As an island nation, Ireland might expect more success from water sports than a solitary Olympic medal -- and that nearly three decades ago, at the Moscow Games, in 1980, when David Wilkins and Jamie Wilkinson took silver in the Flying Dutchman class. In Beijing, the nation will be represented by eight boats -- in rowing, sailing and canoeing. The pride of the fleet, in recent years, has been the Men's Lightweight Rowing Four, which has made the final of two of the last three Olympics -- finishing fourth in Atlanta and sixth in Athens. In 2006, the four won the overall Rowing World Cup and took a bronze medal at the World Championships. They will be significant contenders at the Beijing Olympics -- if they can qualify, but they've left it very late. "Ireland's Olympians" follows the team to the final qualifying regatta in Poznan, Poland... (less info)