The last day of racing at the Tokyo Paralympic Regatta, and there was no chance of new best times on Sunday, the wind a strengthening...
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There is a regularity about the Paralympic rowing regatta: twelve crews in each of the four categories; heats then repechages then finals. It ticks along steadily...
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It's a strange experience watching the Paralympics from home after having been at the Olympics. Seeing the Sea Forest Waterway pop up on my computer screen...
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Time flies when you're having fun, and on the fifth day after the postponed, uncertain Henley Royal Regatta opened in Thames sunshine, suddenly it was...
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If Henley Royal Regatta had a brain you'd say it spent half the day thinking up new ways to surprise us. The drama of Saturday...
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Medical issues are rare at Henley Royal, but can happen at any regatta, and on Friday the lifeguards and paramedics were in action twice within...
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Thrills, spills and collisions — with the woodwork and with carbon fibre — were the order of the day on Thursday at Henley Royal Regatta...
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Woven around the obvious pandemic-spurred changes, and there are a few, the old place is still its same calm, organised self. Crews crossing through the...
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You can take the Redgrave out of Britain, but you can’t take the Britain out of Redgrave. Being quizzed by the celebratory Chinese press after racing,...
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Four A-finals left to go, and a dark and stormy morning at the Sea Forest Waterway. Clouds hovered over downtown Tokyo, rumbles of thunder were...
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The penultimate day at the Olympics dawned with more high wind and fast conditions, and led to another clutch of firsts in rowing. It ended...
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