Many final events at the Shunyi Olympic Park...could Canada add to it's medal count?
We have 4 more shots on the water today.
First up...the finals of theWomen's Lightweight Double Sculls.
Melanie Kok and Tracy Cameron are our Canadian hopefuls. They won their semi final with a time of just over 7 minutes.|
Lane 1 - Greece
Lane 2 - China
Lane 3 - Netherlands
Lane 4 - Canada
Lane 5 - Finland
Lane 6 - Germany
And they're off...
The Canadians have a great start
So do the German duo.
At the 500m mark: Germany, Canada, Finland
Canada is trailing by 3/10ths of a second
At the 1000m mark: Canada, Germany, Finland
At the 1500m mark: Finland, Netherlands, Canada
Germany is fading...and the Netherlands are making a big move forward
Coming to the end...it's a battle for Gold
Canada wins a bronze medal!!!!
The Gold goes to the Netherlands...and the Silver to Finland.
It's Canada's first EVER medal in this event.
They won the bronze by just .04 seconds over Germany.
This event - the Lightweight Doubles - has only been in the Olympics since Atlanta in 1996.
Now up - the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls.
Lane 1 - Cuba
Lane 2 - Italy
Lane 3 - Great Britain
Lane 4 - Greece
Lane 5 - Denmark
Lane 6 - China
Great Britain are the favourites to take the Gold.
At the 1000m mark: Great Britain, Greece, Denmark
Random fact (because I had no idea what the difference between the lightweight and heavyweight categories was)...the lightweight sculls division is for women weighing 59 kilograms or less and men weighing 72.5kg or less.
At the 1500m mark: GBR, Greece and Denmark
The Italians making a move forward.
The Gold goes to Great Britain! Silver to Greece and Bronze to Denmark.
It's time for the medal ceremony for Canada's newest medal recipients!
We've already done better with 2 medals for rowing then we did at either Sydney or Athens (in 2000 and 2004 respectively)
Now for the Lightweight Men's Four Sculls Final
Lane 1 - Great Britain
Lane 2 - Canada
Lane 3 - Denmark
Lane 4 - Poland
Lane 5 - France
PollyPrissyPants
Copyright 2012 Scribble Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved.
