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Tait dies of cancer

THE Australian Olympic Committee said yesterday that Sarah Tait, who won a silver medal in rowing at the London Olympics, has died of cancer at age 33.

Tait, a mother of two, won her silver medal with Kate Hornsey in the women’s pairs at London in 2012. She was a three-time Olympian, competing in the women’s eights at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. She was coached by her husband Bill, and at the London Games she was the first mother to row for Australia at the Olympics following the birth of their first child, Leila, in 2009. The AOC said yesterday that Tait was diagnosed with cancer following the birth of her second child, Luca, in March 2013. Tait also won gold and silver at the world championships in 2005.


 

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