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Men's Coxless Pair (M2-)

Final A

Prediction

This race should be a wild finish with GBR a length ahead with 500 to go, and the other 5 crews potentially dead even, based on a comparison of their semi-finals times. Look at the color instant replay for this one to see the moves these crews will be making down the course. USA has a fast start, and could lead until GBR passes the USA in the 3rd 500. Notice on the replay that both FRA and GBR start moving back on the USA in the 2nd 500, which is where the USA must bear down, if it is going to hope to medal. In the third 500, after GBR takes its lead, AUS, FRA and RSA will all be closing on the USA. The fireworks for FRA go off in the last 500 when FRA is projected to row GBR down, and win by 0.12 seconds, as it did in the semi-finals. FRA is the defending Worlds silver medalist, and half the AUS boat was in the Worlds gold medalist boat last year. GBR's boat is composed of Searle (gold medalist who rowed Abbagnales down in last 500 in Barcelona Olympics) and Coode, who was in last year's gold medal 4- for GBR. So, this last 500 is packed with a bunch of men who know what to do with a boat in the end of a race like this one.

JAMCO Pre-play

LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS                      ELAPSED   SPLIT  
                            1500*           CREW   TIME     TIME   
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+  
  6  RSA       <RSA                          USA  1:33.70  1:33.70
  5  YUG  <YUG                               AUS  1:34.00  1:34.00
  4  FRA        <FRA                         YUG  1:34.19  1:34.19
  3  AUS  <AUS                               GBR  1:35.27  1:35.27
  2  GBR    <GBR                             RSA  1:36.50  1:36.50
  1  USA <USA                                FRA  1:37.25  1:37.25
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
                            1000*
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
  6  RSA        <RSA                         USA  3:13.69  1:39.98
  5  YUG   <YUG                              AUS  3:14.41  1:40.41
  4  FRA      <FRA                           GBR  3:14.47  1:39.19
  3  AUS  <AUS                               YUG  3:14.66  1:40.46
  2  GBR  <GBR                               FRA  3:16.38  1:39.13
  1  USA <USA                                RSA  3:17.13  1:40.62
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
                            500 *
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
  6  RSA     <RSA                            GBR  4:54.07  1:39.60
  5  YUG     <YUG                            USA  4:55.54  1:41.84
  4  FRA     <FRA                            AUS  4:55.77  1:41.36
  3  AUS    <AUS                             FRA  4:56.01  1:39.62
  2  GBR <GBR                                YUG  4:56.04  1:41.38
  1  USA    <USA                             RSA  4:56.33  1:39.20
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
                          FINISH*
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+
  6  RSA     <RSA                            FRA  6:30.95  1:34.94
  5  YUG         <YUG                        GBR  6:31.07  1:37.00
  4  FRA <FRA                                RSA  6:33.14  1:36.81
  3  AUS        <AUS                         AUS  6:34.41  1:38.63
  2  GBR <GBR                                YUG  6:34.92  1:38.88
  1  USA          <USA                       USA  6:35.41  1:39.87
         ---+---+---+---+---+---+

Prediction 604

Copyright 2000. Kent Mitchell.

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