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Rowing History: Women in the 1980s
by Peter Mallory posted on January 24, 2011
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features women's elite rowing in the 1980s.
I guess I dislike Monday morning quarterbacking a rowers technique. It appears that if a rower has a poor rowing style but they won a gold medal then they are "not pretty but effective". When someone has a poor rowing style and they DFL or fail to medal it's considered "inefficient". I think the reality is some people have huge motors and it doesn't matter what style they use; they win!
01/26/2011 6:21:03 AM