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HYDERABAD,
Sunday, May 5, 2013
With many high-profile events lined up for this year and the next, India’s rowers, most of them international medallists, have hit the waters
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HYDERABAD,
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Ravinder, a former bronze medallist in the 1987 National Games kayaking and canoeing competitions, has a passion for bicycles and is a proud owner of a Speedking, which is powered by a motor
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HYDERABAD,
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Rowing Federation of India president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo found fault with the Union Sports Ministry in the selection of nominees for the Dronacharya and Arjuna awards.
In a letter addr...
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NEW DELHI,
August 17, 2012
For the second time in three months an athlete has been given a reduced sanction for a steroid violation on the argument that he was prescribed that drug by a qualified doctor and he should get th...
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WINDSOR,
August 4, 2012
Britain successfully defended its Olympic rowing title in the men’s four by beating big rival Australia to gold at Dorney Lake on Saturday.The crew of Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James, An...
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WINDSOR, England,
August 2, 2012
South Africa stunned pre-race favourites Britain and Denmark by finishing powerfully to win gold in a thrilling lightweight men’s four final at the Olympic rowing regatta on Thursday. Th...
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WINDSOR, England,
August 1, 2012
Britain captured its first gold medal of the London Games when Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the final of the women’s pair at the Olympic rowing regatta on Wednesday. Under inten...
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London,
July 29, 2012
Swarn Singh Virk kept the Indian interest alive in the rowing competition of the London Olympics as he progressed to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles sculls after quelling a late challenge...
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NEW DELHI,
July 27, 2012
Though a number of Olympic sports are pursued in India, why do their practitioners rarely make it to the limelight?
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July 15, 2012
He is one of only four athletes ever to win five successive Olympic gold medals
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July 15, 2012
For 11 long years, Ismail Baig has been guiding the destiny of Indian rowing with a rare sense of commitment. And, the London Olympics will be three-in-a-row for the Indian coach. Still for...
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LONDON,
June 14, 2012
A reigning Olympic champion and a kayaker nicknamed “Usain Bolt on Water” are two of the nine athletes selected in Britain’s canoe sprint squad for the London Games. The 35-year-old Tim...
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HYDERABAD,
April 29, 2012
Indian rowers Sawarn Singh (single scull) and Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar (light-weight double scull) qualified for 2012 London Olympics, India's chief national coach and Dronacharya awardee I...
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London,
August 5, 2012
India were never in contention for a medal but the 16th—place finish in single sculls and 19th in the lightweight double sculls in the Olympic Games were clear indications of the huge gap the coun...
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WINDSOR, England,
August 2, 2012
The United States held off Canada to win a second straight Olympic gold in the women’s eight on Thursday, maintaining its six-year dominance of the high-profile event. The U.S. led from...
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WINDSOR, England,
August 1, 2012
Germany produced a late burst to win the Olympic rowing gold in the blue-ribbon men’s eight at Dorney Lake on Wednesday, justifying its pre-race billing as heavy favourite. Unbeaten sinc...
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London,
August 1, 2012
Indian rower Sawarn Singh and the pair of Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar on Tuesday were out of medal contention and now will be looking to have a respectable finish in the semifinals of the 2012...
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WINDSOR,
July 28, 2012
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond of New Zealand smashed the world best time in the men’s pair by nearly six seconds at the Olympic rowing regatta on Saturday. They crossed the line in a time...
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WINDSOR, England,
July 26, 2012
Rowing is such a draining sport that the body takes a battering competing in just one event. Try, then, competing in two. That’s exactly what Kim Crow is attempting at the London Oly...
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July 15, 2012
Team members say they are only trying to improve upon their Beijing performances
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Kodaikanal,
June 17, 2012
Tamil Nadu, which finished with eight medals, dominated the 15th sub-junior and 16th challenger sprint national rowing championships, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Amateur Rowing Association (TARA),...
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HYDERABAD,
May 16, 2012
It is a success story defying all odds. Braving the polluted waters of Hussain Sagar Lake day in and day out, staying in the make-shift shed which doubles up as a hostel close to the Lake in Hyder...
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HYDERABAD,
February 19, 2012
S.S. Danghi and Shashi Kumar of Andhra Pradesh won the 500m light weight men's double scull gold clocked in 1:32.10 seconds at the 31st Open National rowing championship, which concluded here on...
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