Four-man rowing sculls glide past, oarsmen grunting as the coxswain deftly works the rudder.
The Sculls were fearlessly aggressive collectors, but in the midst of their nasty divorce proceeding.
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Gloucestershire rower Zac Purchase set the fastest time in the heats of the lightweight men's sculls.
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Conversely, the taxis cab Sculls auctioned off the most comprehensive collection of pop art, anywhere, in 1974.
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The 23-year-old who won the lightweight double sculls title with Mark Hunter in Beijing is now focussing on 2012.
Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham won their heat in the men's double sculls.
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One member of that team was Hamza Hussein, with whom Rashid competed at the Beijing Olympics in the double sculls.
She came within a second of a medal in the women's lightweight sculls but had to make do with fourth place.
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"Only the cox of the eight-person sculls could be your 'Average Joe, ' someone without great athletic ability, " says Cao, the team manager.
But there was a surprise when Alan Campbell, one of the favourites for the men's single sculls, finished last in his heat.
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Annie Vernon and Anna Bebington also moved to the semi-final after finishing second in the women's double sculls behind the Chinese crew.
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Ms Copeland, 21, of Ingleby Barwick, and her rowing partner Sophie Hosking, 26, won the women's lightweight double sculls event during London 2012.
Olaf Tufte of Norway added the Olympic crown to his world title with a dramatic fightback in the men's single sculls on Saturday.
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Sebastien Vieilledent and Adrien Hardy of France won the gold medal in the double sculls in a time of six minutes 29 seconds.
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Antonia Van Deventer will also be heading to the repechage after she finished fourth in her heat for the lightweight women's single sculls.
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For the juniors, Johan Lai continued his excellent form winning in J12 single sculls and teamed up with Joel Bullock to win J13 double sculls.
Chris Jones and Borris Darcy were successful in the intermediate double sculls and Steve Randall and Phil Davies won in their open coxless pairs event.
Welcome to the world of Iraq's Olympic rowing duo, as they prepare for the 2012 London games - where they plan to race in the double sculls.
Purchase should compete alongside Marc Hunter in the lightweight double sculls, continuing the partnership from the 2008 Olympics, while Reed has spent the 2010 World Cup season in the pairs with Andy Hodge.
Hamza Hussein was part of the Iraqi men's four team that came fifth whilst Haidar Rashid won one of just three Iraqi medals in the Games, taking bronze in the men's single sculls event.
The former King's School, Worcester pupil teamed up with Mark Hunter to win gold in the men's lightweight double sculls in Beijing - the first time Great Britain had won the Olympic title in this category.
In j12 double sculls, Nick Burden and Probert were successful as were Reynolds and Jess Boon in Wj11 double sculls before Ross capped the weekend when Livi Jephcote and Megan Jephcote won the wj12 double sculls.
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