Word: headwind
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...Sprints Committee's decision to seed Princeton first, completely dominated the eights competition in yesterday's regatta on the Charles River Basin After destroying the competition in the morning heats with a very fast 4:08 clocking and a 14-second spread against a blustery 20 m.p.h. headwind, Radcliffe pulled away in the second 500 meters of the finals to win the title by open water...
Both crews rowed with well-drilled precision and pose through choppy waters, into a stiff quartering headwind, and successfully past a wandering sailor who drifted into the middle of the race course where he was nearly drawn and quartered by a sixteen-blade floating Veg-O-Matic...
...Radcliffe crew overcame a strong headwind Saturday and topped four teams in winning a regatta on the Charles. Their time for the 1000-meter course was a fast...
...looked a littel rushed over the last 1000 and we appeared to be staggering a bit," he said after the victory. The subpar performance in the second half was due in no little part to a formidable headwind that buffetted the racers over the last 700 meters. The second half of the race was also hindered by a poor transition into sprint cadence at the end of the race...
Radcliffe led during the first 500 meters of the 100-meter race, contested in rough waters and against a strong headwind, but Vesper pulled back ahead to win in a very slow time...