Yesterday a group of Canadian lightweight male rowers made history, breaking the record for a 100 km relay on a Concept 2 rowing machine in 4:30:07.2.
"We took 14,044 strokes," said Tim Myers of Penticton, B.C. "We are happy to have beaten the record by almost 10 minutes. Hopefully, nobody will break our new world record anytime soon because it will be a while before any of us want to attempt that again!"
The team set out to beat the published best time of a British team of 4:39:01.0, set in 2007.
"It was a great accomplishment for the team and our dedication to working together," said Rares Crisan of Mississagua, Ont., a 2010 World bronze medalist in the lightweight men's pair (his rowing partner was fellow participant Matt Jensen of Innerkip, ON). "There was a good crowd of supporters cheering us on (at the Bentall Centre Athletic Club in Vancouver), which really made the experience all the better."
The rowers, including 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Mike Lewis of Victoria, are all part of the National Team training centre. Also taking part was Morgan Jarvis of Winnipeg, Terry McKall of Edmonton, John Sasi of North Delta, B.C., and Simon Gowdy of Westmount, Que. The lightweights organized the event to raise awareness of their journey to the World and Olympic podium and raise money.
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