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Ukrainian National Team to Row in Head of the Charles Regatta
The Head of the Charles Regatta begins Friday in Boston, and the Ukrainian National Team is in town preparing for the race.
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Ukrainian Rowers Prepare for Head of the Charles Regatta Amid War With Russia
Members of the Ukrainian national team arrived at the Charles River for rowing practice Thursday ahead of the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston and Cambridge. The world-renowned annual competition, which begins on Friday and lasts until Sunday, will feature about two dozen Ukrainian athletes, many of whom were in their native country when the Russia-Ukraine war started in…
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Making Waves: How the 1st All-Black Women's Team Is Making an Impact at Head of the Charles
The first all-Black women’s boat will race the Head of the Charles Regatta. The team was organized by the hosts of the popular podcast “Rowing in Color.” Hannah Donnelly caught up with the women about their hopes for the historic race.
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Catching Up With the 1st All-Black Women's Team at Head of the Charles
Hannah talks with three of the women who are a part of the first all-Black women’s team competing in the famous Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend.
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The Head of the Charles Regatta Sponsors Displaced Ukrainian Rowers in This Year's Event
The Head of the Charles Regatta will sponsor a team of Ukrainian rowers and coaches to compete at the annual event this year. The Ukrainian National Team athletes were displaced by the war in their country, but continued training in other countries. Over the summer, Simmons University rowing coach Andrii Ivanchuk, who was born in Ukraine, approached Regatta organizers and…
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US Rowing Accepts Resignation of Longtime Men's Coach Mike Teti
US Rowing’s CEO said there will no longer be a formal relationship with Teti and she accepted his resignation last week.
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Watuppa Rowing Center Raising a New Generation of Athletes
The Watuppa Rowing Center is coaching a new generation of athletes in Fall River. In 2020, the program received grant money from the Head of the Charles and the Golden Cup to continue coaching students at no cost. Head Coach Sandra Cardillo shares how the program positively impacts these students on and off the water.
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What to Expect at This Weekend's Head of the Charles Regatta
What can you expect at this weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta? Race directors Natasha Strom and Ami Mehr give our own Hannah Donnelly a preview.
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U.S. Paralympic Rowing Team in Boston to Prepare for Tokyo
The Community Rowing Center along the Charles River is the only national training center for rowers with disabilities.
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Meet a Local Couple Uniquely Tied Together by the Olympics
A New England couple gave us a unique perspective on the Tokyo Games — ones an Olympian, the other an Olympic doctor.
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Vt. Company Proud to see Products Widely Used at Olympics
Olympic rowers are in action this week in Tokyo after facing delays because of bad weather. Employees of a company in Vermont’s Lamoille County will be watching broadcasts of those races with pride, because there’s a really good chance they manufactured a key part of the athletes’ gear. “They’re having great results with them,” Eric Smith, an employee of...
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Dr. Stone Pursues US Rowing Gold to Wear With Stethoscope
American rower Gevvie Stone’s goal is to go back to Boston with a new medal to wear with her stethoscope: preferably an Olympic gold medal. Stone, who won a silver medal in single sculls at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has delayed her career as a doctor in emergency room medicine for nearly three years in pursuit of one…
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Meet BU Student and Olympian Anna Weis
Boston University student Anna Weis is competing for Team USA in sailing at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tropical Storm Forces Olympic Rowing Competition Postponement
Some Olympic rowing competitions have been rescheduled due to expected high wind and rain from a forecasted tropical storm
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Olympic Rowing Competition Postponed Due to Tropical Storm Approaching Japan
Some Olympic rowing competitions have been rescheduled due to expected high wind and rain from a forecasted tropical storm
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Father-Daughter Duo From Newton Trains for Their Last Olympics
Newton’s Gevvie Stone and Weston’s Kristi Wagner, two Mass. rowers, will hit the water at the Tokyo Olympics under the watchful eye of their coach — who is the father of one of the athletes.
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4-Man Team Rows From San Francisco to Hawaii in Reported Record Time
Four men say they have set a new world record for the fastest unaided and unassisted row from San Francisco to Hawaii, completing the journey in just over 30 days.
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Ground Broken at Grace Rett Athletic Complex
A ceremony was held for a new athletic complex and education center at a Massachusetts school attended by Grace Rett, a world-class collegiate rower who died when her team’s van crashed in Florida last year.
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Rowing to Remember Grace Rett
The women’s crew team at Holy Cross and other athletes around the country are taking part in a 62-hour virtual fundraiser of rowing, raffles and other efforts called “Grace to the finish.” The funds will go toward a facility at Grace Rett’s old high school in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
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Family of Late Holy Cross Rower Talks About Her Legacy
We’re hearing from the family of Grace Rhett, a Holy Cross student-athlete who died after her rowing team’s bus was hit by a pickup truck in Florida.