澳洲划艇队拿下2金1银

黑山老妖

上次我就说了澳洲的划艇队还是很厉害的。今天决赛中拿下了2金1银。

Two gold, one silver for Australian rowers

AUSTRALIA has picked up two gold and one silver medal in a magical hour of rowing at the Olympic Games in Beijing tonight.

Drew Ginn stood up in his boat and danced a jig after partnering Duncan Free to a magnificent victory in the men's pairs, confirming their status as the finest rowing crew in the world.

It was the third Olympic rowing gold medal for Ginn, equalling the Australian record held by James Tomkins, with whom he won this event in Athens four years ago.

Two races later,  David Crawshay and Scott Brennan led all the way to take gold in the men's double sculls.

And another medal soon followed when the men's four were just overhauled in the last 100 metres to finish second behind Great Britain.

The gold medals, the seventh and eighth of Australia's Games campaign, were the first by men in Beijing and the first outside the swimming pool.

John Coates, Australia's Olympic Committee president and a former rowing chief, summed up the 66 minutes of stunning results as he wiped tears from his cheeks.

"The best," he said.

Both Ginn, 33, and Free, 35, overcame career-threatening back injuries to triumph in a boat they named after Australia's chef de mission John Coates, a former coxswain.

Coates was heard to yell out "you beauty" as they crossed the line comfortably clear of Canada and New Zealand. He hugged them joyously after presenting them with their medals.

Less than thirty minutes later,  Brennan and Crawshay delivered their gold medal in the double scull, an event that even they thought they could not win six months ago.

And the best was almost saved for last when the underdog men's four crew,  made up of Australia's 11th-14th ranked sweep (single oar) rowers,  almost shot down the pride of Great Britain in a stirring duel down the Shunyi course.

The crack British crew had to wait until the final few hundred metres to edge ahead of James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Francis Hegerty and Matt Ryan to seize the gold medal that all of Britain craved.

Britain has now won the men's four at the last three Olympics after Australia's "Awesome Foursome" won the previous two.

"We won two (rowing) gold medals in Barcelona and two in Atlanta but not in the space of such a short time," Coates said.

"But wait for tomorrow - there's more to come."

wangjing_ku

不知道是不是每天在墨尔本Yarra River训练的那帮人，从今年年初开始，每天下午都能看到一些人在那里练习划艇。祝贺一下。

astina

澳洲水上运动就不错，现在澳洲也有7块金牌了，希望明天的泳池里有更多入账

黑山老妖

澳洲强项还有室内自行车。可惜今天的团体追逐赛以0.08秒与铜牌无缘。

astina

还有男女曲棍球都厉害？

黑山老妖

好像没有以前那么dominant了。但是还是很厉害的。