I'll let the results, news releases and links tell the story of the racing; I'm here to tell the truth.
The lightweight men's pair included the first crews from Georgia I've ever seen; they lined up right next to their counterparts from Russia. The crew may be a little green; the start caught them almost completely unprepared, with the stroke still having only one hand on the oar, and missing 3/4 of the first stroke.
Check out the photo of the Australian women's lightweight quad (when I get a chance to post them, probably sometime Tuesday) - they must have a sunglasses deal.
The boat name of the Zimbabwean LW2x's shell: Air Canada.
Pronunciation of the Zimbabwean LW2x during the starting commands: "Zimbaba."
Name of the day: Anders Han Christensen.
Religion at the line: Tomasz Kucharski, bowman of the Polish LM2x, was only one of many rowers to cross himself at the line, after first removing his hat. The stroke seat of the Egyptian quad was more demonstrative, shouting "Allah!" on the first stroke of the race.
Uniforms, uniforms, uh... no uniform: many crews were asked to adjust their uniforms at the line so that crews were uniformly dressed; thus the term "uniforms," folks. The rule is sacrosanct: two women in the Chinese eight were required to remove their back braces.
But it was the two seat of the US lightweight women's quad who had the most challenging adjustment; wearing her unisuit down around her waist, she had to remove the shirt and pull up the unisuit to match the rest of her crew. If you think about it, it's near impossible. I'm not quite sure what happened, as I politely looked away, but I'm told she pulled it off, but not without some racy drama.
Smooth enough: US M8 coxswain Pete Cipollone gave directions to the stakeboat kids in Spanish.
Monday by the numbers:
Contenders for surprise performances of the day would have to be the Canadian men's eight, which placed third in Lucerne, but not only won their heat today, but did so with the fastest time of the day. Then there was the Italian men's eight which, although placing second behind Canada, still bested the Germans, and was stroked by Sartori, typically much better known for his prowess in a sculling boat.
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