Womens' Pair (W2-)

2004 Athens Olympic Games

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

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Preview

Bishop and Grainger (Great Britain) broke through last year for the gold in this event, after placing out of the medals in both 2001 and 2002. Strong pressure will be on them in Athens from veteran medalists from Belarus and Romania, who placed 2nd and 3rd , respectively, last year. A bid from the United States to move up from last year's 6th place finish by moving Kate MacKenzie, 2002 gold medalist in the eight, into its pair. Another darkhorse challenge may come from Germany with a new combination of veteran gold and silver medalists from the 1999 Worlds.

Final A Pre-Race Analysis

It looks like Belarus and Romania (respectively 2nd and 3rd last year at Worlds) may have caught up with Great Britain, last year's gold medalists, putting them in line for the gold and silver pairs medals in Athens. Great Britain will not give up its gold medal stature lightly, but also must give considerable attention to nailing down the bronze medal against a significant challenge from Canada, before blowing themselves out trying to chase down Belarus and Romania. The "story within a story" here may be the Romanian team's gamble, letting two of their veterans (Susanu and Damian [Andrunche]) double up in the pairs and eights competitions. If fatigue due to over-racing by the Romanian pair becomes a factor, Great Britain and Canada's chances for both to medal would improve significantly, and the fatigue could spill over into the eights event, where Romania has its hands full trying to run down the favored USA women. Given the Romanian's demonstrated speed in the pair, however, their loss of a silver medal in this event seems unlikely.

Results

	ROM
GBR	1	BLR
2		3

Biographies

ROMANIA				Back ^
Georgeta	Andrunsche	2002	2-	1st
		2002	8+	4th
		2003	2-	3rd
Viorica	Susanu	1994	4x	10th
		1995	4x	12th
		1996	4x	10th
		1997	2x	3rd
		1997	8+	1st
		1998	2x	1st
		1998	8+	1st
		1999	2-	6th
		1999	8+	1st
		2000	8+	1st
		2001	2-	1st
		2001	8+	2nd
		2002	2-	1st
		2002	8+	4th
		2003	2-	3rd
UNITED STATES				Back ^
Kate	MacKenzie	2002	8+	1st
Sarah	Jones	1997	4-	4th
		1998	8+	2nd
		1999	8+	2nd
		2000	8+	6th
		2001	4x	3rd
		2002	4x	7th
		2003	4x	6th
GREAT BRITAIN				Back ^
Katherine	Grainger	1997	8+	3rd
		1999	4x	7th
		2000	4x	2nd
		2001	8+	6th
		2002	4x	5th
		2003	2-	1st
Catherine	Bishop	1995	8+	7th
		1996	8+	7th
		1997	2-	7th
		1998	2-	2nd
		1999	2-	5th
		2000	2-	9th
		2001	8+	6th
		2003	2-	1st
BELARUS				Back ^
Yuliya	Bichyk	1999	4-	1st
		1999	8+	7th
		2000	8+	4th
		2001	2-	2nd
		2002	2-	3rd
		2002	8+	5th
		2003	2-	2nd
Natallia	Helakh	1999	2-	Rep(eliminated)
		2000	8+	4th
		2000	4-	1st
		2002	2-	3rd
		2003	2-	2nd
CANADA				Back ^
Buffy	Williams (Alexander)	1997	8+	2nd
		1998	4-	2nd
		1999	8+	3rd
		2000	8+	3rd
		2002	2x	9th
		2003	8+	3rd
Darcy	Marquardt	2002	8+	6th
		2002	4-	2nd
		2003	8+	3rd
CHINA				Back ^
Xiaoxia	Yan	2003	2-	5th
Yiaobei	Yin	2003	2-	5th
GERMANY				Back ^
Maren	Derlien	1998	2x	8th
		1999	4x	1st
Sandra	Goldbach	1997	8+	5th
		1998	4-	6th
		1999	4-	2nd
		2000	4-	8th
		2001	4-	6th
FRANCE				Back ^
Sophia	Balmary	1998	2x	5th
		1999	2x	8th
		2000	2x	9th
		2001	1x	4th
		2002	2x	6th
		2003	2-	8th
Virginie	Chauvel	2001	2-	12th
		2002	2-	9th
		2003	2-	8th
BULGARIA				Back ^
Milka	Tancheva	2002	2-	11th
		2003	2-	9th
Anna	Chuk	2002	2-	11th
		2003	2-	9th
NEW ZEALAND				Back ^
Juliette	Haigh
Nickyh	Coles	2001	4-	2nd
		2002	4-	4th

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