3902 x 2564 px | 33 x 21,7 cm | 13 x 8,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
3 luglio 2011
Ubicazione:
Henley Royal Regatta Henley on Thames -opposite stewards enclosure at finish line
Altre informazioni:
M.W. Wells & R.M. Bateman (Leander Club) 1 D.W. Crawshay & S. Brennan (Australian Institute of Sport, Australia) 2 1/2 lengths 1.59 3.20 6.52 GBR Olympic hopefulls -GBR 4sSEMI FINALS GB Rowing Team members gave the home crowd something to celebrate today at Henley Royal Regatta when they broke long-standing records held by Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matt Pinsent.Current world silver medallists Marcus Bateman and Matt Wells were two seconds quicker to the Barrier, at 1:56, than Redgrave and Adam Clift’s time set in 1982 in the Double Sculls Challenge Cup.In the same morning session, their GB team-mates and Olympic men’s four champions Andrew Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed also reached the Barrier in 1:56 in their quarter-final of the Silver Goblets and Nickall’s Challenge Cup for men’s pairs, shaving two seconds off the mark set by Redgrave and Pinsent in 1993.Britain then clocked up a trio of record-breaking performances when the current GB men’s four, rowing as Leander and Molesey Boat Club, smashed the Barrier record in their event, the Stewards’ Challenge Cup, posting 1:50. They equalled the Fawley record of 3:05 and set a new record at the finish of 6:20 for the event. end M.W. Wells & R.M. Bateman (Leander Club) 1 D.W. Crawshay & S. Brennan (Australian Institute of Sport, Australia) 2 1/2 lengths 1.59 3.20 6.52 bio ttp://www.britishrowing.org/gb/biographies/marcus-bateman http://www.britishrowing.org/gb/biographies/matt-wells
