Ollympic rowers hold final practice in Sarasota

The pair will head west to compete in the Tokyo games.

TWO ATHLETES HOPING TO WINGOLD AT THE OLYMPICS...LAUNCHED FROM THE DOCKS ATNATHAN BENDERSON PARK INSARASOTA FOR THE FINAL TIME.OUR PARTNERS AT NEWSY SHARESTHEIR JOURNEY TO TOKYO.TYPICAL SARASOTA MORNING HERE.WEPARK.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALLRIGGING THE BOAT.

WEATTACHING RIGGER PARTS TO THBRAND NEW BOAT.

WEFOR A HARD DAY OF TRAINING.

MYNAME IS MOLLY RECKFORD IMICHELLE SECHSER IN THE USLIGHTWEIGHT WOMENS DOUBLE.

WEARE HAVING ONE OF OUR LASTPRACTICES BEFORE WE STARTTRAVELING WEST.

WE ARE GOINGTO THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO,JAPAN.

WE TRAIN 2 OR 3 TIMES ADAY, DEPENDING TYPICALLY TWOROWS AND SOMETIMES THE MIDDLEOF THE DAY.

WE WILL DO SOMEINTERVAL WORK, WEDIFFERENT SPEEDS, DIFFERENTPACES, DIFFERENT POWEREFFORTS.

MICHELLE SECHSER USALIGHTWEIGHT WOMANSOME DAYS WEHARD AND FAST AND SOMEDAYSITAROBIC STEADY STATE.

ITINCREDIBLE AROBIC WORKOUT.LEGS AND ARMS AND SOME BACK.MOLLY AND MICHELLE CAN TALKAND CHAT WHILE KEEPING INPERFECT SYNC.

ITINCREDIBLE.

MY DREAMS DEPENDENTIRELY ON MICHELLE AND HERDREAMS DEPEND ON ME.

ITGOOD.

IT FITS PRETTY WELLTOGETHER LIKE A YIN AND YANG.I TRUST THAT SHEEVERYTHING SHE CAN DO GETACROSS THE LINE AND SHE TRUSTSTHAT IREALLY EXCITING.

IT ALMOSTDIDNITHE OLYMPICS.

ITCOME TRUE.

ITCOME WITH A MEDAL.

MOLLYRECKFORD USA LIGHTWEIGHTWOMANPERSONALLY, PERFORMING AT MYBEST IS TRULY THE GOAL.

ANDTOO&.

THIS BOAT IS A VERYSPECIAL BOAT AND I THINK WECAN DO GREAT THINGS AND IEXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.AND IF WE PUT FORWARD THATKIND OF PERFORMANCE, OUR BEST,I THINK SOMETHING SPECIAL WIHAPPEN