Word: race
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crimson started out very strong, coming off the line at about 42 strokes per minute and settling to a 37 for most of the race. At the 500-meter mark, the U.S. was third, little more than a second behind leader New Zealand...
...well-precisioned West German crew, clocked at 6:07.00 for the 2000-meter Xochimilco course, captured the gold medal and upset pre-race favorite New Zealand (6:10.43), which eventually finished fourth...
...first half of the race, Harvard was still within a half length of New Zealand, but West Germany had moved up to press New Zealand for the front spot. And by the 1500-meter buoy, Harvard had slipped to fourth and continued to fade...
...Harvard, the race turned into a disheartening repetition ol last Sunday's preliminary heat...
...against such tough competition, Harvard couldn't afford to gamble on the same play again. "The reason we had to take a strong start was to keep from falling back early in the race," Parker said...