Rowing: Thomas Lange in 1992 - Barcelona Olympics

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16 жыл бұрын

This film is from the collection of Peter Mallory, who is researching a comprehensive history of rowing technique. Details of what he is still looking for are at:
www.rowingevolution.com
Final:
1. Thomas Lange (ger) 6:51.40
2. Vaclav Chalupa (czs) 6:52.93
3. Kajetan Broniewski (pol) 6:56.82
4. Eric Verdonk (nzl) 6:57.45
5. Jüri Jaanson (est) 7:12.92
6. Sergio Fernández (arg) 7:15.53

Пікірлер: 14

@elite_online_rowing_coach 15 жыл бұрын

It was strange to sit next to your rowing idol/god in 1996. Thomas was the unbeatable. I had to keep my composure and not think about who I am sitting at the line with. After all he was two time Olympic gold medalist, the ironman in person.

@elite_online_rowing_coach 15 жыл бұрын

He is a great man. He came to visit in 2004. He was my idol and was very strange when I had to race him at the 1996 Olympics. Xeno

@jdhai001 16 жыл бұрын

Great video of best rower ever in my humble opinion...listen to his life story. i am certain he could have match or exceed Ivanov and Karpinnen achievements..his style is similar to Iavnoc..check it

@AJC79 12 жыл бұрын

True, but it is understandable that he laments it given how many benefits he would have gained as an elite athlete and double olympic gold medalist!

@DHTCF 13 жыл бұрын

Great athlete, sad about his father, but hard to sympathise too much with a guy who laments something that brought misery to millions.

@seanwhitehall4652 Жыл бұрын

Right over left

@rowermc 15 жыл бұрын

Xeno, what do you mean by very strange ?

@elite_online_rowing_coach 15 жыл бұрын

Strange, when you have to race your "invincible" idol. Luckily Porter beat Lange in 1993, so we knew he was beatable....

@DHTCF 11 жыл бұрын

If he lamented the fall of the third reich, if his father had been in the SS rather than the stasi, would we sympathise with him?

@k.k.j.478 3 жыл бұрын

Nice false equivalence there.

@DHTCF 3 жыл бұрын

@@k.k.j.478 not really a false equivalence. Maybe I was harsh - we can't blame the man for loving his father - but he stasi were a pretty evil bunch.

@k.k.j.478 3 жыл бұрын

@@DHTCF Did they kill millions, and did they plan to kill millions more?

@DHTCF 21 күн бұрын

@@k.k.j.478 they imprisoned millions. If the best you can say of the stasi is that they weren't as bad as the SS, that isn't really very much, is it?

@danielwiniger6284 3 ай бұрын

Uhh, who knew that Lange was a communist