This former UW athlete waited a lifetime - plus one very long year - for his Olympic moment. #k5evening
Credit: Stuart Sim
Author: Jim Dever, KING 5 Evening (KING 5)
Published: 9:17 PM PDT June 10, 2021
Updated: 9:17 PM PDT June 10, 2021
The University of Washington's Stuart Sim had everything going for him here in Seattle, but he put his Northwest life on hold for a dream of Olympic gold.
"That chance to compete," Sim said.
As a collegiate champion and third-generation coxswain, Sim was in the habit of leading his teammates to victory. The coxswain is the competitor at the controls, the one barking out instructions to keep an 8-man crew rowing in perfect harmony.