China underlined its position as a favourite for Olympic rowing success with five gold medals at the second World Cup while New Zealand and Britain enjoyed mixed results in the build up to Beijing. China won five gold medals, one silver and two bronzes in Olympic classes while New Zealand secured one gold and three silvers to Britain's one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Canada won two golds and two bronzes while the United States won two golds, two silvers and two bronzes. Competing...Read Full Story
Why in single sculls do the rower's hands come to a point in the middle and one goes over the other rather than having them further apart so they would miss each other? Thanks. example:
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Mahe Drysdale cruised to victory in the men's singles on the first day of the 47th annual Head of the Charles Regatta.
The Kiwi, rowing for the West End Rowing Club of New Zealand, completed the three-mile course on the Charles River in 17 minutes, 57.33 seconds, about 28 seconds ahead of two-time defending champion Michael Sivingy of the GMS...Read Full Story
The organisers of the 2010 Rowing World Champs are looking to surpass all previous events; at least with their promotional tool. They have launched the RowBox in the Hamilton CBD on Tuesday. It is a retractable 20-foot container with four rowing machines connected to a display of Lake Karapiro. CEO Tom Mayo says they are taking the container on a three month world tour. Mayo says no one has ever done anything like this in rowing before, and they’ve just handed out a magazine and said “come to...Read Full Story
The organisers of the 2010 Rowing World Champs are looking to surpass all previous events; at least with their promotional tool. They have launched the RowBox in the Hamilton CBD on Tuesday. It is a retractable 20-foot container with four rowing machines connected to a display of Lake Karapiro. CEO Tom Mayo says they are taking the container on a three month world tour. Mayo says no one has ever done anything like this in rowing before, and they’ve just handed out a magazine and said “come to...Read Full Story
Murray is in stellar form at the moment, having smashed the world record for one hour on the benchmark Concept 2 rowing machine, and inflicted a rare defeat over Mahe Drysdale in the single scull at the recent North Island championships. Murray will ...
The four now has Ben Hammond in the stroke seat in place of Simon Watson from last year's lineup, teaming up with Hamish Burson, David Eade and Jade Uru, while Richard Harrison replaces ... on fellow world champion Mahe Drysdale in the single sculls ...
Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Games, single scullers Mahe Drysdale and Rob Waddell were forced into a showdown. Drysdale, who ended up settling for bronze in Beijing, was openly critical of the situation he was forced into by selectors. "I think where it does ...
Stuff.co.nzOlympic rowers not just fair-weather crewsStuff.co.nzSINGLE SCULLS: Mahe Drysdale had a comfortable win in the Christmas regatta, which was cut short due to bad weather. New Zealand rowing's elite crews had their Christmas Regatta shortened by bad weather last weekend but are still primed for a busy ...and more »
Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)Time to acknowledge our greatest All Black ever...Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)But surprisingly, where there appears ongoing debate concerns the debate for Sportsman of the Year with Jerome Kaino, Mahe Drysdale and Richie McCaw the leading candidates. In brief, I see no reason whatsoever why this category is any more debateable ...and more »
Bay novice crews look to be stars of the futureHawke's Bay TodayThe next Emma Twigg or Mahe Drysdale is sure to be among the 28 home-grown novice rowers who appeared on the Clive River at the Hawke's Bay Regatta this week. If there's anyone who should know who the next potential Olympic rowing star could be, ...and more »
Guardian Unlimited - HAMILTON, New Zealand, March 5 (Reuters) - Three-times world rowing champion Mahe Drysdale overcame an ailing Rob Waddell to win the third and final trial race for New Zealand'
3/02/2008 2:23:19 p.m. Triple World Champion Mahe Drysdale struck back in his fight for the Olympic Single Scull place at Beijing with a superb win over comeback king Rob Waddell ...
27/01/2008 . Rob Waddell beat Mahé Drysdale again at Lake Karapiro today in the Cambridge Town Cup – but a third of a length margin at the finish showed the current World ...
Mahe Drysdale (b. 19th November 1978 ) is a New Zealand rower and three time World Champion single sculler. Drysdale began rowing at university at the age of 18.