VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France − Team USA rowing picked up its second medal of the Paris Games on Saturday when the men’s eight team took bronze with a time of 5:25.28 to reach the podium along with Great Britain (gold, 5:22.88) and the Netherlands (silver, 5:23.92) at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
Team USA held the third position after the 500-, 1,000- and 1,500-meter marks of the 2,000-meter race, but couldn’t make up the deficit on the Netherlands to take silver. At the 1,500-meter mark, the two boats were virtually even, but the Netherlands was able to extend its lead over the United States over the final stretch.
Team USA includes Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Clark Dean, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton. All except Dean were first-time Olympians; Dean raced as part of a Team USA men’s four team that finished fifth at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
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On Thursday, the United States’ men’s four team won a gold medal for the first time since the 1960 Rome Games with a time of 5:49.03, breaking out to an early lead and holding it through each check-point of the 2000-meter race.
Rowing at the Paris Games consisted of seven events each for men and women. Through preliminary heats, Team USA qualified for Saturday’s Finals A competition, which determines medal winners, in three events: women’s single sculls, women’s eight, and men’s eight.
Team USA’s Kara Kohler, in the women’s single sculls, finished fifth with a time of 7:25:07, behind gold medal winner Karolien Frolijn of the Netherlands. America’s women’s eight team also took a fifth-place finish in a time of 6:01.73, as Romania took the gold in 5:54.09.
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