Rowing, particularly sculling, inflicts on the individual in every race a level of pain associated with few other sports. There was certainly pain in football during a head-on collision, pain in other sports on the occasion of a serious injury. That was more the threat of pain; in rowing there was the absolute guarantee of it every time.


The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal (ed. Open Road Media, 2012) - ISBN: 9781453295137

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Rowing, particularly sculling, inflicts on the individual in every race a level of pain associated with few other sports. There was certainly pain in ...

Rowing, particularly sculling, inflicts on the individual in every race a level of pain associated with few other sports. There was certainly pain in ...

Rowing, particularly sculling, inflicts on the individual in every race a level of pain associated with few other sports. There was certainly pain in ...

Rowing, particularly sculling, inflicts on the individual in every race a level of pain associated with few other sports. There was certainly pain in ...