pairs

The men's lightweight and heavyweight pairs took to the course in the morning for a couple laps before the rest of the international crew arrived.

Back in Black...the New Zealand women's pair of Nicky Coles & Juliette Haigh practice their start. This kiwi duo placed second in the pair last year and were the World Champions in 2005. They are ranked first in this event after winning Lucern earlier this summer.

Just days before the team left for Germany we got a nice video of the men's heavy and light pairs tuning things up before World's.
Line-up: (2-)Kyle Larson, Jason Read (L2-)Simon Carcagno, Matt Smith | Watch the Video

Just days before the team left for Germany we got a nice video of the men's heavy and light pairs tuning things up before World's.
Line-ups: (2-)Kyle Larson, Jason Read (L2-)Simon Carcagno, Matt Smith

Can't wait for the next NSR? We have your small boat fix.
Six boat pair racing from the Caspersen Training Center during a series of 2k power pieces. Check out the photos of all the racing or watch video of the first minute of the last piece.
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Six boats across for a series of 2k power pieces on a beautiful day at the Caspersen Training Center. Here is the first minute of the last piece.

Only .6 seconds separated first place from fourth in the A Final of the Men's Pairs, so if you blinked you missed it. Between the A & B final there were 6 boats within 1.7 seconds of each other.
Thanks to Powerhouse Timing we have the finish line photos for the A & B finals.

The crewing in the semi-finals this afternoon will be the most competitive race, in terms of personnel and experience, since my first speed-order/NSR in the Spring of 2001. Lake Carnegie was tranquil back then. This type of racing format was new for most of us as a key part of selection.

Finish line video from a full 2k piece with some of the PTC pairs.

How many out there remember the first time they had the toe in their coxless boats? We've started our starboard stroked matrix and yesterday we did our first set of racing. Needless to say, things got a little intersting. On the first piece we almost hit the shore. However, by the second piece we were going straight enough to pull off a win. I'm getting better every day, but it is still a humbling experience to know just what everyone on port side already knows.