Word: lightweight
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...where the nation’s top crews duked it out from Thursday through Saturday. The 2000-meter Lake Natoma course played host to five men’s heavyweight events (a reduction from previous years) as well as a men’s and women’s lightweight competition. Also making its first appearance in this year’s iteration of the regatta was a new selection standard, which required boats to now qualify for entry while prohibiting club teams from participating.Despite the change, the field remained loaded with contenders. "The strongest field across the board...
After two days of arguing about a lightweight brown sneaker that had been lobbed at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he spoke at Cambridge University earlier this year, the verdict came with an air of denouement. On Tuesday, German biomedical research student Martin Jahnke, 27, who had tossed his footwear onto the stage during Wen's speech in protest over China's human-rights record, was found not guilty of a public order offense by the Cambridge Magistrates' Court...
...National Championships taking place this weekend, the heavyweights will attempt to put up a strong team showing and the lightweight varsity eight will try to improve on its two consecutive second-place finishes...
...Training has been going very well,” lightweight captain Jeff Overington said. “We’re working hard, focusing one day at a time...
...Tennessee to close the weekend. On the first day, Radcliffe struggled to find a consistent rhythm and prevent other crews from pulling away after the first 500 meters—something that the Black and White’s hopes to refine leading up to the NCAAs.For the lightweights, first-year coach Heather Cartwright has moved into the top job without missing a beat, leading the No. 5 lightweight women’s crew team to a 5-1 dual record that included defeats of top-ten opponents Georgetown, Prinecton, and MIT during the season.“We feel...