Mens Single Scull - 2001 FISA World Rowing Championships

[ironoarsman]

Finally, this race is as good of a race I could deliver, without a coach, training alone all year in California, without acclimatization, and huge financial pressure to succeed. I don't remember who I beat in the semi. I will check now. Ok, enough pathetic blabbing on my behalf, there are way more important things to wrap our heads around. All the best and let's take care of our children and the world at large!

[ironoarsman]

It is hard to quit at the right time. I hate writing it and realize that it is still painful for me to think about 2001, because I never gave it time to digest the loss. Thank you Alain for posting this race, it is part of my rowing history and good for others to read my comments on this subject, because I know others go through the same problems too. In the big picture this is no "problem" at all and it is laughable that I make a big deal out of it. Writing this is actually therapeutic! :-)

[ironoarsman]

I hated being away from my family. I loved the color of the boat but the trim was running my bow into the water, who knows, maybe that was just a mental knot I had. I can't watch this race, I don't want to hear the commentary. If I had lived in Europe, I would have kept going, but the distance of travel and need for acclimatization and the lack of rowing income needed to relocate my entire family for proper acclimatization was just not there. Everything became too much. It is hard to quit at

[ironoarsman]

Hello!

Yes, I hate watching it. So many things went wrong because of circumstances and decision making. I had no coach, Marty had left for Australia. I arrived two days before my heat from California, my choice, because I did not want to be away from my family. I am amazed that I even rowed 6:43 in the semi. My body was aching all week from nerves or whatever, bad sleep because of cutting corners for not acclimating. Suddenly the sacrifice for racing abroad became too much for me,

[theSculler]

Xeno, if you pass by and feel like sharing: what happened in this race? You had such a nice rhythm in the first half, staying in the lead with less s/m than the others; but then the stroke looks somewhat unfinished, at least compared to the "torquey" part of your 1996 final (which of course is such a high standard for everybody to compare against :^))

[theSculler]

Fantastic race!! Thx for posting. This is probably the closest Chalupa ever got to the World Championship (or is it 1990?). Cop is wonderfully smooth in the recovery (for the rating!) and long at the catch until the last 200m. A young Olaf looks less devastating than usual, yet it is enough for the World title. Incredible level.