Drysdale vs Waddell #3 final olympic trail rowing race

Mahe Drysdale won the final race against Rob Waddell, who revealed he had had medical problems during the race from an existing heart condition.

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[freeskier472]

mahe is a pussy robs my hero

[8492171ab]

robs the man! he would have won the 2008 olympics like he did in syndney! an mahe probley would have 2 if he hadnt got sick! cant rate 1 better then the other! both amazing rowers an good sportsman! big respect for rob 2 come out of 8 year retirement and even compete with the world champion! THE MAN

[slutbucketism]

@8492171ab But... Mahé holds the world record on water for the single sculls...

[nateo200]

Waddell is still the man. Mahe is not touching is 5:35 erg test...and if you say erg's don't float just look at the guys muscle mass compared to Drysdale, he make's Drysdale look like flubber. Will be looking forward to seeing Waddell back in the M1x event in 2012 olympics where he belongs. Not hating on Drysdale its just I hate when athletes get thrown in a boat they shouldn't be in...I mean come on we all know Waddell should have been in the 1x but because he got ill he wasn't....

[AxelPRC]

he doesnt pretend it was a fair race he make a point that he knew something was wrong its his coach that was getting aroused about how much rob lost by he thought mahe was having a really really good race i mean please your a world class coach and you cant see that, that gap is competely unrealistic unless there was something wrong with rob. No olympic champ who beat mahe multiple times that season is going to lose by 150m the coach looks like hes gonna wet his pants

[AxelPRC]

yea hes a genetically enginered mutant from the future, a government experiment to develop the perfect soldier

[AxelPRC]

nah rob is the best. He rows better he is stronger and is an absolute machine

[AxelPRC]

i dont know about that rob is a far superior athlete. I dont know where you got this aerobic - speed work thing you dont know what they were doing for training. Every morning before training rob would do a 1 1/2 hr erg so i really dont know where your coming from. Rob is a freak athlete and he was the best sculler of the two its really unfortunate that his heart fucked out but then again its good because mahe cant row crew sculling boats if his life depended on it

[Thomas141992]

lol mahe pretends that it was a fair race but it's so obvious the difference shows that waddell was sick

[jwehyam]

Xeno Muller has had the same problem.. He describes on his site... he has had cardio version to fix it.. I've had cardio version but that and atrial fibrillation is all I have in common with him and Waddell .. .. BUT I tell you this when your heart goes out of sync the last thing you feel like doing is pulling on an oar. Not only is it frightening but you feel really shitty.. you arent getting the blood supply you need and your body knows it.. I am full of admiration for Waddell.