The seats in the Craig Swayze Memorial Grandstand filled early, ready for an action-packed fourth day of competition which saw all three age groups take to the water on Martindale Pond.

Athlete participation is a critical dimension of the Olympics, but until positions of power on and off the field of play are held equally by women and men, gender parity has not been achieved. 

With adverse weather causing the cancellation of Monday’s racing at the 2024 World Rowing Championships, there was a further delay on Tuesday morning due to strong winds, but the action finally got started ninety minutes later than originally scheduled, starting with preliminary races and heats in the U23 boat classes.

What I learned from my father goes far beyond rowing, as it did for the thousands of young people he taught, coached, led, counseled, and inspired.

Murphys led Brown women's rowing to seven national championships and 27 appearances in the NCAA Rowing Championships. Tessa Gobbo ‘13 to succeed as Loyalty Chair.

It was a very fast start to the eight days of competition at the 2024 World Rowing Senior, U23 and U19 Championships as three World Best Times were broken with several others came close in the first of the heats for the senior and U23 boat classes on Sunday August 18.

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.

The phenomenal single sculler Emma Twigg is done with flat-water rowing and looking forward to Coastal Worlds, retiring, and rowing “for the sake of loving what I do.”

Hip mobility, measuring technology, and training in the Florida heat were keys to Olympic rowing gold.

World Rowing operates elite-level rowing in the same old Eurocentric way the sport has functioned since the turn of the millennium.

University of Louisville head rowing coach Derek Copeland has announced that Ed Oxlade has been elevated to associate head coach after serving as the Cardinals’ assistant coach and rigger/boathouse manager since July 2013.

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