Current:Home > FinanceTeam USA rowing men's eight takes bronze medal at Paris Olympics -WealthGrow Network
Team USA rowing men's eight takes bronze medal at Paris Olympics
TrendPulse View
Date:2025-04-09 23:22:48
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France − Team USA rowing picked up its second medal of the Paris Games on Saturday when the men's eight team took bronze with a time of 5:25.28 to reach the podium along with Great Britain (gold, 5:22.88) and the Netherlands (silver, 5:23.92) at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
It was a largely inexperienced crew where the Olympics are concerned − just one rower in the boat had ever been to the Games before − but it was nevertheless good enough to reach the podium and bodes well for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The team held the third position after the 500-, 1,000- and 1,500-meter marks of the 2,000-meter race, but couldn't make up the deficit on the Netherlands to take silver. At the 1,500-meter mark, the two boats were virtually even, but the Netherlands was able to extend its lead over the United States over the final stretch.
"It's a really fast race and a really unforgiving race," said Clark Dean, who finished off-podium at the Tokyo Games. "That being said, going into this race, every hard racing piece we've done, we've been able to close. We've been able to change the speeds, we've been able to hang on. The conditions in this race proved that we were a bronze-medal crew today. But I think we left it all on the table."
Team USA includes Dean, Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton and coxswain Rielly Milne. All except Dean were first-time Olympians; Dean raced as part of a Team USA men's four team that finished fifth in Tokyo three years ago. But while he'd been to the Olympics before, Dean said the Paris Games have been nothing like Tokyo, and downplayed his role as a leader.
➤ Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
"Everyone in the crew has certain strengths and weaknesses. While I'd been to the Games before, it was a different boat, a very different regatta," Dean said. "And we got fifth place (in Tokyo) which is a place we didn't want to get. Everyone's had past successes and failures in the sport (and) we can reflect and learn from our other races, but everyone was committed and buying in that this was a special lineup, and this was the fastest boat we've ever been in."
On Thursday, the United States' men's four team won a gold medal for the first time since the 1960 Rome Games with a time of 5:49.03, breaking out to an early lead and holding it through each check-point of the 2000-meter race.
MEDAL WATCH:Olympic medals today: What is the count at 2024 Paris Games on Friday?
Rowing at the Paris Games consisted of seven events each for men and women. Through preliminary heats, Team USA qualified for Saturday's Finals A competition, which determines medal winners, in three events: women's single sculls, women's eight, and men's eight. Team USA's Kara Kohler, in the women's single sculls, finished fifth with a time of 7:25:07, behind gold medal winner Karolien Frolijn of the Netherlands. America's women's eight team also took a fifth-place finish in a time of 6:01.73, as Romania took the gold in 5:54.09.
Reach Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase Goodbread at [email protected]. Follow on X @chasegoodbread.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast.Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (21278)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers
Ranking
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Recommendation
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates