Saturday, August 28, 2004

Yikes!


Not a good way to start your day. The Gitana X capsizes during this years ORMA 18.28 trimaran championship.

Photo from G. Martin-Raget.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Monster Wave.

Hey Brah, you wanna try da kine wave?

Monday, August 23, 2004

And the winner for the Finn is.....Ben Ainslie


Ben showing the colors.

Ben Ainslie of Great Britain took the Gold in the Finn class.
Olympic Sailing Results

470 Men

A jubilant Kevin Burnham somersaults in to the water as USA win the Gold.

Paul Foerster and John Burnham, USA, Gold

Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, GBR, Silver
Kazuto Seki and Kenjiro Todoroki, JPN, Bronze

Laser

Robert gets a lift.

Robert Scheidt, BRA, Gold <--Again! This guy never looses.

Andreas Geritzer, AUT, Silver
Vasilij Zbogar, SLO, Bronze

Europe Dinghy

A happy Siren crosses the finish line to take the Gold.

Siren Sundby, NOR, Gold

Lenka Smidova, CZE, Silver
Sarah Blanck, AUS, Bronze
Rowing News - US - Men's 8 wins Gold - Women's 8 wins Silver - Rowing Pau Hana



SCHINIAS, Greece – The men’s eight won the gold medal, ending a 40-year Olympic gold-medal drought, while the women’s eight brought home the silver medal on Sunday at the Olympic rowing competition at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Center.

The men’s eight of Pete Cipollone (Ardmore, Pa.), Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati, Ohio), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Dan Beery (Oaktown, Ind.), Matt Deakin (San Francisco, Calif.), Joey Hansen (Bakersfield, Calif.), Chris Ahrens (Milwaukee, Wis.), Wyatt Allen (Portland, Maine), and Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.) took the lead off the start and never permitted a serious challenge as it went wire-to-wire in winning the gold medal. The crew took a slight lead at the 500-meter mark before extending its advantage to more than three seconds at the midway point of the race. The U.S. kept the rest of the field at bay for the remainder of the row, finishing 1.27 seconds ahead of the Netherlands. Australia won the bronze in a 5:45.38. For the U.S., it was the first Olympic medal in the men’s eight since winning a bronze in 1988 and the first gold medal since 1964.


Crazy Eights: U.S. crews get gold, silver

The women’s eight of Mary Whipple (Sacramento, Calif.), Lianne Nelson (Seattle, Wash.), Caryn Davies (Ithaca, N.Y.), Laurel Korholz (La Jolla, Calif.), Anna Mickelson (Bellevue, Wash.), Alison Cox (Turlock, Calif.), Megan Dirkmaat (San Jose, Calif.), Sam Magee (Simsbury, Conn.), and Kate Johnson (Portland, Ore.) came away with the silver medal after finishing 1.86 seconds behind Romania. The U.S. boat held a narrow 0.26-second lead on the Romanians for the first half of the race, but the defending Olympic champions had a little more speed over the final 1,000 meters as they inched ahead of the U.S. boat. The Americans clocked a 6:19.56 to Romania’s 6:17.70. The Netherlands won the bronze medal in a 6:18.85. For the U.S., the medal was the first in the women’s eight since winning gold in 1984 in Los Angeles.

For the final Olympic Rowing standings the link is here.
The WWE meets swimming. Hall wins Gold in the 50m.



Gary Hall, looking like Jesse The Body Ventura, greets his fans.



Bow to me slaves! I am the King of the 50m. Leave me off the relay team...take that coach!