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• 07 / 19 / 2007

RIO DE JANEIRO , July 18 - Sarah Trowbridge and Margaret Matia took the gold for the United States once again in the double skiff event. This Wednesday July 18, in the Lagoa Rowing Stadium , they finished the 2 kilometers in 7min06s4. Canadian Peggy Hyslop and Christin McCarty won the silver medal, and finished the competition 2s53 after the Americans. Cuban athletes Yurisleydis Venete and Mayra Gonzalez also got to the podium. They crossed the finish line 6s23 after the gold medalists.

In the lightweight double skiff, Cuban Yaima Velazquez and Ismaray Marerro conquered the highest position on the podium, with 7min25s80. The silver medal went to Mexican Analicia Ramirez Esnaurrizar and Lila Perez Rul Rivero, who crossed the finish line five seconds later and joyfully celebrated their result. Canadian Amber Cuthbertson and Camille Brillon finished the race 5s38 after the Cuban athletes and took the bronze.

This Wednesday, the second Cuban gold medal in rowing went to Janier Concepcion and Yoennis Hernandez, in the double skiff event, who finished the competition with 6min35s59. Argentine Rodrigo Murillo and Ariel Suarez also got to the podium. They crossed the finish line 3s47 after American athletes McEachern and Francis Cuddy, 3s53 after the winners.

In the Coxless Four Oars event, which was the last one of the day, Argentine Horácio Sicília, Maximiliano Martinez, Joaquin Iwan and Diego Martin Lopez, took the gold after blasting off in the final stretch of the race, they timed 6min11s59. The American team athletes Gabe Winkler, Sebastian Bea, Howard Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, crossed the finish line 0s12 later and had to convince themselves that the silver medal was good enough and relish their second place. Canadian rowers Todd Keesey, Vincent Goodfellow, David Lamb and Brent Heron finished the race 5s97 after the champions and took the bronze.

Before the event, there was one minute of silence for the victims of flight JJ3054 plane crash that happened on Tuesday at the Congonhas airport in São Paulo.

Source: rio2007.org.br