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Rowing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
The women's eight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 29 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. Seven nations were represented with one boat each; 56 rowers and 7 coxswains competed. Background Women first competed in Olympic rowing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the eight was competed all Olympics since then, such that this was the thirteenth appearance of the event. Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to a single boat in the event. There were seven qualifying places in the women's eight: * 5 from the 2023 World Championship (Romania, Australia, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain) * 2 from the final qualification regatta (Italy and Denmark) Schedule The competition is scheduled over six days. Times given are session start times; multiple rowing events might have races during a session. All times are Central Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon Wasteneys
Avalon Wasteneys (born August 31, 1997) is a Canadian rower. Wasteneys's hometown is Campbell River, British Columbia and she resides in Victoria, British Columbia. Wasteneys is a former cross-country skier, who was discovered as a natural fit for rowing in 2017 as part of the RBC Training Ground program, where she was named regional champion. Personal life Wasteneys' mother Heather Clarke competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's coxed four event, while her aunt Christine Clarke competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the eights boat. Career Wasteneys is a one time U-23 World Champion in the women's eights boat, in 2018. Later in 2018, Wasteneys helped the senior women's eights boat to a silver at the World Cup III Regatta in Lucerne Switzerland. In 2019, Wasteneys was part of the eights boat, finishing in fourth at the World Championships and qualifying Canada’s boat for the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight (rowing)
An eight, abbreviated as an 8+, is a racing shell used in competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers sit in a line in the centre of the boat and face the stern. They are usually placed alternately, with four on the port side (rower's right hand side – also traditionally known as "stroke side") and four on the starboard side (rower's lefthand side – known as "bow side"). The cox steers the boat using a rudder and is normally seated at the stern of the boat. Because of the size, weight, and speed of the boat in comparison to the 4+ and 2+, it is generally considered unsafe to race the 8+ coxless or to have a bowloader cox. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag to a minimum. Originally made from wood, shells are now almost always made from a compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 2028 Summer Olympics – Women's Eight
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reaction (physics), reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically attached to the boat, and the rower drives the oar like a lever, exerting force in the ''same'' direction as the boat's travel; while paddles are completely hand-held and have no attachment to the boat, and are driven like a cantilever, exerting force ''opposite'' to the intended direction of the boat. In some strict terminologies, using oars for propulsion may be termed either "pulling" or "rowing", with different definitions for each. Where these strict terminologies are used, the definitions are reversed depending on the context. On seawater, saltwater a "pulling boat" has each person working one oar on one side, alternating port and starboard along the length of the boat; whilst "rowing" means each person operates two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
