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Subject: Re: The importance of the NCAA to Olympic sports

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SpuytenDuyvil76

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Date Posted: 16:10:08 07/25/24 Thu
In reply to: SpuytenDuyvil76 's message, "The importance of the NCAA to Olympic sports" on 06:39:30 07/23/24 Tue

We have an expression in rowing: "Ergs don't float". Meaning, given all the variability at any given time on the water, the rowing machine (ergometer) is not the final word. The erg is a valuable tool for measuring power, but has very real limitations. A strong brute can get a much better score on the machine than a smaller individual, but that smaller individual, if they have better technique and conditioning, can move the boat faster on the water. But it is an incomparable training tool. And a great warm-up for any work-out. Kudos to you for incorporating it into your routine.

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Author: sparman [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:26:33 07/27/24 Sat Can you explain why there are only 7 boats competing in the men's 8s? We have a friend whose son (from Brown) is on the US team and I was surprised when I saw the schedule. Seems almost silly to have two preliminary races just to eliminate ine boat from the final.

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SpuytenDuyvil76 (verily)
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Date Posted: 05:52:28 07/28/24 Sun

Bottom line is overall cap on athletes per sport. A qualification (elimination) system maintained by the international rowing federation is in place in the year prior, culminating in the final qualifying race, the so-called "Regatta of Death", held at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland at the end of May. U.S.A. took silver in a close fought race behind Great Britain, the Olympic gold medal favorite. U.S.A. is expected to medal; should be a good race. But I agree: seems really odd format for the marquee events (men's and women's 8s).

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Author: SpuytenDuyvil76 (verily) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:26:14 07/30/24 Tue Men's 8 and 4 looking very strong! Should be great racing in the final vs favored Brits. Go USA! Mens 4 (highlight 4+ min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVB5ao8vOGY Mens 8 (highlight 2+min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qIX5xDYTs

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Author: RedWin [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:40:57 07/30/24 Tue When I was at Cornell we would cheer the crew teams from a bridge over the Cayuga Inlet they were racing. I remember they went really fast under that bridge. Anyone know the average speed of those boats?

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Author: SpuytenDuyvil76 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:14:36 07/30/24 Tue I'm looking online and getting references betw 14-15 mph for top men's 8. World record, by the Germans, is 5 min 18.7 secs over 2000 m, standard race length. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-coxed-eights-rowing-(mens-class) or 14.04 mile/hour

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Author: HDallma [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:17:07 07/31/24 Wed Princeton Woman wins gold in rowing.

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Author: Drew2411 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:16:38 07/31/24 Wed For what country?

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Author: joiseyfan [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:32:29 07/31/24 Wed Hannah Scott ‘21 of Britain wins gold in quad sculls boat in upset over the Netherlands.

[> [> Subject: Re: The importance of the NCAA to Olympic sports
Author: sparman [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 05:55:05 08/03/24 Sat Sitting im Heathrow, watched crew race live. USA 3d, never really threatened GB for gold. Competitive with Netherlands for 2d but Dutch several seats better. Yesterday watched 3x3 bball (BBC covers everything). I was surprised how ragged the team looked losing to France to go 0-3 - IMO they would have beating a current IL team.