In today's second semifinal, the U.S. lightweight men's quad today off in last place but by the halfway mark had moved all the way to fourth. At the end, they were just 1.72 seconds away from making the A-level finals. The boat will compete in the B-level finals tomorrow.
Team USA made up an amazing deficit in the second 500, pulling a 1:27.32, more than 2 seconds better than their previous split, and the second-best overall split for the second 500, behind Germany. By the third 500 the U.S. was within .57 seconds of third-place France, but could not respond to France's sprint. France ended up posting a 1:28.77 split for the fourth 500, the fastest of that quarter.
The U.S. crew will face Denmark, Turkey, Czech Republic, Spain and Sweden in the B-level finals. From the times posted, it looks like the U.S. boat has a good shot at first in the B-level finals, or 7th place overall. Break an oar, guys!
The A-level finals will consist of Italy, Hungary, Great Britain, Germany, Russia and France.
Here are the results from World Rowing:
Semifinal 1:
| Nation 1 ITA | 500m 1:25.54 (1) | 1,000m 2:52.77 (1) | 1,500m 4:21.12 (1) | Finish 5:49.69 | Lane 4 |
| 2 HUN | 1:26.01 (2) | 2:54.26 (2) | 4:24.51 (2) | 5:53.70 | 5 |
| 3 GBR | 1:26.30 (3) | 2:55.67 (3) | 4:25.25 (3) | 5:54.73 | 3 |
| 4 CZE | 1:26.75 (4) | 2:57.44 (4) | 4:29.64 (4) | 6:02.60 | 6 |
| 5 ESP | 1:28.00 (5) | 2:58.88 (5) | 4:31.40 (5) | 6:04.85 | 1 |
| 6 SWE | 1:28.46 (6) | 3:00.47 (6) | 4:34.64 (6) | 6:06.79 | 2 |
Semifinal 2:
| Nation 1 GER | 500m 1:25.96 (1) | 1,000m 2:53.02 (1) | 1,500m 4:22.26 (1) | 2,000m 5:51.37 | Lane 3 |
| 2 RUS | 1:27.89 (3) | 2:56.18 (2) | 4:25.19 (2) | 5:54.59 | 4 |
| 3 FRA | 1:26.97 (2) | 2:56.37 (3) | 4:26.27 (3) | 5:55.04 | 2 |
| 4 USA | 1:29.91 (6) | 2:57.23 (4) | 4:26.84 (4) | 5:56.76 | 5 |
| 5 DEN | 1:28.65 (4) | 2:59.05 (5) | 4:30.86 (5) | 6:00.98 | 1 |
| 6 TUR | 1:29.32 (5) | 3:00.49 (6) | 4:36.65 (6) | 6:11.63 | 6 |
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