Rowing a family affair for American Olympic hopeful Gevvie Stone


BOSTON (Reuters) - When U.S. rowing hopeful Genevra "Gevvie" Stone dips her oars into the waters of Lucerne, Switzerland, this weekend she will try to fulfil an Olympic dream that was left in tatters four years ago as well as continue a family tradition.

Stone, the top-ranked U.S. female single skuller, narrowly missed a spot in the 2008 U.S. team for Beijing - the kind of disappointment that can end a sporting career. At that point, Stone was a recent graduate of Princeton University concentrating almost entirely on making the team

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