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Cedar Cunningham: Tall Order

At 6-foot-8, Cedar Cunningham lives up to his name. But is this fiercely competitive kid from Washington State’s club program destined to row in the LA Olympics?
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USRowing Youth Nationals, A True National Championship

The USRowing Youth National Championshiops has become the place where the highest-achieving youth rowers in the country come together after proving themselves elsewhere. It’s also a first-rate event.

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Rowing on the Small Screen

Livestreaming regattas to attract viewers and boost the sport is becoming more common and necessary. But it must be done professionally. Henley and Syracuse are showing how.
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Romania, UK Top Medal Tables At Mega Worlds

U.S. wins a single gold in under-19 and under-23 races but in senior World Rowing Championships extends a five-year gold-medal drought at Mega Worlds.
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Paralympic Games Feature: The Brits Dominate

UK rowers win three golds and a silver in five Paralympic events in Paris.
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Small Wonder: Moroccan Olympic Single Sculler Majdouline El Allaoui

Single sculler Majdouline El Allaoui is a champion back home in Morocco, but like many African rowers, she struggled to compete in Paris. Her story of grit and resolve shows the continent’s untapped potential in the sport.
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Olympic Rowing Glory Restored

The U.S men’s four won Olympic gold, and the eight captured bronze—an improvement over zero rowing medals in Tokyo but short of the goal of four.
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Feature: The Training Conundrum

Row longer and slower or shorter and faster? Low intensity or high intensity? When is more too much, and less is more? Successful rowing coaches keep experimenting, developing victorious crews through science and art.
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The ROWING NEWS Interview: Ellen Minzner

What excites Ellen Minzner, USRowing’s director of Para high performance, is the current team’s youth. The athletes going to the Paris Paralympics have a new look and energy—and real speed.
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Feature: RowAmerica Rye Dominates USRowing Youth Nationals

It was the most successful regatta ever for RowAmerica Rye, which was founded in 2013 and qualified 19 boats and 134 athletes for the championship. Thirteen crews made the A final, and 11 of those boats medaled.
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NCAA Feature Story: Back on Top

Texas wins its third national title in four years, edging out Stanford, as Western Washington Takes the Division II title and Tufts wins the Division III Championship.
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Feature Story: Washington Sweeps IRA

Huskies record historic weekend, Princeton women repeat as lightweight national champions, and Harvard lights go one-two.
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The Continuing Rise of Club Rowing: ACRA National Championship

The 2024 ACRA championship regatta featured record participation, increasing depth, keen competition, and thrilling races.
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High-Tech Cox: Emelie Eldracher

Software engineer Emelie Eldracher will make her Paralympic debut with the U.S. PR3 mixed four in Paris.
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U.S. Men’s Eight Wins Silver at U19 Worlds

The U.S. men's junior eight won the silver medal, behind Great Britain and ahead of Germany in third. Germany and Romania tied atop the medals table with three golds and six total medals each.
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California RC Men, Brock Women Win Senior Eights at Canadian Henley

The 142nd Royal Canadian Henley Regatta brought over 2,000 entries from 130 clubs to St. Catharines, Ontario's historic race course.
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Litchfield Hills RC Hosts Regatta to End ALZ

The Litchfield Hills Rowing Club will host the first-ever Regatta to End ALZ on Saturday, August 15, as part of the club's annual Head of the Swain.
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Coxing: Summer Planning for Fall Rowing

Writing a plan forces you to think it through, to speak to your rowers and coach about it, and to get it anchored in your brain. It also make it easier to pivot.

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