Lane 6 - Australia
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:09:54 AM
And they're off!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:10:21 AM
At the 500m mark: USA, Canada, Romania
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:11:53 AM
At the 1000m mark: USA, Romania, Canada
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:13:11 AM
At the 1500m mark: USA, Romania, Canada
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:14:40 AM
500m to go!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:14:48 AM
Canada needs to power forward if they're going to catch Romania...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:15:12 AM
Last 250m...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:15:20 AM
It's USA for the Gold...for sure.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:15:42 AM
Silver to the Netherlands who came out of NOWHERE...and Romania grabs the Bronze.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:17:02 AM
Canada loses out on a medal in the last 50m of the race. SO close.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:17:28 AM
Men's Eights is up next.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:19:13 AM
Lane 1 - Netherlands
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:28:13 AM
Lane 2 - USA
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:28:19 AM
Lane 3 - Canada
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:28:25 AM
Lane 4 - Great Britain
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:29:04 AM
Lane 5 - Australia
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:29:17 AM
Lane 6 - Poland
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:29:28 AM
Waiting to explode out of the gate...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:30:03 AM
And we're underway...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:30:09 AM
At the 500m mark: Canada, Netherlands
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:31:34 AM
At the 1000m mark: Canada, Great Britain, Netherlands
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:32:48 AM
Canada is looking to get some open water between them and Great Britain
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:33:06 AM
At the 1500m mark: Canada, Great Britain, United States
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:34:09 AM
500m to go...they've got a lead of 2.53 seconds...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:34:25 AM
250m to go...still in the lead!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:34:49 AM
And it's us...we've got it in our sights...
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:35:05 AM
And it's CANADA FOR THE GOLD!!!!!!!!!!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:35:23 AM
Great Britain brings in the Silver and the US the Bronze.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:36:26 AM
They came here with one goal in mind and would except nothing less. Nicely done, gentlemen.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:36:47 AM
The winning team: Ben Rutledge of Cranbrook, B.C., Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C., Malcolm Howard of Victoria, Andrew Byrnes of Toronto, Jake Wetzel of Saskatoon, Dominic Seiterle of Victoria, Adam Kreek of London, Ont., and Kyle Hamilton of Richmond, B.C.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:39:33 AM
That is it for Regatta events on Day 9. If you stayed up to watch like I did...well done! If not, glad we can fill you in on what you missed,
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:40:38 AM
Final Canada Medal Tally at the Shunyi Olympic rowing park (Day 8 and 9): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:42:51 AM
So happy for these guys..."it's not about redemption, it's about seizing the moment"...well put, Blonde Men's Eight Dude who's name I don't know, well put.
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:44:00 AM
That's it from Shunyi for today...congrats to all the athletes for their amazing efforts!
by PollyPrissyPants at 8/17/2008 9:45:31 AM