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Dutch Pair Win Women's Double Sculls Gold as Finland Settles for Silver...Again
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by Christina 123 | August 17, 2008 at 01:46 am
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Dutch Pair Win Women's Double Sculls Gold as Finland Settles for Silver...Again
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The Netherland's women beat the Finns by 1.29 secs to clinch the gold in the women's light weight double sculls.
<?xml:namespace prefix = rte />Dutch pair Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen won the women's lightweight double sculls gold at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday.
Slight pre-race favourites, van der Kolk and van Eupen started conservatively but timed their charge to perfection over the final 500m to win by 1.29sec from Finland in a time of 6:54.74.
Finns Sanna Sten and Minna Nieminen had to settle for silver again, just as they did at last year's world championships.
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at 02:12 on August 17th, 2008
Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Yes, finally our second Gold. See also:
http://members.nowpublic.com/sports/china-first-korea-second-and-usa-third-medal-tally-beijing-olympics-all-gold-medal-winners
at 02:31 on August 17th, 2008
Thanks, Milieunet! Presumably you'll be going "clip-clippety-clop on the stairs" in your Dutch clogs...?