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	Ashland Rowing Club Rowing Injuries
		Rowing athletes train virtually year-round, with emphasis on distance training in the fall, weights and distance in the winter, and increasing intensity and anaerobic work in the spring and summer racing seasons.
		In sweep rowing, the back is also twisted slightly during the stroke to achieve more reach in the catch position, which may increase the incidence of back pain, though this does not appear to be the case in my experience or that of several US national rowing team physicians.
		Rowing is an outdoor sport; thus, rowers should be aware of exposure and safety issues, including sun exposure augmented by reflection from the water and hypothermia augmented by wet clothing.
	ashlandrowingclub.org /Page.asp?ID=260 (2559 words)

	Summer Olympics: Rowing
		The first rowing events were actually held for men in 1900 but women were not included until 1976.
		Rowing boats used to be made of wood.
		In Sweep rowing the athletes use both hands on one oar.
	www2.lhric.org /poCantico/olympics/rowing.htm (180 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Rowing Injuries
		The spring and summer races are run parallel for up to six boats at once, beginning from a stop, and are near-maximal aerobic efforts that begin with an anaerobic start and conclude with an anaerobic sprint.
		Rowing athletes are highly fit, with recorded VO max in the 65 to 70 mL/kg/min range for elite athletes (2).
		In sweep rowing, the back is also twisted slightly during the stroke to achieve more reach in the catch position, which may increase the incidence of back pain (4), though this does not appear to be the case in my experience or that of several US national rowing team physicians.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/2000/04_00/karlson.htm (3115 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Rowing Fan Guide
		Britain's Steve Redgrave, who won gold at the past four Olympics, is switching from coxless pairs to the coxless four, an event won in 1992 and 1996 by the crew known as Australia's Oarsome Foursome.
		Equipment: In rowing, the competitor faces the rear of the boat and wields an oar that pivots in an oarlock, which acts like a fulcrum.
		The sweep rower pulls his oar with both hands as he rows on one side of the boat; the rower next in line rows on the opposite side.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/rowing/s/viewers.html (358 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		But when she stopped rowing with the finish line in sight in the final of the women's eight, she became a household name.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		Expectations were high for the U.S. rowing team entering the Olympics.
		The Americans were the only team to qualify for all 14 rowing events in Sydney, but Sunday's struggles left the U.S. with just a silver and two bronze in the 2000 Games.
		Olympic rowing hopefuls will get a chance to sharpen their speed work at the Brisbane River Regatta this weekend, which is a 500-meter sprint.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/rowing (113 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
		As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
		Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics (464 words)

	Colby \| Athletics \| News Release
		Hilary Gehman is in her second Summer Olympics in rowing competition since graduating from Colby College in 1993.
		She was part of a boat that took fourth place at the 1999 World Championships and then Gehman earned her first major international competition medal when her crew took third place and the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships.
		Gehman, a sociology major at Colby, rowed for the club team since rowing was not a varsity sport at the time.
	www.colby.edu /athletics/releases/archive_0405/gehman.shtml (295 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Rowing Frequently Asked Questions
		The subtypes of rowing shells are classified according to the number of rowers in the shell.
		This is accomplished during the recovery portion of the rowing cycle and is done in preparation for the catch.
		The point of the rowing cycle at which the blade enters the water at the end of the recovery and is accomplished by an upward motion of the arms and hands only.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~crew/rowingfaq.html (4152 words)

	Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events.
		The medals were split among 22 countries, Romania topping the medal table, their women winning 3 golds, with the traditionally strong Germany, Great Britain and Australia picking up four medals each.
		Lipa, who was part of Romania's women's eight, won her first in Los Angeles in 1984 followed by gold medals in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, a record span of 20 years between her first and last gold medal.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Rowing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (507 words)

	SU Athletics - Women's Rowing Coaches
		As executive director of the Indianapolis Rowing Center, Sanford was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the center, developing and coaching rowing programs, supervising fundraising and publishing a quarterly newsletter.
		In 1996, she served as a statistician for NBC at the rowing venue at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
		She was a member of the NCAA Women’s Rowing Committee, a group that oversees rules, regulations and policies pertaining to the sport, from 1998-2000.
	www.suathletics.com /Sports/rowing/2002/coach.asp?path=rowing (1424 words)

