The largest ever contingent of rowers in an Australian rowing race - nearly 2300 competitors in 255 eights - took to Melbourne’s Yarra River for the 58th edition of the Head of the Yarra.
Through the 2016 season, France established itself as the undisputed team to beat. Leading up to this, however, for most of the last Olympic cycle, no one crew had clearly dominated the field, with a different nation winning each World Rowing Championships since London 2012. Consistent performers Norway and World Best Time holders South Africa had regularly featured on World Rowing Cup podiums, while Ireland, Poland and Great Britain were also strong.
Anyone who has raced in a rowing shell or pulled a 2000m test on the ergo understands that, at its most fundamental level, the sport of rowing can feel like an intimate relationship with pain. Although there are some fortunate – or crazy enough - to enjoy the discomfort, most don’t particularly like it, everyone, however, respects it.
The online rowing world was all abuzz on Thursday 17 November when New Zealand’s Eric Murray, went live on Facebook to announce that the Kiwi Pair of Murray and Hamish Bond would not compete in 2017.
Direct shoulder pain or injury in rowers is not as common as the other areas we have covered off over the last few weeks but the shoulder girdle is a region where huge performance losses can occur and where the transfer of force, if not executed well can lead on to other injuries. The upper […]
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