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CHUNGJU, South Korea -- Canada wrapped up a three-medal effort at the world rowing championships with a bronze in the womens eight on Sunday. Cheap Bills Jerseys . The United States won gold in six minutes 2.14 seconds and Romania took silver in 6:07.04. Canada was third in 6:09.34. "We were a little bit behind at the start, but we trusted our rhythm just as we have been doing in practice," said Canadian coxswain Kristen Kit. "We rowed back into contention and the women responded to the calls. There were a lot of hearts beating together in this one boat." Kit, from St. Catharines, Ont., was joined by Vancouvers Lisa Roman, Torontos Jennifer Martins, Saskatoons Carolyn Ganes, Susanne Grainger of London, Ont., Ottawas Sarah Black, Victorias Christine Roper, Natalie Mastracci of Thorold, Ont., and Cristy Nurse of Georgetown, Ont. Black, Roper, Mastracci and Nurse also won a silver medal in the womens four on Friday. "Its the first time Ive doubled up at the worlds, so to be on the podium twice is pretty special," said Nurse. "For me, it was nice to have that extra event to keep us sharp and once youre on the podium you want to be back there." Only Mastracci remains on the team from last years Olympic silver-medal winning boat. The womens quadruple sculls picked up Canadas other medal with a silver on Saturday. "Overall, the Canadian team competed here with a lot of determination and pride," said Rowing Canada high performance director Peter Cookson. "The womens team performed to world-class standards and it was a pleasure to watch them race here. "The lightweight men made significant strides towards our goal of inching them back up to world standards. Our heavy men, while we are all disappointed with the results, are showing character and resolve that will certainly benefit them for next year and beyond." Great Britain won gold in the mens eight, finishing ahead of Germany and the United States. Canada did not send a mens eight team to the world championships this year. "Weve got a lot of hard grinding to do over the fall, winter and spring, and I know all of the athletes on the team are itching to get back at it," Cookson said. "Our team motto is integrity, pride and performance. This team is starting to show those characteristics in many ways." In other events on the last day of competition, Nils Jakob Hoff and Kjetil Borch of Norway won the mens double sculls. They took the lead at the midway point of the race and held off a late challenge from Rolandas Mascinskas and Saulius Ritter of Lithuania to claim their first world title. The Lithuanians were second followed by Francesco Fossi and Romano Battisti of Italy. Donata Vistartaite and Milda Valciukaite of Lithuania won the womens double sculls event, beating Fiona Bourke and Zoe Stevenson of New Zealand. Ekaterina Karsten and Yuliya Bichyk of Belarus were third. Denmark won the mens lightweight double four, finishing ahead of New Zealand and Britain. Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic took the mens single sculls, finishing ahead of Angel Fournier Rodriguez of Cuba and Marcel Hacker of Germany. Australias Kim Crow took top honours in the womens single sculls beating New Zealands Emma Twigg and Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic. --- With files from The Associated Press. Youth Bills Jerseys .Gasol had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulls beat the winless Orlando Magic 98-90 on Tuesday night.Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 21 points and Taj Gibson added 16 for Chicago, which finally pulled away in the final minutes of a game that was tied after three quarters. Cheap Taron Johnson Jersey .com) - Pavel Datsyuk and Gustav Nyquist both scored in the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings denied the Minnesota Wilds comeback bid with a 5-4 win on Tuesday. http://www.cheapbillsjerseyselite.com/?tag=cheap-tremaine-edmunds-jersey . Boston is making its first appearance in the ALCS since 2008. For Detroit, its a third straight trip to the ALCS and its fourth in eight years.HONG KONG -- John Moonlight scored a pair of tries as Canada defeated Portugal 35-7 Friday in its opening match at the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament. The Canadian men improved their career record against Portugal to 15-9-0. Canada, which is currently ninth in the series standings, is coming off three impressive performances in the U.S., New Zealand and Japan, where it qualified for the quarter-finals of the elite Cup competition each time. Nanyak Dala, Conor Trainor and Sean White also scored tries Friday for Canada, which will face No. 8 Argentina and No. 4 England on Saturday. Captain Nathan Hirayama, who missed the final day of action in Tokyo last time out due to injury, converted all five Canadian tries. Pedro Bettencourt had the lone try for No. 14 Portugal. Moonlight opened the scoring with a try just 39 seconds into the match. Hirayama then converted tries from Dala and Trainor to put Canada up 21-0 by the 7:20 mark of the first half. Bettencourt got Portugal on the board late, cutting Canadas lead to 21-7 at the break. Moonlight struck quickly to open the second half with a try 50 seconds in. That was all the scoring until Whites try in extra time. In other games, Fiji opened its title defence by blowing away Wales 42-7. In a pool matchup of last years finalists, Fiji ran in six tries to one to put a smile on the face of coach Ben Ryan. "Lets not get carried away. We havent qualified for anything as yet," Ryann said. Cheap Siran Neal Jersey. "We have a far way to go before we can think of defending our title." Fiji, the most successful side at the mecca of sevens rugby, is bidding for a third successive title to go along with hat tricks in 1990-92 and 1997-99. England was the last team to win three in a row, 10 years ago. The Pacific Islanders, coming off victory in Tokyo last weekend, led the charge of all the big guns on the opening night. World series leader South Africa defeated France 31-7, and New Zealand brushed aside Scotland 33-0. Of the top four seeds, England had the hardest time having to ward off a feisty challenge from Argentina, 19-12. In qualifying for core team status in next seasons series, Japan was the most impressive in romps over Uruguay and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to wingers Yoshikazu Fujita and Kenki Fukuoka, who were released by 15s coach Eddie Jones. Host Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, Italy and Russia also emerged unbeaten in the 12-team second-tier competition. The winner of that tournament will join the core teams in the first-tier series next year. Also Friday, the Canadian women defeated France 24-0 to win their second consecutive Hong Kong Invitational Sevens title. The event was a tuneup for the Womens Sevens World Series tournament next week in Guangzhou, China. 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