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2 weeks, 4 days ago

As the Paralympic movement expands, intellectual impairment is still under-represented

ABC

Mac Russell loves coastal rowing. But a clamber for increased Games representation, the development of new sports classes and the continued growth of Paralympic alternatives suggest elite sport may be slowly learning to embrace athletes with an intellectual impairment. For the one Paralympic class in which II athletes could compete, there were three main criteria of eligibility: An IQ of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson urges NRL to send off players for high shots rather than change kick-off rules

ABC

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has called for the NRL to go harder on players who commit high tackles from kick-offs, saying send-offs are the first step towards better player safety. Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona was sin-binned for the tackle and suspended from the grand final, but Roosters coach Robinson said sending off players for such incidents from kick-offs would …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Springboks trust 10 changes vs Pumas are good enough to clinch Rugby Championship

Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Salmaan Moerat will captain a much-changed South Africa side that will try to clinch the Rugby Championship crown against Argentina this weekend in Santiago del Estero. There’s a new front row including Malcolm Marx and Thomas du Toit, Moerat joining Nortje in the second row, and new flankers Ben-Jason Dixon and Marco van Staden. “This group …

Springboks Rugby Championship

4 months ago

Lando Norris must deliver at the Dutch GP after claiming pole position - it's now or never to dispel his first-lap demons from the front and hunt down Max Verstappen for the title, writes JONATHAN MCE

Daily Mail

Norris insists he is not falling prey to desperation as he seeks to make up ground It’s time to deliver. That’s the inescapable task facing Lando Norris if he is to have any chance of winning the world championship after taking a fabulous pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix. Max Verstappen, driving an inferior Red Bull equally brilliantly, qualified …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 – the winners and the losers

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch rowers bag third gold medal at Paris Olympics; Sailing team also finishes first

NL Times

Rowers Ymke Clevering and Veronique Meester have won Olympic gold in the double skulls. It is the third gold medal for the Dutch rowing team at the Paris Olympics. Sailors Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz also won gold after an insane end to the decisive medal race, NOS reports. “It went incredibly well.” Clevering and Meester’s victory in the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics day six: Andy Murray’s career comes to end and rowers earn three medals

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dying father’s gesture and a nine-day coma: the remarkable stories that powered GB rowers to gold

The Telegraph

It is astonishing that Brayshaw was even in the boat alongside Anderson. She was partially paralysed, unable to use the left side of her body and initially expected to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. She was offered the chance to re-take her school year with her GCSEs looming, but did not want to leave her twin …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Balraj Panwar finishes 5th in rowing single sculls quarters, out of medal race at Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times

India's lone representative in rowing at the Paris Olympics, Balraj Panwar on Tuesday finished fifth in his quarterfinals heat race of the men's single sculls event and will now fight for minor positions. Balraj Panwar, of India The 25-year-old clocked 7 minutes and 5.10 seconds in quarterfinals heat 4 to be relegated to semifinals C/D, meant for rowers to compete …

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5 months ago

From civil war to Olympic favourites: Inside Team GB’s remarkable rowing transformation

The Independent

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5 months ago

The Olympic windsurfers and rowers fighting invasive alien species

BBC

The Olympic windsurfers and rowers fighting invasive alien species Max Miechowski British windsurfers, sailors and rowers have been helping in the fight against invasive species – showing big sporting events like the Olympics can leave a legacy of biodiversity. "On the water, I'm just having so much fun – it's only when I come off the water I realise actually …

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5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian archers and rowers first to check in at Games Village

India TV News

Days before the start of the Olympics 2024, archers and rowers have become the first athletes from India to check in at the Paris Games village, India's chef-de-mission for the Paris Olympics, Gagan Narang informed on Saturday. "I arrived in Paris on Thursday night and have taken stock of the arrangements inside the Games Village for the Indian contingent. The …

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6 months ago

Rower Balraj aims for India's best finish at Olympics

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: If being the lone entry from the country was not enough, Balraj Panwar will find himself all alone on his boat when the rowing competition starts at the Paris Olympics on July 27. For the record, Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat's 11th-placed finish in the lightweight men's double sculls in Tokyo has been the best show by Indian …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jonny Hill ‘fan headlock’ investigated as Sale Sharks team-mates rally round England forward

The Telegraph

An incident involving Jonny Hill will be investigated by Sale after the England and Lions lock was accused of grabbing a Bath supporter in a headlock that left them with a cut above their right eye during ugly scenes after the Sharks’ semi-final loss at The Rec. the values of rugby are based on respect so salacious headlines only detracts …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Three-day annual boat race begins in Ooty

The Hindu

Nilgiris District Collector, M. Aruna, inaugurated the Ooty Boat Race at the Ooty Lake and Boat House on Friday. The Nilgiris district administration said that the boat race was held under different categories — men’s and women’s doubles, for rowers, media personnel, couples and government staff. The boat race is being organised jointly by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Hurricanes hold off Moana Pasifika to return to top spot in Super Rugby Pacific

