Rowing at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Makedonas 2,200]

  On 7/23/2021 at 8:49 AM, El Greco 21 said:

Greek Stefanos Ntouskos seemed in a pretty good shape in his first race. He had the chance for an easy race, to get more familiar with the venue and to hold up his power for the next races. Hopefully he will have the same chance on Sunday, and then to give his all in the last two races. I understand that the fact that he won easily, or that he had the second best time of all qualifiers is not a legit sign that he is going for a medal, but who knows? For whoever watched the shape he was in, and how with few ropes gaining more meters, maybe we have a good shot here for a medal.

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I agree, I've been saying that for a few months now. I think he has a good shot to take a medal. He's done very well post-pandemic and the men's single sculls lost a few big names like Manson and Synek.

[Grassmarket 3,626]

  On 7/23/2021 at 4:08 PM, Oldira said:

A bad 24 hours for us. Brutal boxing draw, Shane Ryan injured and the Double Sculls disaster. Can’t seem how they can retrieve this. One of best medal contenders in trouble already. They skipped the press conference too which is not a good sign. 

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Always feel sorry for Ireland in the boxing.  They put so much of their limited money & effort into it & always end up getting ripped off by the central Asian cartels which dominate the sport. 

[Oldira 88]

  On 7/23/2021 at 4:11 PM, Grassmarket said:

Always feel sorry for Ireland in the boxing.  They put so much of their limited money & effort into it & always end up getting ripped off by the central Asian cartels which dominate the sport. 

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In fairness it was just hard luck at the draw. I don’t think they would rig the draw. 

[dodge 1,028]

Losing Shane Ryan isn’t a big deal. Let’s see what happens the rowers and let’s hope the boxers get a bit of luck

[mpjmcevoy 363]

  On 7/23/2021 at 9:51 PM, dodge said:

Losing Shane Ryan isn’t a big deal. Let’s see what happens the rowers and let’s hope the boxers get a bit of luck

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Don't panic yet on the rowers. It looked like their start went to pot, and they overcooked trying to bring it back. They were relatively close on time to all the main boats (within a couple of seconds), and should be able to get out of the repechage in 3rd gear. But they will have needed an inquest today over how that happened.

 

Puspure didn't look altogether happy, and still won at a canter, as did Vicky Thornley. Early days there...

[Vektor 3,326]

Wasn't today's program supposed to start at 8:30? Did they move it up for half of hour for some reason?

 

Edit: Oh, okay, now I see why. 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

  On 7/23/2021 at 11:07 PM, Vektor said:

Wasn't today's program supposed to start at 8:30? Did they move it up for half of hour for some reason?

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Weather conditions

[Vektor 3,326]

  On 7/23/2021 at 11:08 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Weather conditions

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Did they reschedule any other outdoor discipline from Monday or is it only Rowing for now? 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

  On 7/23/2021 at 11:13 PM, Vektor said:

Did they reschedule any other outdoor discipline from Monday or is it only Rowing for now? 

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Rowing and skateboard for sure, apparently the other aren't change yet. They change taekwondo too, but for different reasons I guess. 

[dcro 10,210]

are through to the women's singles sculls quarterfinals.

 

will contest the E/F semifinals. It will be interesting to see who joins Sudan for the F Final.