Mens' Pair (M2-)

2004 Athens Olympic Games

August 14-22, 2004
Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre

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Preview

Last year Tomkins and Ginn (two time Olympic golds in 1996 and 2000 in the "Awesome Foursome") swept to gold in the pair over long-time rivals from Great Britain (Pinsent and Cracknell, who have now moved into the coxless four), Croatia and South Africa. The Croatians and South Africans are back intact for revenge. Others to watch are Italy's 2003 5th place pair, a new Canadian combination built around Dave Calder (late of the 2003 gold medal eight), and another new combination from the United States.

Final A Pre-Race Analysis

Pre-race gold medalist favorites, Tomkins and Ginn, of Australia, World Champions last year, have performed like the gold medalists they are in both their Athens heat and semi-finals. There may be a run at them by Croatia in the last 500, but it is not likely to succeed. The Croatians should hold down the silver they won at last year's Worlds, unless the new pair combination from New Zealand improves enough with another race under their belts to overcome the Croatians. More likely, New Zealand will be concentrating on fighting off Germany, Serbia and Montenegro and South Africa for the bronze medal. Do not count out South Africa, which though the fourth finisher in its semi-final, was awarded third place and a place in the FA finals, after its protest against the second place finishers from Canada, which veered into South Africa's lane in the last few meters of their semi-final, was upheld. According to South Africa's protest, this affected South Africa's progress, resulting in its crab, just before the finish line. It is notable that with 500 meters to go, South Africa was in 4th place in its semi-final, but only 1 second behind the leader, Germany, so it cannot be counted out of the medals in the finals.

Results

	AUS
CRO	1	RSA
2		3

Repechage 1

Biographies

GREAT BRITAIN
Toby	Garbett	2000	4+	1st
		2001	4-	1st
		2002	4-	2nd
		2003	4-	2nd
Richard	Dunn	1997	8+	4th
		1998	4+	8th
		1999	4+	2nd
		2001	4-	1st
		2002	4-	2nd
		2003	4-	2nd
CROATIA				Back ^
Sinisa	Skelin	1995	8+	13th
		1996	4-	7th
		1997	2+	10th
		1998	4+	2nd
		1999	4-	15th
		2000	8+	3rd
		2001	8+	2nd
		2002	2-	3rd
		2003	2-	2nd
Niksa	Skelin	1999	8+	9th
		2000	8+	3rd
		2001	8+	2nd
		2002	2-	3rd
		2003	2-	2nd
AUSTRALIA				Back ^
Andrew	Ginn	1995	8+	11th
		1996	4-	1st
		1997	8+	3rd
		1998	4+	1st
		1998	2-	2nd
		1999	2-	1st
		2002	2-	4th
		2003	2-	1st
James	Tomkins	1985	8+	9th
		1986	8+	1st
		1987	8+	4th
		1988	8+	5th
		1990	4-	1st
		1991	4-	1st
		1992	4-	1st
		1995	4-	5th
		1996	4-	1st
		1998	4+	1st
		1998	2+	1st
		1999	2-	1st
		2000	2-	3rd
		2002	2-	4th
		2003	2-	1st
SOUTH AFRICA				Back ^
Ramon	DiClimente	1998	2-	11th
		1999	2-	7th
		2000	2-	6th
		2001	2-	3rd
		2002	2-	2nd
		2003	2-	3rd
Donovan	Cech	1998	2-	11th
		1999	2-	7th
		2000	2-	6th
		2001	2-	3rd
		2002	2-	2nd
		2003	2-	3rd
ITALY				Back ^
Dario	Lari	1998	4+	3rd
		1999	2-	4th
		2000	2+	4th
		2001	2-	6th
		2003	2-	5th
Guiseppe	De Vita	2002	2-	11th
		2003	2-	5th
CANADA				Back ^
David	Calder	1997	8+	8th
		1998	8+	8th
		1999	2-	8th
		2000	8+	8th
		2003	8+	1st
Chris	Jarvis
NEW ZEALAND				Back ^
George	Bridgewater
Nathan	Twaddle	2003	2-	7th
SERBIA MONTENGRO				Back ^
Nikola	Stogic	1995	4+	19th
		1996	2+	?
		1997	2+	8th
		1998	2-	3rd
		2000	2-	5th
		2001	2-	2nd
		2002	2-	6th
		2003	2-	8th
Mladen	Stegic	1999	2-	16th
		2000	4-	8th
		2001	4-	10th
		2003	2-	8th
CZECH REPUBLIC				Back ^
Adam	Michalek	2001	2-	9th
		2002	2-	6th
		2003	2-	9th
Petr	Imre	2001	2-	9th
		2002	2-	6th
		2003	2-	9th
SLOVENIA				Back ^
Matija	Pavsic	2001	4+	8th
		2003	2-	10th
Andrej	Hrabar	2001	4+	8th
		2003	2-	10th
UNITED STATES				Back ^
Artour	Samsonov
Luke	Walton	2001	8+	4th
GERMANY				Back ^
Tobias	Kuhne	2001	4+	7th
		2003	2-	16th
Jan	Herzog	1999	8+	10th
		2000	4-	11th
		2001	2-	7th
ARGENTINA				Back ^
Walter	Naneder	1997	2+	9th
Marcos	Morales

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