Men's single final - North Island Champs 8/2/15

Single sculls final at the North Island Champs 8/2/15
Lane 1 - Chris Harris
Lane 2 - Hamish Bond
Lane 3 - Robbie Manson
Lane 4 - Mahe Drysdale
Lane 5 - Eric Murray
Lane 6 - John Storey
Footage courtesy of TV One News... see story here tvnz.co.nz/othe...

[@seanwhitehall4652]

Those last 10 strokes from Hamish Bond at 6:33 were beastly.

[@ferghodgson]

Respect: a final full of phenomenal athletes. It makes a man proud to be a Kiwi.

[@lifeofslice9864]

If Hamish trained in the scull I reckon he could easily win an Olympic gold.

[@timinsky96]

Hamish ran out of water a little bit. 4 more strokes would've won him the race

[@budyn1974]

great footage, fantastic quality, big cheers for that! many thanks :)

[@MikeDePetris]

Was it intentionally rowed half-slide by Eric and Amish?

[@budyn1974]

probably not, look at their erg videos - it's exactly the same :)

[@alexshannon7987]

Yes

[@MikeDePetris]

@@alexshannon7987 tell me the story please

[@rowvidznz]

No

[@asasons]

Mahe = Best catch in the game

[@seanwhitehall4652]

and best send

[@blakeevans4441]

I have to say although Eric got dropped pretty fast, his catch and overall form looked the best to me

[@seanwhitehall4652]

@@blakeevans4441 Naw, he'd make the best pictures for a textbook, but he didn't have the easy flow of the others.

[@hamishgamble3870]

Mahe has a terrible catch (obviously he made it work), but going that deep is inefficient

[@magasiva6963]

what a race

[@Bruce1xhpl]

Incrível!

[@rudern8]

Boaaaar! Awesome race!

[@VMVarga-yf6eg]

Eric Murray is lucky he isn’t rowing in a Rowing Australia nationals or else the umpires boat would have its bow wave hitting his boat by the 500m mark!!

[@PaddleDogC5]

Clean entry

[@MrDmitrysax]

Эпично въехали.

[@AchimBehrens]

während bei uns Eis auf den Seen ist geben die Jungs richtig Gas!

[@TheCruisingKiwis]

Wow

[@karapana8398]

Lane 5, to short in anterior reversing!! thats the reason for inefficiency. regards from Berlin :-)

[@PrimusOmnium]

Lol Who are you to judge hamish rowing style ? He is Freakin double olympic Champion and has not lost a Single 2- Race in ages... And about his Single scull technique: I Bet there are not many rowers on this planet who can keep up with mahe or Even beat him like hamish did... He is damn efficient!

[@PrimusOmnium]

Jasper Angl what x ? :D exactly? 😀

[@mroriona243]

PrimusOmnium he's talking about eric not hamish

[@PrimusOmnium]

mroriona2 no he is not ! Hamish has that laid back style not Eric !

[@karapana8398]

I meant G5, Murray. He is rather short in the front end.

[@Bruno-ie9wy]

Whoa 😮

[@akonyar]

Hamish the best

[@Johnninham-ur1dr]

local contention..

[@santiagobuso232]

Who win this race?

[@TheCruisingKiwis]

Mahe just

[@jamespatton42]

Who is in lane 3 in this race, who gets silver?

[@andrewbirdkelburn3799]

Robbie Manson

[@ThreeDaysGraceRS]

You mixed up Bond and Murray's lanes, or just Bond and Murray. Hamish is in lane 5 next to Mahe, Eric in lane 2.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

You sure? Looks to me like Hamish certainly came 3rd rowing in lane 2.

[@Sophie-on5hh]

ThreeDaysGraceRS I think you’re confused. Eric is in the lane next to Mahe.

[@marcusconway4]

Boat number 5 is Eric Murray between Mahe and John Storey in lane 6