Victoria-trained rowers Scott Frandsen and David Calder are silver medalists once again. The Beijing runners-up in the menB次元官网网址檚 pair duplicated their famous effort from the 2008 Olympics and brought home one of three medals earned by Canada from last weekB次元官网网址檚 2012 World Cup in Switzerland.

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Picked to compete in one of seven boats at this yearB次元官网网址檚 London Olympics, the duo of Calder and Frandsen lost only to New Zealand, which was the favourite going in to the world cup.

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One of the biggest surprises was CanadaB次元官网网址檚 menB次元官网网址檚 eight slipping to bronze in SundayB次元官网网址檚 final, despite setting the worldB次元官网网址檚 best time in the heat on Friday.

Coxswain Brian Price and rower Malcom Howard of Victoria return to lead the gold-medal winning boat from Beijing, with Ontario rowers Will Crothers, Jeremiah Brown, Andrew Byrnes, Conlin McCabe, Rob Gibson and Doug Csima, plus Gabe Bergen from 100 Mile House.

The lightweight womenB次元官网网址檚 double of Tracy Cameron and Lindsay Jennerich finished second in the B final, the equivalent to eighth overall.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 eight lost gold in a photo finish to U.S.A. Our southern neighbours squeaked out a gold-medal victory over Canada by .03 of a second. The rowers return to Canada this week though the womenB次元官网网址檚 eight will continue to train and compete in Europe.

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