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Nicky Coles writes about pre-Olympic training

Monday, August 11th, 2008

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Nicky Coles wites on the New Zealand Olympic team website about her relationship with Juliette her pairs partner and their progress through the regatta.

Juliette and I were fairly satisfied with our performance in the heat on Saturday.
It was good to finish well and beat the Chinese to second place - especially as they have been setting the pace throughout 2008.

We were especially pleased with our third 500m and catching the hometown pair just before the line.
Obviously though the Belarus crew fired a warning shot and were very impressive. We have seen them race before but never as smooth as that.
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New Olympic Bloggers

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Still trawling the blogosphere and we've found another American blogging, Chris Liwski  who is in the USA mens team but I can't find the crew he is in, maybe a spare? (he is blogging on WSJ China Journal with Jason Read) and also other members of the New Zealand team, Nathan Twaddle (M2-), Nicky Coles (W2-).

Thanks to RSR members for also spotting Gearoid Towey , IRL LM4- on the Irish Times site.

I will be adding their updates into my daily round-up.