TY - BOOK AU - Hamilton,Eric AU - Eric Hamilton ED - JL Design Enterprises TI - A fine balance U1 - 813.54 PY - 2000/// CY - Santa Ana, Calif. PB - JL Design Enterprises KW - Rowing -- United States, Olympics – History, Rowers -- United States, Documentary film, United States Rowing Association, Olympic games N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000; The U.S. men's 2000 Olympic eight was poised to make history. They had won the World Rowing Championships an unprecedented three years in a row. If they could do it again by winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, they would be considered the greatest eight-oared men's crew in the history of the sport. The film begins in January 2000, with the first official workout for potential Olympians. For the next 97 minutes, it follows the training and selection of the U.S. crew, concluding at the Sydney Olympic Games. It is told in the first person, as the rowers and coaches, friends and family tell their story as it unfolds ER -