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Wellington-based Hurricanes returned to the top of the table in Super Rugby Pacific on Friday, beating Moana Pasifika 32-24 in a match that was a field day for front-rowers. The Hurricanes led throughout but were never able to fully shake off Moana, who trailed 19-12 at halftime and closed within two points when they scored …

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10 months ago

Three back rowers can solve Steve Borthwick’s problem after England A’s 91-5 thrashing of Portugal

The Telegraph

It is not all doom and gloom when it comes to English rugby. Just 24 hours after Steve Borthwick watched his senior side lose a fourth successive Calcutta Cup encounter with Scotland, the head coach was back on a familiar stomping ground taking a look into the future. For the first time in eight years, England’s A side were being …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games: How Indian athletes are pushing the bar higher with every win

Live Mint

A gold won in equestrian; a gold lost in women’s golf. Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Chheda, Divyakirti Singh and Sudipti Hajela set the ball rolling as they clinched a gold in the team dressage event, India’s first-ever in the equestrian discipline. Since the event’s inception at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, South Korea and Japan were the only two countries to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games: Indian athletes win big as shooters and rowers lead the way

Live Mint

When the gold medallists for the men’s 10m air rifle team event were beckoned, rather than step on to the podium, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar walked around it and shook hands with their fellow medal winners. The trio shot a total of 1893.7 on Monday to bag India’s first gold medal of the 2022 …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 26: Dressage Team Bags Gold; Neha Thakur and Eabad Ali Claim Medals in Sailing

News 18

Asian Games Day 1 Highlights: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 of Asian Games from Hangzhou. India claimed the team dressage gold in equestrian sport at the Asian Games here on Tuesday, breaking a 41-year-old jinx at the continental event. Neha Thakur, 17, led the show with a silver while Eabad Ali claimed a bronze, as …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hangzhou Asian Games | With five medals, the Indian rowers make a splash

The Hindu

China may not be a favourite for Indian sports in general but for the rowers, it has been a happy hunting ground. With five medals in the 19th Asian Games here which equalled their previous best-ever performance, the Indians are now hoping for bigger success. India finished with two silvers and three bronze in rowing to equal its 2010 tally …

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1 year, 2 months ago

On the up: A rowing success story scripted by the Army

Hindustan Times

Arvind Singh and Arjun Lal Jat had never heard of rowing until they chanced upon the sport after joining the Indian Army. The rowers continued with their brilliant display on the Beizhi riverfront on Monday, adding two more bronze medals for a tally of five medals -- matching their best haul of five medals achieved during the 2010 Asian Games …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games: Four Bronze take India into medal double digits after 'Golden' start on Day 2

India TV News

Asian Games 2023: India's medal tally at the Asian Games 2023 rose to double digits with four Bronze medals after a stunning Gold to start the second day in Hangzhou. After a Golden start to the day with a Gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Team event, India secured four Bronze medals in Rowing and Shooting to shoot …

India Men Bronze Singh Double Digits Shooting Medals Four Bronze

1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Indian rowers rally, bag two bronze medals

Hindustan Times

Indian rowers staged twin comebacks to end the day with two bronze and take their overall tally to five medals in the watersport at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. India's Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh with their bronze medals The day began with the quartet of Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and Ashish Goliyan …

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As the Paralympic movement expands, intellectual impairment is still under-represented

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson urges NRL to send off players for high shots rather than change kick-off rules

Springboks trust 10 changes vs Pumas are good enough to clinch Rugby Championship

Lando Norris must deliver at the Dutch GP after claiming pole position - it's now or never to dispel his first-lap demons from the front and hunt down Max Verstappen for the title, writes JONATHAN MCE

Paris 2024 – the winners and the losers

Dutch rowers bag third gold medal at Paris Olympics; Sailing team also finishes first

Olympics day six: Andy Murray’s career comes to end and rowers earn three medals

Dying father’s gesture and a nine-day coma: the remarkable stories that powered GB rowers to gold

Balraj Panwar finishes 5th in rowing single sculls quarters, out of medal race at Paris Olympics

From civil war to Olympic favourites: Inside Team GB’s remarkable rowing transformation

The Olympic windsurfers and rowers fighting invasive alien species

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian archers and rowers first to check in at Games Village

Rower Balraj aims for India's best finish at Olympics

Jonny Hill ‘fan headlock’ investigated as Sale Sharks team-mates rally round England forward

Three-day annual boat race begins in Ooty

Hurricanes hold off Moana Pasifika to return to top spot in Super Rugby Pacific

Three back rowers can solve Steve Borthwick’s problem after England A’s 91-5 thrashing of Portugal

Asian Games: How Indian athletes are pushing the bar higher with every win

Asian Games: Indian athletes win big as shooters and rowers lead the way

Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 26: Dressage Team Bags Gold; Neha Thakur and Eabad Ali Claim Medals in Sailing

Hangzhou Asian Games | With five medals, the Indian rowers make a splash

On the up: A rowing success story scripted by the Army

Asian Games: Four Bronze take India into medal double digits after 'Golden' start on Day 2

Asian Games 2023: Indian rowers rally, bag two bronze medals