Rowing 2018 - 2019 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,015]

Just now, phelps said:

the first 900 meters of racing have a backdrop made only by a street with trucks going back and forth and piled containers, piled containers and piled containers again (and at about 650/700 meters from the start there's a passage below another highway bridge)...

 

the last 1000 meters' backdrop is a 10m high grey wall, behind which you can see the same street as before with trucks going back and forth and a small (ugly) hill with a few bushes...

Now I'm curious about the part from 900 to 1000 meters  

[dcro 10,210]

That's interesting, cross-country course of eventing is supposedly set in woodlands right by the rowing course.

[heywoodu 16,015]

Just now, dcro said:

That's interesting, cross-country course of eventing is supposedly set in woodlands right by the rowing course.

I guess they built two trees (yes, built) in the Tokyo dock and there you go, woodlands.

[dcro 10,210]

36 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I guess they built two trees (yes, built) in the Tokyo dock and there you go, woodlands.

 

Cool. So they will jump over containers, ships and waterfront mobsters. 

[phelps 8,293]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Now I'm curious about the part from 900 to 1000 meters  

 

obviously it's transition between the 2 kinds of landscape...

 

by the way, you can watch by yourself (you only need to watch the first heat to see the entire course)...

Edited August 9, 2019 by phelps

[phelps 8,293]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

That's interesting, cross-country course of eventing is supposedly set in woodlands right by the rowing course.

 

probably it's the other side of the channel, the one we can't see in the rowing pictures (the only other option is @heywoodu's )...

[heywoodu 16,015]

Just now, phelps said:

 

obviously it's transition between the 2 kinds of landscape...

 

by the way, you can watch by yourself (you only need to watch the first heat to see the entire course)...

 

The second part doesn't seem so terrible. Not special, but not terrible.

 

That godawful first part though, holy shit.

[phelps 8,293]

more about the Rowing World Junior Champs in Tokyo...

 

Several rowers treated for heatstroke at World Rowing Junior Championships as Germany top medal table

 

next year it's gonna be fun...

[heywoodu 16,015]

Belarussian para-rower Dzmitriy Ryshkevich has died aged 33, after capsizing during training for the world championships

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083781/belarusian-rower-dies-in-training

 

Looks like they were so close to rescueing him in time..

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by heywoodu

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in case you are deeply in love with Rowing, you can watch the Asian Championship finals tomorrow and the day after tomorrow with these links

 

This is NOT the Olympic qualifier.