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Maine's Goodale, Logan to row for gold Sunday
by Outspoken on Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:33 am
Maine's Goodale, Logan to row for gold Sunday
By MIKE LOWE
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
SHUNYI, China — The crowd, 17 family members loud, was screaming her name as she walked up the slope from the cool-down area.
"Anna, Anna, Anna."
Anna Goodale bowed her head and smiled, a little embarrassed. But it was also a smile of joy.
Goodale, from Camden, and Elle Logan, from Boothbay Harbor, will go for an Olympic gold medal Sunday morning in the women's eight crew.
The U.S. women's eights won their 2,000-meter heat race easily Monday afternoon at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park, with Goodale and Logan in the third and fourth seats. Their time of 6:06.53 was more than two seconds faster than that of second-place Great Britain.
The win in the heats assured the United States, which is the two-time defending world champion, of a spot in the finals at 5:20 a.m. (EDT) Sunday.
"This was our goal, to make it and get some rest," Goodale said. "We have some people doubling up in other events, so we need to rest as much as possible."
For Portland's Wyatt Allen and the U.S. men's eights, however, there was little time for rest. The United States, with Allen in the fourth seat, finished second to Great Britain in its heat race Monday. That means the United States, the defending Olympic champion, will have to race again today in the repechage (at 5:40 a.m.) for a chance to get to Sunday's final.
The top four teams in the six-boat repechage go to the final, and the United States had the fastest time (5:29.60) of any of those. But it wasn't enough to beat Great Britain, which caught the U.S. team after the first 500 meters and pulled away to the best time of the day (5:25.89).
"I feel confident in the speed but anything can happen," Allen said. "A couple of bad strokes, your rhythm's not there, and you can find yourself in the back. There's no guarantees for sure. I think all these boats are capable of putting together a good piece. You just hope four don't do it at the same time."
The U.S. women put together a great race Monday, one day after their heat was postponed because of a thunderstorm. They took the lead at the start and at one point had a boat-length lead.
"We just wanted to go out there and see what we had right from the beginning," Goodale said. "And we did. It was fun to go that fast again in the first 500."
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=204240&ac=PHnws
The Associated Press
By MIKE LOWE
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
SHUNYI, China — The crowd, 17 family members loud, was screaming her name as she walked up the slope from the cool-down area.
"Anna, Anna, Anna."
Anna Goodale bowed her head and smiled, a little embarrassed. But it was also a smile of joy.
Goodale, from Camden, and Elle Logan, from Boothbay Harbor, will go for an Olympic gold medal Sunday morning in the women's eight crew.
The U.S. women's eights won their 2,000-meter heat race easily Monday afternoon at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park, with Goodale and Logan in the third and fourth seats. Their time of 6:06.53 was more than two seconds faster than that of second-place Great Britain.
The win in the heats assured the United States, which is the two-time defending world champion, of a spot in the finals at 5:20 a.m. (EDT) Sunday.
"This was our goal, to make it and get some rest," Goodale said. "We have some people doubling up in other events, so we need to rest as much as possible."
For Portland's Wyatt Allen and the U.S. men's eights, however, there was little time for rest. The United States, with Allen in the fourth seat, finished second to Great Britain in its heat race Monday. That means the United States, the defending Olympic champion, will have to race again today in the repechage (at 5:40 a.m.) for a chance to get to Sunday's final.
The top four teams in the six-boat repechage go to the final, and the United States had the fastest time (5:29.60) of any of those. But it wasn't enough to beat Great Britain, which caught the U.S. team after the first 500 meters and pulled away to the best time of the day (5:25.89).
"I feel confident in the speed but anything can happen," Allen said. "A couple of bad strokes, your rhythm's not there, and you can find yourself in the back. There's no guarantees for sure. I think all these boats are capable of putting together a good piece. You just hope four don't do it at the same time."
The U.S. women put together a great race Monday, one day after their heat was postponed because of a thunderstorm. They took the lead at the start and at one point had a boat-length lead.
"We just wanted to go out there and see what we had right from the beginning," Goodale said. "And we did. It was fun to go that fast again in the first 500."
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=204240&ac=PHnws
The Associated Press
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