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Fri 10 Oct 2007Holland lands Irish roleRowing:John Holland was chosen as Ireland lightweight coach yesterday - and made it clear he took the job because he felt Irish lightweight athletes have the ability to win a medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing.The Corkman, who guided Greece to their first Olympic rowing medal at Athens in 2004, must take an Irish crew or crews through a qualifier in mid June in Poland to reach Beijing in August. But he has sufficient belief in the talent available that he will step away from his full-time job as director of coaching in UCD to take up this post.