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Kiwi Men's Pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have smashed the World Record in the rowing heats

brod wrote:Kiwi Men's Pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have smashed the World Record in the rowing heats

by SIX seconds!

Drug Cheats!

When the rowers are on course, it's amusing to see all those people riding bikes along the bank in the background. Are they coaches and are they wired to radios? Why are these bike riders there?

coincidence

Stumps wrote:coincidence

The course is built alongside a very popular cycling track.

pafc1870 wrote:

brod wrote:Kiwi Men's Pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have smashed the World Record in the rowing heats

by SIX seconds!

something not right there.....

whatever they are taking they might want to pass some on to their cricketers....

I could break the rowing world record given a very strong breeze.

Squawk wrote:When the rowers are on course, it's amusing to see all those people riding bikes along the bank in the background. Are they coaches and are they wired to radios? Why are these bike riders there?

I think those are coaches, at least I seem to recall hearing that a while back and I've never seen a major meet without bike riders keeping pace.

Squids wrote:I could break the rowing world record given a very strong breeze.

I'd break it if I was given a 2km high cliff.....

terminal velocity will beat you ...

Squawk wrote:When the rowers are on course, it's amusing to see all those people riding bikes along the bank in the background. Are they coaches and are they wired to radios? Why are these bike riders there?

They are the coaches, coaches generally follow their crew in dinghy's in training so bikes is their next best vantage point whilst racing. Don't know about the radios but it wouldn't suprise if they were in communication with the coxswain.

Silver in the Womens Pairs behind the Poms
Good finish, we were 4th with 150m to go.

Since when did they not stand on a podium?!

How's jimmy brayshaw commentating. Aussies obviously battling but accordin to him "THE AUSSIES ARE COMING!!!"

Three races in a row we have started out slowly, and flown home late, but too little too late. The races have been won by teams going hard early. Seems our tactics are very poor and it's costing us

I suspect the people who row the hardest and fastest over the journey generally come first over the line. This would be my advice to rowers if I was the coach.

Q. wrote:Since when did they not stand on a podium?!

Pretty sure they never have at the rowing...

Sky Pilot wrote:I suspect the people who row the hardest and fastest over the journey generally come first over the line. This would be my advice to rowers if I was the coach.

This is what I love about the Olympics, all of a sudden we are all experts on everything. I was watching the gymnastics and had an opinion, watching the rowing had an opinion, watching badminton had an opinion - never did a tumble, never sat on a boat, cant remember hitting a shuttle cock but I am now an expert

TEX07 wrote:

Sky Pilot wrote:I suspect the people who row the hardest and fastest over the journey generally come first over the line. This would be my advice to rowers if I was the coach.

This is what I love about the Olympics, all of a sudden we are all experts on everything. I was watching the gymnastics and had an opinion, watching the rowing had an opinion, watching badminton had an opinion - never did a tumble, never sat on a boat, cant remember hitting a shuttle cock but I am now an expert

Funny you mention that. I work at a swimming centre where we have a decent swimming club the coach of the club has coached at international level, had had olympic swimmers and was head coach of the saudi arabia national team

He was saying the Australian tactics have been shocking at the olympics and the current head coach is not a great swimming tactian, more of a motivator etc etc.

My response, shouldnt they just be diving in the pool and swimming the quickest time they possibly can.

Didnt impress the coach to much with my analyitcal analaysis!

Silver to Australia in the Women's Pairs final a few minutes ago (GB won gold).