MANILA – Cris Nievarez made the quarterfinal cut in the Tokyo Olympics men’s rowing single sculls event after finishing third in his heat on Friday at the Sea Forest Waterway in the Japanese capital. Nievarez clocked in at seven minutes and 22.97 seconds, making the quarterfinal cut as the top three rowers per heat will qualify to the next round. He will join Croatian Damir Martin, who topped Heat 5 at 7:09.17, and Russian Alexander […]
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Defying virus, Latvian ocean rower plans next adventure
by Imants LIEPINSH Agence France-Presse RIGA, Latvia (AFP) — After spending 140 days rowing across the ocean without seeing another human being, Latvian adventurer Karlis Bardelis has some valuable tips for those learning to cope with coronavirus lockdowns. Bardelis started his nearly two-year journey in Peru in July 2018, reaching French Polynesia after nearly five months and finishing in Malaysia in June of this year. Along the way, he was rammed by sharks off Papua […]
ROWING: Sarasota hosts World Rowing Championships 2017
By Adrian Manguit, EBC Sports International, Florida Bureau SARASOTA, FL (Eagle News) -The World Rowing Championships were held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL from September 24th to October 1st 2017. Over 70 Nations from around the world gathered to compete in sixteen different rowing categories for men and ten different categories for women, including both able-bodied and para-rowing athletes. All rowers who competed during this event are considered elite rowers, which takes years […]
