Guardian Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 For four days, rowers of all events here go through their qualification rounds, in determining which of them will go for the medals from August 1 to 4. Link: http://www.london2012.com/rowing/schedule-and-results/day=28-july/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 I hope at least 1 gold for NZ....We SHOULD pick up a small swag of medals. Soon find out how we wll fear later next week with heats this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 I hope at least 1 gold for NZ....We SHOULD pick up a small swag of medals. Soon find out how we wll fear later next week with heats this morning. Womens Pairs are stright through to the final after finishing second in their heat behind Australia. It looked comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Kiwi mens double looking pretty lethal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Canada 8's disappointed. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Kiwi mens double looking pretty lethal Olympic Best time for Mens double and a world best time by 6 seconds for Bond and Murray in the Pairs. Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Just more preliminary rounds for July 29: http://www.london2012.com/rowing/schedule-and-results/day=29-july/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Looking forward to the lightweight pairs both mens and womens. New Zealand have been pretty quick so far this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 July 30 sees that repechages and heats continue on for the day. Link: http://www.london2012.com/rowing/schedule-and-results/day=30-july/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 US men & women 8s look strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 US men & women 8s look strong. The 8's are always great to watch. So powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbrogues Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Parents were at Eton Dorney yesterday, the rowing venue is really pretty, just off the Thames, and surrounded by sheep pasture. However there are several sewage works nearby and my mother thought she got a few vapours walking round. My dad didn't notice . Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Final day (July 31) of repechages, quaterfinals, and semifinals of various events here, before the first Olympic medals are awarded the next day. Link: http://www.london2012.com/rowing/schedule-and-results/day=31-july/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Sculling Sloth loses Olympic rowing race but wins fans Hamadou Djibo Issaka, the novice rower from Niger who has emerged as an unlikely hero at the London Olympics, vowed to improve on Tuesday after finishing last again and posting an even worse time than before. The 35-year-old has won near-cult status with the mostly British crowd in his three races so far. On Tuesday, the commentator urged him on as he lagged the field by 300 meters on the 2,000 meter course, and finished 28 seconds slower than in his previous race. Some 20,000 spectators rose to their feet to cheer him over the finish, where he slumped over his oars and gasped for breath. Dubbed by the British press as the "sculling sloth", he received a wild card to the Olympics under a system designed to ensure all 204 National Olympic Committees can take part, even if no athletes have qualified. He rowed first in a traditional wooden fishing boat, before spending three months abroad on a training camp. The first time he sat in a narrow racing boat, he fell in. "I don't have any technique," the slight figure told reporters. "I've been learning only three months. But with the time and the years, I'll get the technique," he said, already setting his sights on the Rio Games in 2016. "When I was on the starting line, I was just glad that I didn't make the boat fall over," he told Reuters Television in an interview. "I am very happy about that. And when I was finishing it really wasn't easy. "But there are lots of people who have encouraged me, and I needed a lot of courage to finish the race." Djibo Issaka has drawn comparisons with Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani, the swimmer from Equatorial Guinea who crawled to fame at Sydney in 2000. Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Well, for some of us, the wait is over. August 1 sees that the first Olympic medals handed out in this sport for the following events: - Women's pair; - Women's quadruple sculls; and, - Men's eights. The semifinals take place for the following events: - Men's single sculls; - Men's lightweight double sculls; - Men's quadruple sculls; and, - Men's pair. Link: http://www.london2012.com/rowing/schedule-and-results/day=1-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 New Zealand wins the pairs in it's semis race - into the finals, no contest there really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 New Zealand wins the pairs in it's semis race - into the finals, no contest there really. They are in a class of their own really. Mahe is up now in the Singles. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Great Britain through to the Mens Pair finals Now we wait...NZ v GB It's gonna be a stonka!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Great Britain through to the Mens Pair finals Now we wait...NZ v GB It's gonna be a stonka!!!! Should be awesome. Mahe is up now. Go Mahe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 ...Go Mahe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 And there he goes! Good work Mahe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 And there he goes! Good work Mahe! Mahe looked good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Single Sculls finals...Mahe v Cambell v Synek - scary!!!!! Final of the Woman's Pair next! Go NZ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Single Sculls finals...Mahe v Cambell v Synek - scary!!!!! Final of the Woman's Pair next! Go NZ! Womens Pairs final is going to be huge... Will GBR get their first gold or can the Kiwis get up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 ...we're about to find out - away they go! This will be white hot stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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