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BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - China has won the gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls, winning the country's first-ever gold medal in the sport in front of a roaring home crowd.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - Denmark has won the gold medal in lightweight men's four rowing, coasting after a strong start to win by nearly 2 seconds.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter of Britain have won the gold medal in lightweight men's double sculls, the first British pair to ever win this Olympic event.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - New Zealand's Mahe Drysdale just wasn't going to miss the medal ceremony after winning the Olympic bronze in the men's single sculls final - even if he couldn't stand when he finished the race.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - Britain continued its dominance in men's four rowing and won the gold medal for the third straight Olympics, holding off Australia to win in 6 minutes, 6.57 seconds.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu of Romania have won the gold medal in women's pair rowing, bringing their combined career Olympic gold medal haul to a whopping nine.

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) - World record-holder Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand barely qualified for the final in men's single skulls, claiming the third and last slot in his heat with less than a half-second to spare.

Three more Chinese crews finished first in their heats Sunday, boosting the total to five top spots in the first two days of competition and suggesting the country could win its first rowing gold.

Haidar Nozad and Hamzah Hussein Jebur are used to the fear.

A diesel generator used to create the underwater bubbles that formed the finish line overheated on Saturday, but did not delay races on the first day of Olympic rowing heats.

In the first day of rowing competition, top competitors in the men's and women's sculls, double sculls, pairs, and men's four advanced to the semifinals.

Whenever Anna Goodale looks at the illustrations of the "Gibson Girl," she sees all the traits her famed great-great grandfather would want her to have.

The Iraqi Olympic team arrived in China late Monday, less than a week after the country's ban was reversed.

Two Iraqi rowers will be allowed to take part in the Beijing Olympics, the International Rowing Federation said Wednesday.

Bryan Volpenhein somehow always seems at his best when the heat is on.

In 2004, both U.S. eights took home medals, with the men winning gold and the women taking home silver. But four years later, the landscape has changed with more countries aiming for gold. And at the top of the list is China.