Here's a more international approach to the Olympics - and perhaps those of you with connections to these regions can supply an appropriate cheer for the rowers.
Overview of the Olympic Sport rowing, i.e., events:
http://proxy.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/f ... t?sport=ro
Fifty-eight nations will be represented in the sport of rowing this summer in Beijing, three more than at the Athens Olympics in 2004. China, New Zealand, Britain and Germany look like the nations to beat.
Dutch Olympic Team referred to in several articles; cannot locate a link, perhaps Peter H can supply reference? Here are the Olympic rowers:
Rogier BLINK Netherlands
Geert CIRKEL Netherlands
Femke DEKKER Netherlands
Paul DREWES Netherlands
Jan-Willem GABRIELS Netherlands
Sjoerd HAMBURGER Netherlands
Ivo SNIJDERS Netherlands
Olaf van ANDEL Netherlands
Gerard van der LINDEN Netherlands
Marit van EUPEN Netherlands
Matthijs VELLENGA Netherlands
Gijs VERMEULEN Netherlands
AUS
http://www.olympics.com.au/Sports/Sport ... x?link=234&
MEX - looks like two events according to schedule Peter has put forth - good links by Dan and Peter.
Gabriela HUERTA Mexico
Patrick LOLIGER Mexico
UK -
http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/ ... gt=S&sp=RO