Drew Ginn posted coverage of the Pair Final from Worlds on his blog. Ginn is the starboard (I believe) rower of the now 2007 World Champions in the Men’s Pair, among other accolades.
I tried to embed the YouTube video, but the alignment was off, so you’ll have to watch the video on his site. There is almost a sense that when the Aussies take it up in the final part of the race they’re going so fast that the camera can’t keep them in the shot. Or maybe the camera man was purposely focusing on the second place Kiwis? Who knows.
At the 1,000m mark the Aussies and NZ are neck in neck. Just .2 seconds separate first and second place. At some point, the network posts what their stroke rates are: NZ is between 41 and 42, Aus between 38 and 39. Faster stroke rates don’t mean squat if you don’t go faster, and NZ didn’t.