Row: Excited Tomkins ready for his sixth Olympics

AAP Sports News (Australia), August, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 08-02-2008 Row: Excited Tomkins ready for his sixth Olympics By John Coomber BEIJING, Aug 2 AAP - As a six-time Olympian he may have been there, done that, but James Tomkins is still thrilled to bits to be in Beijing. The triple rowing gold medallist felt the familiar tingle in his veins as he tried on his new racing kit and eased his elongated limbs into the uniform he will wear at next Friday's opening ceremony. It seems certain that he will be the first Australian to enter the Bird's Nest stadium when the team marches in as the 203rd of the 205 competing nations. Tomkins, who turns 43 in a couple of weeks, is only the third Australian to compete at six Olympics, but is not making any assumptions about being the flag...

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