Sailing 101: U.S. Olympic roster and athlete news

Which U.S. athletes are qualified for the Olympics in sailing?

The roster for Team USA is nearly set, with just a few more selections to be made. 

Markus Edegran (Men's Formula Kite), Noah Lyons (Men's iQFoil), and Ford McCann (ILCA 7) have been selected to represented the U.S. in Paris pending country qualification at the Last Chance Regatta from April 21-28 in France. 

The 49erFX spot will be determined upon the conclusion of the Princesa Sofia Regatta (April 1-6) and the Narca 17 spot will be determined at the conclusion of the Narca 17 Worlds (May 7-12). See below for additional details. 

Paris 2024 Nominees 

• 49er - Ian Barrows and Hans Henken 
• 49erFX - TBD 
• Women's Formula Kite - Daniela Moroz 
• Men's Formula Kite - Markus Edegran*
• ILCA 6 - Erika Reineke 
• ILCA 7 - Ford McCann* 
• Men's iQFoil - Noah Lyons* 
• Women's iQFoil - Dominique Stater 
• Mixed 470 - Stu McNay and Lara Dallman-Weiss 
• Narca 17 - TBD 

*Pending country qualification at the Last Chance Regatta in France.

Additional Selections

49erFX 

Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea, both Tokyo Olympians, secured a quota spot for the United States by qualifying for the 49erfX medal race at the 2023 Sailing World Championships. Following the 2024 49erFX World Championship (which took place March 4-10) and the 2024 Princesa Sofia Regatta from April 1-6, the spot will be awarded to the team with the lowest combined series score. Roble and Shea are in the mix, as are Rio 2016 Olympian Paris Henken and Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias,  a two-time Olympian who won gold in the Laser Radial class in 2008. 

Narca 17 

The 2024 Princess Sofia Regatta from April 1-6, as well as the 2024 Narca 17 World Championships from May 7-12 will determine who will represent the United States in Paris. The team with the lowest combined series score from the two regattas will earn the spot. The spot will be decided between Sarah Newberry Moore and David Liebenberg, who secured a spot for the United States at the 2023 Pan American Games, or Carson Crain and Lindsay Gimple.