For all its photogenic sweetness, rowing, at its highest level, is a contest in suffering.
#TeamCanada's Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer went through agony for the ecstasy of bronze.
#Opinion by @dfeschuk
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#TeamCanada's Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer went through agony for the ecstasy of bronze.
#Opinion by @dfeschuk
thestar.com/sports/olympic…
Janssens and Filmer stormed to a commanding lead in the early going and led the race at the halfway mark of the 2,000-metre course. They were eventually passed by a dominant crew from New Zealand and a surging duo from Russia. thestar.com/sports/olympic…
But the Canadians were able to endure the pain — not to mention the late challenge of a fourth-place crew from Britain — to finish third and deliver Canada’s moribund rowing program its first medal of the Olympic regatta.
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“Uh, it hurt, yeah. We knew that we could do it, though,” said Janssens, speaking of the burn of the final 500 metres.
If it wasn’t so much a tactic as a commitment to physical torture, it worked. thestar.com/sports/olympic…
If it wasn’t so much a tactic as a commitment to physical torture, it worked. thestar.com/sports/olympic…
“We had a lot of hurdles,” Filmer said. “There were a lot of days we spent out of the boat for mental health or injuries ... But it was just believing in the process and believing in each other ... that together we could get through anything.” thestar.com/sports/olympic…
The medal marked Canada’s first in the women’s pair since Marnie McBean and the late Kathleen Heddle claimed gold in the event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. thestar.com/sports/olympic… 
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