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The art of rowing

Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta

Break down the continuous stroke cycle of rowing's two-person sweep into four phases

Study the continuous back-and-forth of the rower's seat the two-person sweep event

Dimensions of a coxless pair, a two-person shell boat in rowing.

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Dimensions of a coxless pair, a two-person shell boat in rowing.

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Break down the continuous stroke cycle of rowing's two-person sweep into four phases

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Hamish Bond and Eric Murray

Hamish Bond

New Zealand rower

Emma Twigg

Emma Twigg

New Zealand rower

Redgrave, Steven; Holmes, Andy

Steven Redgrave

British rower

Champion Olympic rower Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford

British athlete

Pertti Karppinen

Finnish athlete

Conibear, Hiram Boardman

Hiram Boardman Conibear

American coach

Vyacheslav Ivanov

Soviet athlete

Stephen Fairbairn

British oarsman

Hamish Hamilton

British publisher

John B. Kelly, who won the single sculls event at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp

John B. Kelly

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