The SUI have shown promise here, defeating USA in the heat and placing 2nd to gold
medal favorite ITA. GER is the defending World Champion, buts was also defeated at World
Cup this summer by ITA. AUS, 3rd at Worlds, is expected to challenge GER and SUI for one
of the top 3 places and POL could be there too, if POL does not fall off pace in the 3rd
500 meter interval. Expect SUI, GER and AUS to finish 1--3, with a possible victory by GER
if it recovers to its 1999 Gold Medal form.LANE CREW RELATIVE POSITIONS ELAPSED SPLIT
1500* CREW TIME TIME
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6 BEL <BEL POL 1:25.05 1:25.05
5 FRA <FRA AUS 1:25.66 1:25.66
4 GER <GER SUI 1:26.00 1:26.00
3 AUS <AUS GER 1:26.34 1:26.34
2 SUI <SUI FRA 1:26.90 1:26.90
1 POL <POL BEL 1:27.05 1:27.05
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1000*
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6 BEL <BEL SUI 2:54.04 1:28.04
5 FRA <FRA AUS 2:54.55 1:28.88
4 GER <GER POL 2:54.83 1:29.77
3 AUS <AUS GER 2:55.27 1:28.92
2 SUI <SUI FRA 2:56.52 1:29.62
1 POL <POL BEL 2:56.58 1:29.52
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500 *
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6 BEL <BEL SUI 4:22.41 1:28.36
5 FRA <FRA AUS 4:23.47 1:28.91
4 GER <GER GER 4:24.00 1:28.72
3 AUS <AUS FRA 4:25.51 1:28.98
2 SUI <SUI POL 4:25.80 1:30.97
1 POL <POL BEL 4:25.83 1:29.25
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FINISH*
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6 BEL <BEL SUI 5:49.10 1:26.69
5 FRA <FRA GER 5:51.60 1:27.60
4 GER <GER AUS 5:52.08 1:28.61
3 AUS <AUS FRA 5:54.85 1:29.33
2 SUI <SUI BEL 5:56.79 1:30.95
1 POL <POL POL 5:58.08 1:32.27
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