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Selasa, 31 Juli 2012

London 2012 Olympics: Australian rowers plea for a quieter crowd at Eton Dorney

Team GB members have praised the enthusiasm and noise made by the home crowd throughout the Games, but for the Australian rowing team the sheer volume created by the fans has made the journey to Wednesday's finals increasingly more difficult, apparently.

Jason Lane, coach of the Australian women's quad sculls who won their repachage to qualify for the final on Wednesday, said that the niose was a new element to which the rowers must become accustomed.

He said that his crew claimed "it is quite hard to hear calls inside the boat," adding, "you don't often see that in rowing normally."

Lane declared that unless his crew, Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore, Pauline Frasca and Amy Clay, prepares for the noise, spectators' enthusiasm would only serve to hinder their performance.

Toby Lister, cox of the Australian men's heavyweight crew also mentioned the noise trouble as he is preparing for even higher volume on Wednesday's final.

"The gyus have got to be really tunnel-visioned and just listen to my voice," Lister said.

"It's not too bad the first half of the race, you can't really hear the crowd, you hear a slight buzzing noise but nothing overly exhausting, but I think come Wednesday it will be pretty wild, so we will have to be prepared for that," he said.

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