Rowing: Thomas Lange in 1992 - Barcelona Olympics

[@elite_online_rowing_coach]

He is a great man. He came to visit in 2004. He was my idol and was very strange when I had to race him at the 1996 Olympics. Xeno

[@elite_online_rowing_coach]

It was strange to sit next to your rowing idol/god in 1996. Thomas was the unbeatable. I had to keep my composure and not think about who I am sitting at the line with. After all he was two time Olympic gold medalist, the ironman in person.

[@AJC79]

True, but it is understandable that he laments it given how many benefits he would have gained as an elite athlete and double olympic gold medalist!

[@jdhai001]

Great video of best rower ever in my humble opinion...listen to his life story. i am certain he could have match or exceed Ivanov and Karpinnen achievements..his style is similar to Iavnoc..check it

[@DHTCF]

Great athlete, sad about his father, but hard to sympathise too much with a guy who laments something that brought misery to millions.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

Right over left

[@rowermc]

Xeno, what do you mean by very strange ?

[@elite_online_rowing_coach]

Strange, when you have to race your "invincible" idol. Luckily Porter beat Lange in 1993, so we knew he was beatable....

[@DHTCF]

If he lamented the fall of the third reich, if his father had been in the SS rather than the stasi, would we sympathise with him?

[@k.k.j.478]

Nice false equivalence there.

[@DHTCF]

@@k.k.j.478 not really a false equivalence. Maybe I was harsh - we can't blame the man for loving his father - but he stasi were a pretty evil bunch.

[@k.k.j.478]

@@DHTCF Did they kill millions, and did they plan to kill millions more?

[@DHTCF]

@@k.k.j.478 they imprisoned millions. If the best you can say of the stasi is that they weren't as bad as the SS, that isn't really very much, is it?

[@danielwiniger6284]

Uhh, who knew that Lange was a communist