";s:4:"text";s:5608:" We would have specific blocks of training targeting different areas of our conditioning which would culminate in us being in the best physical shape possible for our pinnacle event. The Dunedin-born Bond and the Hastings-born Murray, who is the … Murray does not take the sport too seriously and knows how to fully relax once the racing is over. .Eric Murray, left, and Hamish Bond show off their gold medals after winning the coxless pair final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Murray rules out joining Bond in rowing return,Hamish Bond and Eric Murray win Olympic gold,Kiwi contestant appears on The Chase: 'You don't sound very Middlesexian',Mother grieves 'honest, hard-working son' killed on afternoon ride,Woman punched after parking confrontation,Restaurant owner's desperate attempt to sell failed business for $1 reserve on Trade Me,Weather: Strong 120kmh gales, heavy rain set to batter South Island, parts of the North Island,New Zealand fitness guru reveals how to get the 'perfect body' in seconds,Grand Designs NZ: Extreme Piha beach-house build highlights stress of underestimating cost,Quiz: Afternoon trivia challenge September 21 2020,Coronavirus: Cabinet loosens Covid-19 shackles, as alert levels lowered in Auckland and around NZ,Mike King blasts Ministry of Health for 'burying' '1000 Letters' suicide report. Little did he know it would turn into a full-time job and an Olympic dream. Like many New Zealanders Murray got into rowing to keep fit for rugby in the winter.
They both won gold medals in their respective fields at London 2012 and are considered to be one of the greatest of all-time in their sports.So perhaps it may come as no coincidence that New Zealand rowing powerhouse Eric Murray shared his flight to Rio de Janeiro with record-breaking Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.Murray, who along with his rowing pair Hamish Bond, is currently on a 66-race winning streak, and is aiming for back-to-back gold medals going into the Rio Olympics.Bolt is considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all-time, let alone one of the best sprinters in the world right now.He won gold medals in every event he competed in at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics, and will be looking to complete an unprecedented three-peat at Rio 2016, where he would be the first to win a hat-trick of gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay across three Olympics.On the go and no time to finish that story right now? Like many New Zealanders Murray got into rowing to keep fit for rugby in the winter. ",Eric Murray – Olympic gold medalist rower. Eric Murray, New Zealand’s World and Olympic Champion rower and indoor rowing specialist exposes some of the secrets that have brought him success - not just on the ergometer - but also on the water.
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