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Olympics Latest: Australia wins gold in women’s, men’s four
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Australia has doubled its haul of Olympic rowing gold medals as the men’s four charged to victory moments after the Aussie women claimed their gold.
Australia had bolted to the front by the 500-meter mark and never were challenged for the lead to reach in the finish line as Romania fought a late surge by Italy to claim the silver medal. Australia’s time of 5 minutes, 42.76 set a new Olympic record.
Italy won bronze.
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Australia’s women’s four set a new Olympic-best time to win the gold medal in windy conditions at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway.
Netherlands men, China women set world rowing records at Summer Olympics
The Netherlands have set a world record in men s quadruple sculls with a sprint over the final 500 meters to win the gold medal in windy conditions Wednesday at the Summer Olympics in Japan.
Their time of 5 minutes, 32.03 seconds beat the previous mark of 5:32.26 set by Ukraine at the 2014 world championships.
The Dutch boat was fourth after the first 500 meters but had closed to second by the next marker. A late push overtook Great Britain for the lead.
Great Britain then held off a late charge by Australia to win silver.
Email Matthieu Androdias et Hugo Boucheron ont été sacrés mercredi champions olympiques d aviron dans la catégorie deux de couple, offrant à la France son troisième titre et sa huitième médaille aux Jeux de Tokyo.
Les Français ont devancé les Pays-Bas et la Chine, championne du monde.
Les derniers champions olympiques français en aviron étaient Jérémie Azou et Pierre Houin, titrés à Rio en 2016 dans la catégorie deux de couple poids légers. On a tout fait au physique , ont expliqué les tricolores qui pensent avoir commis beaucoup de fautes .
Peu satisfaits de leur course, qu ils estiment paradoxalement être leur plus mauvaise du weekend , les champions olympiques indiquent avoir réussi à compenser leurs erreurs avec l envie .