	Colby College Graduate Crews At Athens Olympics Games.
		Hilary Gehman is in her second Summer Olympics in rowing competition since graduating from Colby College in 1993.Gehman is in Athens, Greece for the current Summer Olympics after making the team as well in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
		She was part of a boat that took fourth place at the 1999 World Championships and then Gehman earned her 1st major international competition medal when her crew took 3rd place and the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships.
		The USA has had tough luck in the Summer Olympics in quadruple sculls.
	www.collegesportsscholarships.com /colby-college-crew-olympics.htm (302 words)

	Olympics Aquatics: Canoe/Kayak, Diving, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Synchro. Swimming, Water Polo - CBS SportsLine.com
		The Olympic Aquatic Centre is expected to be ready by the end of 2003.
		The Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre currently under construction is located at Schinias, on the northeast part of the Attica region.
		The Olympic Canoe Kayak Slalom Centre is located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, in the south of Athens and will accommodate 5,000 Canoe Kayak Slalom fans.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/summer/aquatics (467 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		To win a 2000-metre rowing race, the crew must sprint for the first 500 metres.
		Rowing is an endurance test that finishes at a speed of up to 10 metres a second.
		A six-time World Champion, he won gold medals at the last five Olympic Games and has been loosely crowned Athlete of the Century.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=RO (152 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
		Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women.
		Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, USSR or Bulgaria were not present.
		This boycott however gave opportunity to the Romania, which was one of the few east Europe countries that came to the Games, to dominate in woman's disciplines, winning 5 gold medals in 6 events.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rowing_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics (169 words)

	Olympics
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	Olympic Rowing Events
		Men and women compete for Olympic medals in single sculls, double sculls, lightweight double sculls, quadruple sculls, pair, and eight with coxswain.
		But armchair athletes can follow the Olympics results and news here from the warm, dry comfort of their computer...
		There is a special Olympics section with updates on the US team including the full roster of US athletes who will be rowing in the scull events.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-rowing.htm (352 words)

	Rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1904 Summer Olympics, five rowing events were contested.
		Louis, United States, and all of the rowing competitors, save the Canadian men's eight, were from the United States.
		See also: List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rowing_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics (206 words)

	British Rowing - Olympics 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The FISA site also has brief race descriptions, plus an updated rowing medals table and regular quotes from the oarsmen and oarswomen competing in Sydney, while the BBC medals table is a useful round-up across all the sports.
		One of the largest and most comprehensive Olympic rowing sections is to be found on Row2k.com, with links, team news, bios and articles from all over the place.
		In the UK, the BIRO/ARA Olympic special is being updated regularly after racing, and has a good line in quotes from the athletes, and "Olympic Team Talks" or first-person reports from specific crews.
	www.british.rowing.org.uk (1895 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
		U.S. Olympic officials will vote next month on whether to enter a bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
		The move could bring the Summer Olympics back to U.S. soil for the third time in 24 years.
		The Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta came to a close Sunday night, after two weeks of athletic competition between 197 countries and over 11,000 athletes -- the most ever in an Olympic Games.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/summer96.htm (271 words)

	The Beaufort Gazette: Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Trevor Graham, a track and field coach of Olympic athletes, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for his role in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) steroid distribution case.
		Bob Mathias, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, competing in the sport of decathlon at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Games, passed away Saturday at his home in Fresno, Calif. He was 75.
		DENVER (AP) - The latest spice to the rivalry between Northern and Southern California is a scramble for the Summer Olympics.
	www.beaufortgazette.com /24hour/olympics (982 words)

	Rowing Olympics Events Sports
		In 1976 oarswomen competed in the Olympics for the first time and the US women won a bronze.
		Cycling, rowing and sailing have emerged as Britain's most regular source of medals in recent championships...
		India`s medal tally after the rowing event stood at two gold, four...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Events/Olympics/Rowing (325 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		Wood was the 2004 Olympic trials champion and came in 2nd at the 2004 U.S. nationals.
		He served as adviser for the U.S. boxing team in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and was named 2002 Coach of the Year.
		Parker placed 1st in the 2004 Olympic trials and was the 2003 USA Outdoor champion.
	www.defenselink.mil /specials/2004Olympics (660 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Rowing \| Partridge to miss Olympics
		He was also part of the Olympic team in Sydney where he finished fourth in the men's pair with Greg Searle.
		Partridge had been experiencing pain since the World Cup finals in Lucerne and the diagnosis of the collapsed lung was made on Friday under the guidance of British Olympic medical director Dr Richard Budgett.
		Partridge is expected make a full recovery but will not be able to row for at least six to eight weeks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/rowing/3862751.stm (313 words)

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