As expected, ITA fulfilled all predictions by capturing the gold medal. ITA doggedly
tracked the leader, GER, for 1000 meters, then pounced and passed GER in the 3rd 500. In
the last 500, ITA opened a big lead to win the gold going away. The anticipated battle for
the silver and bronze medals did develop between GER, UKR, NED and AUS. NED prevailed here
for the silver. GER held off AUS for the bronze, and AUS, SUI and UKR finished 4th, 5th
and 6th. Look at the JAMCO Replay on this one.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 UKR <UKR GER 1:24.77 1:24.77
5 NED <NED ITA 1:25.47 1:25.47
4 GER <GER UKR 1:25.76 1:25.76
3 ITA <ITA NED 1:26.02 1:26.02
2 AUS <AUS AUS 1:26.38 1:26.38
1 SUI <SUI SUI 1:26.83 1:26.83
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1000*
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6 UKR <UKR GER 2:51.64 1:26.87
5 NED <NED ITA 2:52.39 1:26.92
4 GER <GER NED 2:54.11 1:28.08
3 ITA <ITA UKR 2:54.38 1:28.62
2 AUS <AUS AUS 2:54.92 1:28.53
1 SUI <SUI SUI 2:56.11 1:29.27
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500 *
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6 UKR <UKR ITA 4:19.61 1:27.22
5 NED <NED GER 4:20.32 1:28.67
4 GER <GER NED 4:22.32 1:28.20
3 ITA <ITA AUS 4:23.70 1:28.77
2 AUS <AUS UKR 4:23.95 1:29.57
1 SUI <SUI SUI 4:26.04 1:29.92
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FINISH*
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6 UKR <UKR ITA 5:45.55 1:25.94
5 NED <NED NED 5:47.91 1:25.58
4 GER <GER GER 5:48.64 1:28.32
3 ITA <ITA AUS 5:50.32 1:26.61
2 AUS <AUS SUI 5:54.88 1:28.83
1 SUI <SUI UKR 5:55.11 1:31.16
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