Word: tailwind
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...heavies started quickly, grabbing a length's lead by the 500-meter mark. There, a quartering tailwind drove the race close to the Cambridge riverbank, and bowman Ruth Colker lost half of her oarblade on mooring buoy...
...Harvard varsity lightweights avenged last year's man overboard loss to Navy as John Higginson's eight cruised home with its twelfth Haines Cup in 13 years, stroking through the Midshipmen and the UMass heavies on a fast, tailwind-aided Charles River on Saturday...
Connecticut College swept the race finishing the 1000 meter course with the help of a strong tailwind in three minutes and 12 seconds...
Friday afternoon the Severn was calm in the rain for the Crimson's pre-race workout, but by Saturday morning a gale-like tailwind had kicked up the Severn's waters into a ferocious chop with whitecaps...
Aided by a strong tailwind and throngs of encouraging spectators. Will Rodgers took command of the 79th running of the Boston Marathon at the Wellesley checkpoint and sped to a record-breaking victory yesterday, winning in the phenomenal time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 55 seconds...