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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On Wednesday 28th July it quickly became clear what the UK mainstream newspapers considered important in the 21st century, where disagreements, controversy and spite are...
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Five years in the making, and finally the first swirling rowing medals of Tokyo2020 were awarded on a riotous day at the Olympic rowing course....
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With racing cancelled today at the Olympic Rowing venue in Tokyo - due to predicted adverse weather that has largely failed to materialise - Rachel...
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The steady increase in COVID cases in the Dutch team at the Tokyo Games — now six including sculler Finn Florijn, women’s rowing chief coach...
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It was rebound day at the Sea Forest Waterway, with turn-arounds for several crews who had underperformed in their opening heats. Repechages are always second...
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A few spots of rain on the taxi windscreen early on Saturday morning, then blasting sunshine again all day in Tokyo bay. "Thunderstorms, moi?” said...
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After a juicy morning’s racing, the afternoon became a waiting game, as FISA twiddled its collective thumbs waiting for the IOC (and probably the all-powerful...
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Thursday morning, 24 hours to go, and the sparkling Sea Forest Waterway was fizzing with suppressed excitement. At nine in the morning the course was...
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Jul 22
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The nurses at Reading Hospital could be forgiven for losing patience with the eleven-year-old Will Satch. They probably had sympathy for him when he was...
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