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[Illuminate]

Yeah, Kamini's blog said it was a running start
http://rightangleperformance.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-1-2000m.html

The US kept seat 4 open
http://readyandreach.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/more-from-nick-in-prague/

[paddleboy]

 No ,each team made their own decision as to the start but you did have to paddle up to the line and the timer did not start until you crossed the line  .Each team was to start 12 seconds apart ,Russia played it smart and waited longer (they started last ) as they knew if they did they would have better water .They knew the timer would not start until they crossed the line so waiting longer gave them a little better water

[goobeygoober]

Came across more Prague Pics on this site: http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.au/Day22009IDBFWorldsPrague#5374406113976557810

Go Canada!

[DBWTim]

Only got this one this morning. Guess our guy's busy today.

2:33pm (5:33am Pacific) - 1000m races: Canada Senior Women 1st Gold, Senior Open 1st Gold, Premier Open (FCRCC), 3rd in Heat, to repechage delayed by 25 min this morning due to heavy fog. It's sunny now and hot.

7:45pm (10:45am Pacific) - Back from races. Lane 1, closest to timing tower is an express lane. FCRCC Open (lane 2) made Grand Final, 4th. Slovaks 1st in lane 1, USA (heavy favorites) 2nd in lane 3, Philippine 5th in lane 4, Germany 3rd in lane 5 and Russia 6th in lane 6.

Minor Final: Iran 1st in lane 1 (shocker), China 2nd in L3, Australia 3rd in L2, Singapore 4th in L4, Cezch 6th in L5, Hungary 5th in L6.

Watch for teams race to get Lane 1 tomorrow, 200m races.

[NFW]

No ,each team made their own decision as to the start but you did have to paddle up to the line and the timer did not start until you crossed the line  .Each team was to start 12 seconds apart ,Russia played it smart and waited longer (they started last ) as they knew if they did they would have better water .They knew the timer would not start until they crossed the line so waiting longer gave them a little better water

Clever strategy for the Russians.

The way the start is set up, depending on how far to the starting line, its possible then that teams can have their start and/or ups and/or transition to reach max speed, to start the race?

The decision to do a gradual build instead of a start, was it partly because to prevent getting water in the boat unnecessarily? (noob question lol)

[paddlecwazy]

Came across more Prague Pics on this site: http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.au/Day22009IDBFWorldsPrague#5374406113976557810

Go Canada!

Thanks for the link.. lots of great shots in the albums..inlcluding this one (I can't tell if she's wearing brown pants or not)

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[paddleboy]

 Well the day is done and we (open team) battle our asses off to end up in the final . Ever heat we had was a very hard battle from the opening heat where we had the USA and Russia and ended up third losing by under 1 second the the USA and .10 to Russia which knocked us into the rep where we had another brutal race and battled with Great Britian but we decided to make a strategic move and try to place second as that would put us in lane one for the semi which is definately the express lane and every team here knows it .

 It ended up bein a dogfight w/ Great Britian who wanted the same but we were able to hold them off w/ a huge finish which moved us to he semi .In the semi we knew we have to go hard as this was a tough field where we would face the Phillipines and we beat them and Slovakia which took us to the final where Slovakia was in the express lane 1 and they knew they had the advantage  . On the start they put everything they had to get out in front as they knew the lane had a huge advantage for the first 500 and they played it right moving out on the USA and the Phillipines .The USA moved over thinking they would be able to ride the wash of the Phillipines next to them ,which did not work as the Phillipines moved as well and we tried the same strategy w/the USA next to us
 but the usa was way too far over so we just stayed on it hard doing push after push but germany is a powerhouse and they would sit just a little back and ride the wash of others and in the last 500 would make a huge move and try to shoot past everyone and they did in one of their earlier heats which they won and in this final they just caught us right at the end & serged ahead ....a pretty amazing feat considering how strong all the teams were in the final .The slovacks only won because they had the express lane ..... we had already beaten them earlier .

 A good example of lane one was the B final when Iran beat China by a boat almost in  that final.There is a not a chance in the world Iran would ever beat this China team in a fair race,China  is super tough, and a very experienced team

 Tomorrow brings a new day and the 200's both in open and in mixed .The Phillipines and China will be very tough in these distances ...stay tuned ...Lethal has some great pictures to share when he gets back

[DBWTim]

Fog - This morning, races delayed 30 minutes. What if this had been 2000m races that took place yesterday.


Iran Womens team - They must be so hot.


Team China

[paddleboy]

lane 1 - Slovakia - 4:04.33
lane 3 - USA  - 4:08.82
lane 5 - Germany - 4:08.83
lane 2 - Canada - 4:09.28
lane 4 - Phillipines - 4:09.42
lane 6 - Russia - 4:13.27


B final

lane 1 - Iran - 4:09.33
lane 3 - China - 4:10.87
lane 2 - Australia - 4:12.92
lane 4 - Singapore - 4:15.47
lane 6 - Hungary -4:15.51
lane 5 - Czech Republic - 4:15.53


 Just to give you an idea as to how much faster lane 1 is .....the senior open went nearly 8 seconds faster in lane one then any other lane today and said they felt they did not have to work nearly as hard in that lane

[Guido]

Paddleboy....you're slowing down on posting your results.....

http://www.dragonboat2009.com/results

[Special K]

What are they feeding the China and Philippine teams? They are 5-6 seconds ahead on the 200m, that's insane! Remember all those who raced against FCRCC and how far ahead they would be, these teams are 6+ seconds faster than them. Can't wait to see footage on these races.

 Premier Mixed 200m

Grand Final Team Times

Lane 1  Germany 48.625
Lane 2  Macau China 49.562
Lane 3  China 45.951
Lane 4  Philippines 43.507
Lane 5  Russia 49.734


 Premier Mixed 200m
 
Minor Final Team Times

Lane 1  Hungary 49.177
Lane 2  Austalia 50.863
Lane 3  Canada 50.730
Lane 4  Sweden 51.425
Lane 5  Czech Republic 50.618
Lane 6  United States of America 49.165

Lane 6  Poland 50.868

[Illuminate]

The Premier Open times for China and Philippines are at about 40 seconds flat.  I'd love to see them go 100+ strokes per minute

[LittleSchrodinger]

The Premier Open times for China and Philippines are at about 40 seconds flat.  I'd love to see them go 100+ strokes per minute

They're not already doing that?

[Illuminate]

Ya, they are, just saying I'd like to see it in person

[NFW]

The Indonesian team typically does 110 strokes/min and they spank the Philippines and China teams lol