Trunk and Arms Double Scull (Squad) Kathryn Ross (VIC) John Maclean (NSW) Gavin Bellis (VIC) Winners of 1980 Olympiad in rowing and canoeing (single sculls), including Australian silver medalist J. Sumegi. Australia is hoping to medal in 2012 in London. Over the weekend, Rowing Australia announced their 2012 national squad in the lead up to the and in London. Australia has earned qualification for ten boats at the Games but have the opportunity to add three additional boats at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, in late May. One boat attempting to earn qualification at Lucerne is the women's coxed-eight, who had a time at the  Regatta of 2000m time of six minutes 10.03 seconds, about 96\% as fast as the predicted time of the gold medal time at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Selection for a team is considered a major boon for women's rowing as Australia had not been competing internationally in the event after a disappointing performance at the 2008 Games in Beijing, where Australia finished well out of medal range in last, and has yet to live down the "" situation at the 2004 Games. Ten rowers, Phoebe Stanley, Hannah Vermeersch, Alexandra Hagan, Sally Kehoe, Tess Gerrand, Renee Chatterton, Emma McCarthy, Sarah Cook, Amy Clay and Robyn Selby-Smith, were named with only eight spots available. The women's coxed-eight team will spend the next three weeks training before cuts will be made for the Qualifiers. A new director was named at the  on Sunday. New director Matthew Favier, who comes from the United Kingdom, has the ability to determine funding for high performance sport, and is scene as a potential positive for rowing as he could increase funding to the sport because it provides multiple Olympic medal potential for one sport.
Trunk and Arms Double Scull (Squad) Kathryn Ross (VIC) John Maclean (NSW) Gavin Bellis (VIC) Winners of 1980 Olympiad in rowing and canoeing (single sculls), including Australian silver medalist J. Sumegi. Australia is hoping to medal in 2012 in London. Over the weekend, Rowing Australia announced their 2012 national squad in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in London. Australia has earned qualification for ten boats at the Games but have the opportunity to add three additional boats at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in , Switzerland in late May. One boat attempting to earn qualification at Lucerne is the women's coxed-eight, who had a time at the Sydney Regatta of 2000m time of six minutes 10.03 seconds, about 96\% as fast as the predicted time of the gold medal time at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Selection for a team is considered a major boon for women's rowing as Australia had not been competing internationally in the event after a disappointing performance at the 2008 Games in Beijing, where Australia finished well out of medal range in last, and has yet to live down the "" situation at the 2004 Games. Ten rowers, Phoebe Stanley, Hannah Vermeersch, Alexandra Hagan, Sally Kehoe, Tess Gerrand, Renee Chatterton, Emma McCarthy, Sarah Cook, Amy Clay and Robyn Selby-Smith, were named with only eight spots available. The women's coxed-eight team will spend the next three weeks training before cuts will be made for the Qualifiers. A new director was named at the Australian Institute of Sport on Sunday. New director Matthew Favier, who comes from the United Kingdom, has the ability to determine funding for high performance sport, and is scene as a potential positive for rowing as he could increase funding to the sport because it provides multiple Olympic medal potential for one sport.
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