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# Old holders laud Kiwi rowers on new world record
- URL: https://hospitality.pro/old-holders-laud-kiwi-rowers-on-new-world-record/
- Published: 2012-07-30T16:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-10-11T15:58:25.000Z
- Author: H L
- Tags: Hospitality Industry News, International Olympic Committee, News, Olympic, #wordpress, #Import 2026-04-16 12:15

In rowing?s case Olympians past and present marked the new men?s pairs World Best time by staging a tongue-in-cheek ?handover?. 

New Zealand?s Eric Murray and Hamish Bond timed 6min 8.50secs in the coxless pairs, almost six seconds inside the 10 year-old record set by Britain?s James Cracknell and Matthew Pinsent in 2002\. Cracknell rushed to congratulate the pair. 

He embraced Murray in a dramatic comedy chokehold and, thinking ahead to the gold medal race, mused: 1 

Cracknell?s former partner, four-time Olympic Champion Matthew Pinsent, set a a previous world best time with Steve Redgrave in 1996\. 

The retired Briton broke the bad news to his six-year-old son, who responded: “1” according to a tweet by Pinsent, who himself remarked: ?1?. 

But there seems to be no stopping the Kiwi duo, who dazzled the competition to finish eight seconds ahead of their closest rivals and continue a four-year winning streak. 

Though they may be odds-on for gold, the Kiwi pair are focused on Wednesday?s semifinal, tweeting: ?1? 

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