British brothers beat Italian brothers in a fantastic final sprint
The Abbagnale brothers with their coxwain Di Capua (ITA), M2+
Olympic champions 1984 + 1988 and seven times WRC gold medal
winners, looked like the certain victors in the M2+ final a couple of
hundred meters from the finish line when the Searle brothers raised
their stroke rate up to 44 and managed to overtake the favourites
within the last 15 strokes.
Deal is a coastal town in Kent
13 km north-east of Dover
Deal Rowing Club (founded 1927)
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