1.   And he has never been able to maintain a lasting partnership to make the double scull team.

2.   Out on the lake two middle-aged men were furiously rowing a double scull against the wind.

3.   Their event, the lightweight double sculls, has been added to the Olympic menu for the first time.

4.   Collins and partner Sarah Garner took an early lead in the lightweight double sculls, but dropped to third midway through the race and never recovered.

5.   Earlier in the day, Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle won gold in the double sculls.

6.   Less than an hour later, she finished second in the double scull with training partner Olga Berazniova.

7.   Lightweight rowers Christine and Sarah Garner won their semifinal heat Friday to advance to the Olympic double sculls medal race.

8.   Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn of the Netherlands edged Americans Tom Auth and Steve Peterson in the first heat of the lightweight double sculls.

9.   Michelle Knox Zaloom and Jennifer Devine also reached the semifinals, finishing third in their double sculls heat where the top three advanced.

10.   The Swiss sculler will face Olympic bronze medalist Marcel Hacker and Olympic double sculls champion Iztok Cop of Slovenia, who have been the top performers this season.