Nwaesel and partner Todd Hallett failed to advance. Marnie McBean wipes some sweat out of her eyes while talking over her repechage race strategy with coach Al Morrow.
Fear of failure can be an athlete's greatest motivator.
Singles sculler Marnie McBean of Toronto used her fear to win her repechage at the world rowing championships Tuesday on the Henley Course. A lack of fear sent Canada's men's pair of Morgan Crooks of Lethbridge, Alta., and Dave Calder to a second-place finish in their repechage. Both Canadian boats advanced to the semifinals while the lightweight men's eight narrowly squeaked into the finals, finishing fourth out of five boats in its repechage. N.S. They were fourth in their five-boat repechage and will race next in the C final. Only the top two boats advanced to the semifinals.