Danes snatch rowing gold from Britain
August 4th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Danish rowers Mads Rasumessen and Rasmus Quist exacted revenge on Britain to win gold in the men's lightweight double sculls Saturday.Rasumessen and Quist overtook Zac ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Sandeep and Manjeet finish 19th
August 4th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian rowers Sandeep Kumar and Manjeet Singh finished 19th in the Olympic finals of the men's lightweight double sculls here Saturday.They clocked seven minutes and 8.39 ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Germans row to quadruple sculls gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Germany's rowers dominated the men's quadruple sculls final Friday to take the Olympic gold medal.The Germans started the fastest and slowly pulled away to complete ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: South Africa takes gold in coxless fours
August 2nd, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South African rowers pipped Britain and defending champions Denmark to gold at the Olympics in a thrilling lightweight coxless fours race here Thursday.South Africa's James ... Read more...
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Olympics: German eight hold off Britain for rowing gold
August 1st, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) German rowers held off a spirited challenge from Britain to take the Olympic gold in a thrilling men's eight final Wednesday.Germany, unbeaten since 2008, went ... Read more...
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Olympics: Indian rowers in sem-final
July 31st, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Indian rower Swaran Singh qualified for the semi-final of the men's singles scull while his compatriots Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar booked their place in the ... Read more...
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Olympics: New Zealand rowers set records
July 29th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) The New Zealand rowers had a strong start to their Olympic regatta, setting a new world and Olympic record on the first day of the competition ... Read more...
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Reaching quarters will be good: Indian rowing coach
July 20th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) India rowing coach Ismail Baig is realistic about his three-member team's chances at the London Olympics and feels a quarterfinal finish in the single and double ... Read more...
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Three Indian rowers qualify for Olympics
April 29th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chung Ju (Korea), April 29 (IANS) India's Swarn Singh Virk along with Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar won their individual events at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers and booked their berths ... Read more...
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All set for first edition of President’s Trophy Boat Race
August 28th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Aug 28 (IANS) All is set for the first edition of the President's Trophy Boat Race, to be held Tuesday on the palm-fringed, picturesque Ashtamudi Lake in ... Read more...
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Trafalgar Square’s Olympic Clock stops working
March 16th, 2011 - 2:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The officials at Omega have got a lot of explaining to do because the Trafalgar Square’s Olympic Clock has stopped working. And sadly the most remarkable thing ... Read more...
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Brit woman rower strips off with her five-man crew to break world record
February 9th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): A British athlete, who was the only woman on a five-man crew trying to break the record for crossing the Atlantic, shed all her inhibitions aside and joined ... Read more...
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I often dreamt of Asian Games gold: Bajrang Lal
November 19th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 19 (IANS) Bajrang Lal Takhar often dreamt of winning gold at the Asian Games and he couldn't be happier after he got India its maiden rowing gold medal here Friday. ... Read more...
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Venice’s gondoliers criticised for singing “culturally deficient” songs
October 5th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): Gondoliers in Venice have been criticised for ignoring local ballads and for instead singing songs to tourists that are "culturally deficient" and have no relation to the lagoon ... Read more...
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Annual Snake Boat Race in Alappuzha fascinates tourists
August 15th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
By Juan SamuelAlappuzha (Kerala), Aug.15 (ANI): The annual boat race conducted in Kerala's Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha town is a major draw among local residents and tourists from different parts of the ... Read more...
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UK rowers seeks to break 114-year-old N. Atlantic crossing record
July 31st, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): A British-led rowing team is attempting to break a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic from New York to the Isles of Scilly.The four men are on ... Read more...
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Snake Boat Race in Kerala preparations
July 29th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by ANI
Cochin (Kerala), July 29 (ANI): Braving the rough weather conditions, enthusiastic rowers carried out their first practice session for the upcoming Jawaharlal Nehru Trophy in the backwaters of Allepey here on Thursday. ... Read more...
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Group training can boost happiness
September 16th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 16 (ANI): Science has proved it: People do better as a team. Researchers from Oxford University have found that team players can tolerate twice as much pain as those who ... Read more...
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Nine foreign women to compete in Kerala’s snake boat race
August 4th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 4 (IANS) A 30-member team of women including nine foreigners will compete in the 57th edition of the famous snake boat race at the Punnamada lake here Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Kerala longest snake boat enters Guinness book of world records
October 7th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan Samuel
Kochi, Oct.7 (ANI): A steel-made snake boat has entered the Guinness Book of World Records here for recently carrying 141 persons and being the longest ever made boat of ... Read more...
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Athletes have bigger, more powerful hearts
August 8th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 8 (ANI): Athletes have bigger hearts both in terms of size and the ability to pump blood, according to an Italian study.The research, involving top rowers, showed that ... Read more...
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Nehru Boat Race on Aug 9 a big tourist draw
August 7th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala) Aug 7 (IANS) The combination of sports, scenic locations and a bit of history has ensured that the 56th edition of the Nehru Boat Race to be held here Saturday ... Read more...
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Four Iraqis to compete in Beijing Olympics
July 31st, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing/Lausanne, July 31 (DPA) A last-minute appeal by an Iraqi government delegation bore fruit when the International Olympic Committee reversed a decision made last week and gave the go-ahead for four Iraqi ... Read more...
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New Zealand twin sisters eye rowing gold in Beijing
July 19th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Georgina and Caroline Swindell are twin sisters known to almost everybody in their home country New Zealand for their excellent performances in rowing in the past decade. They ... Read more...
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Three Indian rowers qualify for Beijing Olympics
April 27th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Three Indian rowers have qualified for this year's Olympics after winning the qualifying tournament in Beijing Sunday. Bajrang Lal won the Open Singles Scull event and booked ... Read more...
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Exercise changes structure, function of heart
April 23rd, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): According to a new study, 90 days of vigorous athletic training produces significant changes in the hearts structure and function, and that the type of change varies ... Read more...
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Rowers cross Atlantic in record 33 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes
January 18th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 18 (ANI): A gritty 14-man British-Irish rowing crew, led by a Scottish adventurer, has set a new record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, after landing at Barbardos in 33 ... Read more...
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