quads

The German quad has undergone some changes since Lucerne and it appears to have paid off with a win in the heats.
Rene Bertram, Karsten Brodowski, Hans Gruhne, Robert Sens(str)

The Italian quad always shows pretty good speed and they demonstrated this by winning their heat.
Luca Ghezzi, Federico Gattinoni, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri(str)

Petr Vitasek, Tomas Karas, Jakub Hanak, David Jirka won their heat and have a spot in the semi-finals.

The Russian won Lucerne but was second to Italy in their heat.
Nikita Morgachev, Alexey Svirin, Alexander Kornilov, Nikael Bikua-Mfantse(str)

Another clip of the British women's quad, this time getting up to race pace.

The U.S. women's quad of (str)Ellen Tomek, Christen Brown, Liane Malcos, Lia Pernell come from all over the country but have one goal in Munich.

The GB women's quad has won the last two World Championships and were second in Athens at the 2004 Olympics. Katherine Grainger, Fran Houghton, Debbie Flood and Annie Vernon are ready to race in Munich.

The whole team has arrived in Munich and the final week of practice is underway. Today we have the Men's Quad practicing their starting sequence.
Line-up: Mark Flickinger, Jamie Schroeder, Deaglan McEachern, Sloan DuRoss

The whole team has arrived in Munich and the final week of practice is underway. Today we have the Men's Quad practicing their starting sequence.
Line-up: Mark Flickinger, Jamie Schroeder, Deaglan McEachern, Sloan DuRoss | Watch the Video

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