Olympics-Rowing-Game plans torn up in pairs heat dogfight


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Rowing - Men's Double Sculls Heats - Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Flatwater, Vaires-sur-Marne, France - July 27, 2024. Daire Lynch of Ireland and Philip Doyle of Ireland in action. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympic rowers spend huge amounts of time perfecting their strategies ahead of races, but sometimes even the best-laid plans go out of the window.

Such was the case at the Paris Olympics on Sunday morning, when the first heat in the men's pairs turned into an unexpected thriller.

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