UVA rower Skylar Dahl, far right, celebrates with her U.S. crew after earning a silver medal at the Paralympics on Sunday in Paris. (Photo by Naomi Baker, Getty Images)
Paris remains a place to remember for University of Virginia-affiliated athletes this summer.
UVA senior rower Skylar Dahl, as part of Team USA, won a silver medal in the PR3 mixed four with coxswain event – which features crews of two males and two females – at the 2024 Paralympic Games in France on Sunday.
This is Dahl’s first career Paralympic medal. Cavaliers competing in Paris, whether in the Olympics or Paralympics, have now totaled 15 medals.
The crew, which included Dahl, Ben Washburne, Alex Flynn, Gemma Wollenschlaeger and coxswain Emelie Eldracher, finished 3 seconds behind Great Britain to earn the U.S. a third consecutive silver medal in the mixed four with coxswain event.
“We saw the British boat set the world record (on Friday), so you know that if you want to get a medal here, you’ve got to be the best of the best and the best potentially ever,” Dahl said in a U.S. Rowing press release. “I think that was something that drove us this summer. It’s a really cool feeling to now have a medal ourselves and know that we really did something very special this summer.”
November 22, 2024
