Racing in lane 1, Keeling and Di Clemente never seemed to find their rhythym. After 500m they were lying 5^th almost 2 seconds behind France but still ahead of the USA. The positions stayed like that until the final 500m of the 2km race. The USA then put in a surge which the South African’s were not able to respond to. The USA pairing ending almost 5 seconds ahead of Keeling and Di Clemente.

Result World Cup World Rowing Championships 2009,Poznan - Race 167: M2- Final A

Rank Boat 500 m 1000 m 1500 m Finish Lane

1 NZL 1:30.46 (1) 3:04.11 (1) 4:40.71 (1) 6:15.93 4

2 GBR 1:32.51 (3) 3:07.05 (2) 4:42.11 (2) 6:17.45 3

3 GRE 1:31.08 (2) 3:08.15 (3) 4:45.47 (3) 6:23.01 2

4 FRA 1:32.60 (4) 3:10.15 (4) 4:49.23 (4) 6:24.69 5

5 USA 1:34.30 (6) 3:12.71 (6) 4:52.77 (5) 6:33.16 6

6 RSA 1:34.08 (5) 3:11.78 (5) 4:52.85 (6) 6:38.06 1