Kaido ready to go

As of Saturday morning, Eastern time, West Leyden's Jen Kaido was in the midst of final preparation for her first Olympic race.

 

Kaido will race Sunday at 4:40 ET. Rowing will be included in NBC's Olympic coverage from 12-1 p.m. on Sunday. Kaido wrote in an e-mail there will be two heats of four boats. The US will be racing against Germany, Great Britain and Australia. Kaido wrote she and her teammates met with their coach to discuss logistics, including what bus to catch to the race course and needed time for warm up.

 

"It's not going to be easy," Kaido wrote, "but if we are aggressive the whole way down the course while maintaining all the fundamentals we've been working on this summer, we could do it."