Canada - Rowing for Gold...

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  Day Nine: MEN'S EIGHT WINS GOLD, lightweight four picks up bronze and lightweight double also gets a bronze!!!
  
• Day Eight: Canada wins first medal of the Games - silver in the men's pair! Shown here are medalists Scott Frandsen, left, and David Calder.
  
• Day Seven: Aug. 15 semifinals - the lightweight women's double was first, to advance to the final. The lightweight men's four was second, to advance to the final; and the lightweight men's double was sixth, and will not row in the final. Canada also had a third in the women's pair B final (finishing ninth overall.)
  
• Day Six: All races postponed until FRIDAY, AUG. 15
  
• Day Five : Men's pair and women's eight advance to A finals....
  
  •Day Four: The women's quad and pair reps were rowed today. The quad was fifth and the pair was fourth, and will not move on to the medal rounds.
  •Day Three: The postponed races of the men’s and women’s eight went off today – with the men winning to advance to the final and the women finishing third. The women will row in a rep on Wednesday to advance.
  •Day Two: lightweight women’s double (Cameron and Kok) 2nd and moves to the semi; lightweight men’s double (Vandor and Sylvester) 2nd and moves to the semi; lightweight men’s four (Parsons, Lewis, Beare and Brambell) 2nd moves to the semi; women’s quad (Guloien, Hanson, deZwager and deJong) was third and goes to rep. Results on www.worldrowing.com
  •Day One: Men's pair is third in heat; women's pair is fifth.
  Results on www.worldrowing.com . NO live racer tracker available during Olympic regatta.
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• Canadian Olympic Committee's Beijing 2008 site .
• CBC's Olympic Rowing page . Catch the action on CBC - Aug. 9 to 17 (rowing dates). Live video of Olympic events is on the CBC site.
  
• Official Beijing 2008 web site.
• Kevin Light's Blog - Focus on Beijing
• •Canadian National Rowing Team - Olympic Nominations (TEAM LIST).

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