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A question I've had for a while has been answered ... what happened to Sally Robbins (the rower who stopped with 400m to go in the eights final at the Athens Olympics)? She had been trying for a spot in this year's Beijing Olympics, as a quad or doubles rower. According to today's The Daily Telegraph, she will be denied a spot on the squad. The troubling part, and this may just have been how I was reading the story, it appeared that Sally had not yet been officially informed of the decision to not recommend her inclusion on the Olympic squad. It may be of interest, perhaps even newsworthy, but is it fair that she find out through the press?