TAKE-OFF TOO SLOW
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Oct 21. Winning at Henley last year had possibly made the coxed four overestimate its capabilities in the Olympic Games, said one of the crew, Alastair Dryden, back in Auckland today. Dryden, who has returned to prepare for his professional engineering examinations which begin next Tuesday, summed up his crew’s performance thus: “The opposition was much tougher than we anticipated.” “I feel our success at Henley may have lulled us into a sense of false security.” Dryden said they had matched the Continental crews in fitness but these were vastly superior in the take-off. “We found that the typical New Zealand style of a slow start and strong finish put us at a big disadvantage,” said Dryden. In our first heat we were six seconds behind the leader with only a third o the race gone. We finished faster than anyone, but were still two seconds behind the winner at the finish.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30578, 22 October 1964, Page 25
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