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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