PTC Practice Video

Australia LM4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:12:14 -0700

Australia was only 1 second out of third place but will have to settle for the B final this year.
Rod Chisholm, Anthony Edwards, Ben Cureton, Todd Skipworth(str)

Australia M8+

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:21:23 -0700

James Tomkins has moved from seven to stroke seat and the Australians look to be in good form for the the weekend.
James Merburg, Matthew Ryan, Jeremy Stevenson, Tom Laurich, Sam Conrad, Cameron McKenzie Mcharg, Karsten Forsterling, James Tomkins, Marty Rabjohns(cox)

Canada LM4- Builder

Sean Mulligan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:51:02 -0700

The lightweight four is one of the deepest and hardest events at the World Championships. Liam Parsons, Mike Lewis, Jon Beare and Iain Brambell were fourth in Lucerne, about 2 seconds out of first. Quick video of them at rate.

Canada M4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:25:48 -0700

Barney Williams was a Olympic silver medalist in the four in 2004 and he's back in stroke seat again. He's joined by Rob Gibson, Peter Dembicki, Scott Frandsen.

Czech Republic M4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:04:37 -0700

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

Germany M4-

Sean Mulligan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:45:34 -0700

The straight four is one of the deepest events and to win you have to go through British. This German quartet came close last year, finishing just 1 second behind to claim siler.
Gregor Hauffe, Toni Seifert, Urs Kaeufer, Philip Adamski(str)

Germany M4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:33:18 -0700

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)

Germany M8+

Sean Mulligan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:56:29 -0700

The 2006 World Champions will defend their title in their own country this year. The eights race is going to be a barn burner as many countries look to qualify for the Olympics.
Joerg Diessner, Florian Eichner, Ulf Siemes, Jan Tebruegge, Sebastian Schulte, Thorsten Engelmann, Philipp Stueer, Bernd Heidicker, Peter Thiede(cox)

Germany W4-

Sean Mulligan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:13:09 -0700

Germany won a tight final in Lucerne in the women's four but this is a different line-up for Worlds. The event here has 6 entries and could be final only.
(str)Vicky Myers, Vicki Etiebet, Rebecca Rowe, Georgina Menheneott

Germany W8+

Sean Mulligan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:30:29 -0700

The German women's eight was second at the World Championships last year and much of that boat is represented here.
Josephine Wartenberg, Marlene Sinning, Christina Gerking, Magdalena Schmude, Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien, Nicole Zimmermann, Elke Hipler, Annina Ruppel(cox)

Great Britain LM4-

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:25:15 -0700

(str)James Clarke, Paul Mattick, James Lindsay-Fynn and Richard Chambers won at Lucerne and were second in the Amsterdam World Cup stop. The light men's four is usually one of the closest finals and this year will be no different.

Great Britain M4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:29:14 -0700

The British four has lost one race since the 2004 Olympics and that came at Lucerne just last month. They are the top ranked crew moving into a final which promises to be tight.
Steve Williams, Peter Reed, Tom James, Andy Triggs Hodge(str)

Great Britain W4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:13:59 -0700

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.

Great Britain W4x Builder

Sean Mulligan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:42:39 -0700

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

Great Britain W8+

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:39:19 -0700

The first of the big boats in our videos section. Check out the British women's eight. Line-up: Carla Ashford, Baz Moffat, Alice Freeman, Louisa Reeve, Beth Rodford, Alison Knowles, Katie Greves, Jess Eddie, Caroline O'Connor(cox)

Hacker Gives a Wave

Sean Mulligan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:17:34 -0700

Don't try this one at home...2002 World Champion German sculler Marcel Hacker takes an opportunity to say hi for the camera as he paddles on the course. Marcel's Website

Italy M4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:26:02 -0700

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)

Japan LM4- Builder

Sean Mulligan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:03:30 -0700

The Japanese four had a rough go at Lucerne this summer, but they are still looking to qualify for and Olympic spot in Beijing. Yu Kataoka, Satoshi Koike, Rokuroh Okumura, Atsushi Obata(str)

Netherlands LM4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:06:12 -0700

The Dutch light four was fifth in their semi-final and will race in the B final to qualify for an Olympic spot.
Gerard Van Der Linden, Ivo Snijders, Roeland Lievens, Paul Drewes(str)

Netherlands M4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:20:45 -0700

Geert Cirkel, Matthijs Vellenga, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Gijs Vermeulen have made it into the finals after taking second to New Zealand in the semifinal.

Netherlands M8+

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:15:15 -0700

The Dutch were second in their heat, grabbing a direct spot in the semi-final. David Kuiper, Peter Vos, Daniel Mensch, Roel Haen, Simon Glazenborg, Diederik Simon, Gerritjan Eggenkemp, Mitchel Steenman, Niels Van Den Bovenkamp(cox)

New Zealand M1x - Mahe Drysdale

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:58:03 -0700

Reigning World Champion Mahe Drysdale knows how to step up on the World's stage, here you can get a look at his technique and power.

New Zealand Men's 4-

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:47:55 -0700

The New Zealand men's straight four of (str)Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, James Dallinger and Carl Meyer won the second World Cup race in Amsterdam this summer and will be in the hunt next week.

New Zealand W2-

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:23:25 -0700

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.

Russia M4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:00:00 -0700

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

Russia W8+

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:00:58 -0700

The Russian women's eight got through the first few days of racing, but were disqualified from the competition for anti-doping violations.

U.S. LM4- Builder

Sean Mulligan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:35:40 -0700

Take a look at the U.S. lightweight four getting a final practice in before racing starts.
(str)Tom Paradiso, Patrick Todd, Colin Farrell, Andrew Bolton

U.S. M2- and LM2-

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:58:48 -0700

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.

U.S. M4+ and M4-

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:44:58 -0700

The course can get crowded sometimes, so it's nice when you can go for a swing row with other boats on your team. The men's coxed four and straight four take it down their lanes.
4- Beau Hoopman, Byran Volpenhein, Giuseppe Lanzone, Matt Schnobrich
4+ Ned DelGuercio (c), Chris Liwski, Sam Burns, Dan Beery, Matt Deakin

U.S. M4- Builder

Sean Mulligan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:43:56 -0700

The U.S. four winds it up in practice as they prepare for racing this week.
(str)Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Giuseppe Lanzone, Matt Schnobrich

U.S. M4x

Sean Mulligan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:24:36 -0700

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

U.S. ML8+ and LM4x

Sean Mulligan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:37:49 -0700

The U.S. lightweight men fine tune their starts with a little side by side piece.
LM4x(str)Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, Cody Lowry, Jon D’Alba, Sam Saylor

LM8+(cox)Leigh Heyman, Will Daly, John Nichols, Andrew Diebold, Jeff Forrester, Greg Ruckman, Tyler Resch, Gavin Frase, Tim Larson

U.S. W4-

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:48:08 -0700

The U.S. women's four placed third last year in Eton and they have three members of that boat in this line-up.
(str)Megan Dirkmaat, Rachel Jeffers, Erin Cafaro, Portia McGee

U.S. W4x

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:37:26 -0700

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.

U.S. W8+

Sean Mulligan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:58:20 -0700

The reigning World Champions and winners at Lucerne this summer, the U.S. Women's eight is: (cox)Mary Whipple, Caryn Davies, Caroline Lind, Susan Francia, Anna Mickelson, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Sam Magee and Brett Sickler.

USA W8+

Sean Mulligan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:06:18 -0700

The women's eight won their rep and will be moving on to the semi-finals.