak that included every world championship and three consecutive gold medals. Now they and everyone else wearing the stars and stripes were going home with nothing, with three years to turn the ship around,
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