Rowing

Rowing

Rowing is a competitive sport where rowers race each other in boats by using oars to propel themselves forward. The athlete sits in the boat facing backwards with two oars (one on either side).

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eight

Sports; Rowing

This is a sweep-oar boat that holds eight rowers and one coxswain.

exclusion

Sports; Rowing

This refers to when a racing team is disqualified from one particular race but not the entire regatta.

false start

Sports; Rowing

When one or more boats leave the starting line too soon.

Feathering is the third rowing motion a rower takes. After a Drive the rower raises the blade of the oar out of the water and then once the blade is out of the water the rower turns the blade so that ...