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In its third time as a Paralympic sport, para-rowing has been growing in competitiveness exponentially. Leading up to this year's Paralympic Games the tightness of racing has become evident and World Best Times continue to fall. The Rio 2016 Paralympic para-rowing regatta goes from 9-11 September 2016 on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Rower Tom Aggar determined to make up for London agony in Rio de Janeiro
Daily Mail
Disappointment in London has niggled in the mind of rower Tom Aggar ahead of the Rio Paralympics. Aggar won Paralympic gold in 2008 and was unbeaten for four years heading into London 2012, where he finished a frustrating fourth. The 32-year-old from ...

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SBS
Perth psychologist returns to rowing in Paralympics
SBS
The 35-year-old had not rowed competitively since her days at university more than a decade ago, but, after a phone call one Sunday, she made the Paralympic grade in just months. And she has already helped make Australian Paralympic rowing history en ...

Sport for athletes with an impairment has been around for about 100 years. The Paralympic Games began 56 years ago and para-rowing as part of the Paralympic schedule dates back to 2008. 

Rachel Morris of Great Britain set the standard when she claimed a new World Best Time in the para women's single sculls at the 2016 World Rowing Cup III in Poznan, Poland.  This was the first final of the regatta and it was raced in bumpy tail wind conditions.

VG
Birgit Skarstein stolt etter å ha overvunnet smertehelvete
VG
Roere er generelt ofte utsatt for store belastninger på ribbenene. Som pararoer – festet til setet med en stropp – er Skarstein spesielt utsatt. Hun opplevde også en vond brist våren 2014. Og på den aller siste intervallet på den aller siste treningen ...

Zimbabwe has become a regular on the entry lists for World Rowing events. With a women’s single sculler, Micheen Thornycroft, who made the B-final at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, rowing fans have started to take note of this emerging rowing nation. But Zimbabwe had never fielded a para-rowing boat. That was at least not until Rachel Davis, a rowing coach in Zimbabwe, went on a mission. 

Junior Nathan Wegbreit of the Georgetown University men's rowing team is used to representing his school when he takes to the water. However, on Sunday, May 8, Wegbreit was not with his normal GU teammates at the 2016 National Invitational Rowing Championships. Instead, he was rowing with Kenny Marrs, a Georgetown freshman, as the only collegiate crew in an adaptive rowing race.

Sudbury.com
Undaunted: Mike Bushuk battled injury and now has a shot at Canada's Paralympic rowing team
Sudbury.com
This past April, Bushuk joined four other Canadian paralympic rowers who attended a re-classification session in Gavirate, Italy. Nothing is carved in stone, but Bushuk is at least in the mix of athletes being looked at as possible first alternates for ...

As well as holding the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta, Gavirate, Italy played host last week to the tenth  Gavirate International Para-Rowing Regatta. The two events took place simultaneously attracting significant para-rowing talent from around the world.

2016 is a special year in the world of rowing and we have an exceptional sport. In three month's time the best of the best will be under the spotlight on the waters of Rio's lake Rodrigo de Freitas for the pinnacle of rowing, the Olympic Games. This year marks the 40th anniversary of women's rowing at the Olympic Games. This is the year indoor rowing truly came into its own as a sport in its own right. This is the year to show everything through video. 

2016 is a special year in the world of rowing and we have an exceptional sport. In three month's time the best of the best will be under the spotlight on the waters of Rio's lake Rodrigo de Freitas for the pinnacle of rowing, the Olympic Games. This year marks the 40th anniversary of women's rowing at the Olympic Games. This is the year indoor rowing truly came into its own as a sport in its own right. This is the year to show everything through video. 2016 is a special year in the world of rowing and we have an exceptional sport. In three month's time the best of the best will be under the spotlight on the waters of Rio's lake Rodrigo de Freitas for the pinnacle of rowing, the Olympic Games. This year marks the 40th anniversary of women's rowing at the Olympic Games. This is the year indoor rowing truly came into its own as a sport in its own right. This is the year to show everything through video.

Wicked Local
ROWING: Hingham's special needs rowing program has been wildly successfuly
Wicked Local
Seeking to provide athletic and recreational opportunities for an under-served population of students with special needs, the South Shore Special Needs Athletic Partnership (SNAP) rowing program has done far more by building an undeniable sense of ...