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Pittsburgh Crew Coach Rows in Olympics, But Does Not Make Medal Stand
Florin Curuea rowed in the Men 4 event for the Romanian team.
Pittsburgh Rowing Club coach Florin Curuea and his three Romanian teammates did not make the medal stand Saturday morning for the Men 4 rowing event in the London Olympics.
Great Britain (6:03.97), Australia (6:05:19) and the United States (6:07:20) took the gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Altogether, 12 countries competed in the finals and the Romanians came in with the 11th best time at 6:16:20.
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Curuea has coached several students from the Plum-Oakmont area.
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