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Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta
Dimensions of a coxless pair, a two-person shell boat in rowing.
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The phases of each stroke in sweep rowing
Sweep rowing technique: Catch, drive, release, and recovery
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Emma Twigg
Emma Twigg
New Zealand rower
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray
Hamish Bond
New Zealand rower
Redgrave, Steven; Holmes, Andy
Steven Redgrave
British rower
Champion Olympic rower Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford
British athlete
Pertti Karppinen
Finnish athlete
Conibear, Hiram Boardman
Hiram Boardman Conibear
American coach
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet athlete
Stephen Fairbairn
British oarsman
Hamish Hamilton
British publisher
John B. Kelly, who won the single sculls event at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp
John B. Kelly
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