ROM, the 1999 World Champion, is favored to win the gold medal here. The big question
is whether the USA World silver medalists can stop GER from moving away in the 3rd 500 and
protect their silver medal prospects. A straight mix of the semi-finals times appears in
the prediction race bulletin that follows below. It indicates a break away by GER for a
solid second place position in that 3rd 500. If USA gets into chasing GER it cannot lose
sight of AUS, NED and SUI, all of whom will be right there in the last 500, if any of the
leaders falter.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 AUS <AUS ROM 1:42.22 1:42.22
5 GER <GER USA 1:42.31 1:42.31
4 USA <USA SUI 1:43.02 1:43.02
3 ROM <ROM GER 1:43.24 1:43.24
2 NED <NED NED 1:44.05 1:44.05
1 SUI <SUI AUS 1:45.22 1:45.22
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1000*
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6 AUS <AUS ROM 3:27.33 1:45.10
5 GER <GER GER 3:28.77 1:45.53
4 USA <USA USA 3:29.27 1:46.95
3 ROM <ROM SUI 3:30.04 1:47.02
2 NED <NED NED 3:31.04 1:46.98
1 SUI <SUI AUS 3:31.54 1:46.31
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500 *
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6 AUS <AUS ROM 5:12.70 1:45.37
5 GER <GER GER 5:14.41 1:45.63
4 USA <USA USA 5:17.05 1:47.77
3 ROM <ROM SUI 5:18.26 1:48.22
2 NED <NED AUS 5:18.39 1:46.85
1 SUI <SUI NED 5:19.29 1:48.25
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FINISH*
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6 AUS <AUS ROM 6:59.85 1:47.14
5 GER <GER GER 7:02.45 1:48.04
4 USA <USA USA 7:04.89 1:47.83
3 ROM <ROM AUS 7:06.57 1:48.18
2 NED <NED SUI 7:07.04 1:48.77
1 SUI <SUI NED 7:07.35 1:48.06
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