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The Coastal Rowing Whisperer

Upbeat Marc Oria is a guru-like figure in Beach Sprints, which will debut at the LA Olympics, where world champion Chris Bak of the U.S. is favored to medal.
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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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Faithful Courage: High Point University Women’s Rowing Debuts

While other colleges ponder cutting Olympic sports, High Point University has embraced the future by launching a varsity women’s rowing team. Crows the athletic director: “It’s a wonderful opportunity!”
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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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From the Editor: The September Issue

This and recent issues of Rowing News are full of newcomers. Just as rowing, the oldest intercollegiate sport in the world, adds to its offerings and grows, so do we.
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World Rowing Launches Beach Sprint Series

The series will open in 2027 with stops Turkey and China featuring 16 national teams in the three LA28 events—men’s solo, women’s solo, and mixed double.
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The Coastal Rowing Whisperer

Upbeat Marc Oria is a guru-like figure in Beach Sprints, which will debut at the LA Olympics, where world champion Chris Bak of the U.S. is favored to medal.
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