Slovene Coxless Four Miss Out on Medal

Sydney, 23 September - The Slovene coxless four boat of of Jani Klemencic, Milan Jansa, Rok Kolander and Matej Prelog finished fourth and just missed out on a medal in Saturday's final at the Sydney Olympic Games. The Slovenes rallied in the last 250 metres but failed to overtake the Australian boat which finished 0.73 seconds ahead. The winners were the British team with a time of 5:56.24, followed by the Italians.