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the only sport where you cross the finish line backwards and exhausted
means The act of propelling a boat through water using oars, whether for sport, leisure, or transport.
from From Old English 'rowan,' to row or propel with oars, a deep Germanic root shared with Old Norse 'roa' and Dutch 'roeien.' Linguists trace it further back to a Proto-Indo-European root '*ere-,' meaning to row, which also surfaces in Latin 'remus' (oar) and the Greek word that gives us 'trireme,' that ancient warship bristling with three banks of rowers. So when you pull an oar, you're echoing a verb that sailors and warriors have been muttering for thousands of years.
- oldest olympic
- Rowing was on the 1896 program but storms canceled it
- blistered hands
- Rowers tape over open blisters and keep pulling
- silent power
- A crew of eight steers via one tiny rudder
- oxygen debt
- Elite rowers rival cross-country skiers in VO2 max
- swing
- Perfect sync feels weightless, called catching the swing
oxford cambridge boat race — annual competition between university of oxford and cambridge since 1829 on the thames
henley royal regatta — international rowing competition held on the thames in england since 1839
world rowing championships — annual global competition established in 1962, contested by national teams
boston marathon rowing — head of the charles regatta in boston, largest 2-day rowing event in usa with 11,000 athletes