Murray & Bond (NZL) Win Rowing Men's Pair Gold - London 2012 Olympics

Full highlights from Eton Dorney as New Zealand's Eric Murray and Hamish Bond win the gold medal in the men's rowing pair's event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3 August 2012).

France's Germain Chardin and Dorian Mortelette won silver in the event with Team GB's George Nash and William Satch claiming bronze.

Rowing has been staged at all the editions of the Olympic Games, except in 1896 in Athens. It was, however, on the programme, but a stormy sea compelled the organisers to cancel the events.
Women made their debut at the Games in 1976 in Montreal. They competed in a smaller programme. The Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta marked the introduction of the lightweight events.

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[danilocarno]

Eric Murray and Hamish Bond, simply another category.

[garymacmillan]

Hamish Bond probably would have won the single sculls - they were that good.

[Aya-llof]

Absolute power duo. History in the making

[ppeter]

It's interesting to see how Bond finishes quite a way away from his body. He doesn't use much with the arms compared to Murray and much more with the body.

[robyn]

Yas Aotearoa. Proud of your win. Keep making our small country proud 🇳🇿

[rosskemptheboss]

9:15 how is nash casually rowing with a gold watch aha

[mountain]

You can tell that GB's bowman is dying. Look at 7:27, when it flashes to the overhead camera, and how rapidly GB is moving towards the starboard-side buoys. They go from fairly central in the lane to almost on the buoys in about 12 seconds. Notice at the end with the "finish line camera" that GB is actually on the wrong side of their lane marker--the buoys aren't visible from the shore because they're now on the port side of the shell, i.e. GB is in NZ's lane.

(Either that, or their steering is abysmal, but I'm banking on the former.)

[whatevergable]

Nash was utterly gone at the end, just totally exhausted. It's his first olympics though, so a massive performance from him!

[tarantala]

Love how the coaches tear along side on their bikes. :)

[HuntRs]

It is obvious this commentator has never called many rowing races. Its seems a shame that they didn't have the normal commentators of the FISA world cup and world champs.

[UffeHellum]

Those boys are a wee bit stronger then me. I'll settle for splashing around Lake Union in slow motion.

[VibratingDolphinNow]

Canada's start seemed to be at an amazingly high stroke rate, even compared to the other crews.

[srsly]

First oly's for both the British, with less than a year together, and both not long out of u23's. Quite impressive to even be in the running for a medal in a small boat.

[mattradford]

GB's steering in the last 250 may have cost them silver, dont want to be in the Kiwi's wash

[tootsbraddock]

Dominated!. the double skulls was a hearty win for NZ as well

[doehetvoorgentstudent]

how many times did you watch this?
me: Yes

[stuandnick]

Brits thought they'd pop into the Kiwi's lane at the end. Just to congratulate them easier, you know.

[rustyrory]

i rowed with them XD most amazing experience

[mross]

I'll never forget looking at the betting odds for the kiwi pair to win. The TAB in New Zealand was paying out 3 cents on the dollar (1.03) for the win. It was that much of a certainty in peoples minds. Not worth the bet in my opinion as the chance of an oar snapping or catching a crab is great than the 3 cents but still, comically low odds! Well done NZ and everyone else in that final.

[mattconover]

Not gonna lie. GB know how to pull off a uniform