Again today, due to the strong cross headwind, the lane draws were redone this morning in accord with the "Vespoli rule," which puts the heat-winning crews in the best lanes, rep winners, in the next lanes, rep secondplace finishers in the next lanes, etc. Vespoli suggested this solution during the extremely windy and rather unfair Copenhagen Worlds in 1987 (my first Worlds, btw).
Semis:
Lightweight men's pair:
The US crew hung with the field for around 1000 meters, but was hit by a strong gust in the third 500, and fell well off the pace, placing sixth. They race in the petites tomorrow.
Lightweight women's double
Sara and Christine led a tight field for some time before finally breaking away for the win with a very fast time relative to the competition. They go to Sunday's A final.
Lightweight men's double
The Americans raced in third position all the way in this 2-to-qualify semi. Despite a very powerful third 500, they couldn't overcome the early lead established by the qualifiers.
Lightweight Men's 4-
Racing in lane 2, the US got off to a sixth place start, and stayed in that position into the third 500, although not far off the pack. The crew charged aggressively in the third 500, and came up close on qualifying position, continuing to move into the fourth 500, moving agressivley on the Irish crew and others. Out in lane 2, however, the wind proved too much, and the Spanish crew came through with blistering speed in lane 6, and the US finished fourth, one place out of the A final. They race the petite tomorrow.
Petite finals:
Men's single:
I didn't see this race, but it appears that Jamie got off to a slow start, racing in fifth into the third 500, then turned it on to produce the fastest third 500. It wasn't enough to catch the Norwegian, and Jamie finished second, 8th overall.
Men's double
The double went screaming to the first 500 with the fastest time, but the field eventually caught them as the effect of racing in lane 1, which has doomed so many crews this week, took its toll. Protz and McGowan finished 6th, 12th overall.
Men's straight four
The men's four took the lead in the third 500 after trailing the Germans most of the way, and despite a charge by Germany in VERY close racing, with the crews never more than 1 second apart, held them off to win the petite final.
Women's single
Leslie Burns Rawley raced in fifth most of the way in the C final, finishing 17th overall.
Women's lightweight single
Sherri Kiklas raced in the lead for most of the race, but the German sculler raced a super final 500 to take the win; Sherri finishes 8th overall.
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