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...famous 1983 regatta-when Australia ended America's 132-year domination of the Cup-was closer, with John Bertrand's crew recovering from 3-1 down to win 4-3. But the races that year were mostly blowouts, whereas in Valencia the average winning margin was 24 sec.-about half-a-dozen boat lengths. After whitewashes at the previous three Cups, here, at last, was a series to savor. The Kiwis stunned their confident rivals by winning two of the first three races. The remaining battles were fierce and peppered with lead changes, but a slightly superior Alinghi crew proved...
...longer streak in an even more established contest between the two schools was also broken on Saturday, as the Crimson heavyweight crew team lost the varsity race in the 142nd annual Harvard-Yale regatta in New London...
...Harvard-Yale regatta is somewhat different from most dual races in that the varsity boat rows twice the usual course length—four miles as opposed to two. Harvard was in the lead for most of those four miles on Saturday, until a last-minute push by Yale gave the Bulldogs a half-second victory in the final strokes...
Although this was the last time many of the team will race this season, the varsity eight and a four will compete at another regatta at the start of July, this time across the pond at England’s Henley Royal Regatta. The rowers will remain in Cambridge until the end of June to practice, looking perhaps to wipe out any recently-created doubts about their success this season...
...were silently walking our boat back to the trailer, my mind raced. For a few seconds I replayed some of the happier moments I had enjoyed at that regatta; jubilantly crossing the finish line, having a gold medal hung on my neck, and, finally, getting ceremoniously tossed into the water by my crew. Of course these memories weren’t exactly satisfying—since they only served to remind me of not winning—so my mind continued to turn as I walked alongside the boat, making sure it didn’t nick any parked cars...