Vyacheslav Ivanov

Vyacheslav Ivanov won his first gold medal in rowing's single sculls event in 1956. He trailed Stuart Mackenzie of Australia for 1,800m and then made a sensational sprint over the last 200m to win by 5½ seconds. In 1960, Ivanov won a second time, defeating East Germany's Achim Hill by 6¼ seconds. Ivanov faced Hill again in 1964. This time he trailed Hill by 7 seconds with 500m to go, but finished so powerfully that he closed the gap and moved ahead. Ivanov made such a tremendous effort that he briefly lost consciousness fifty metres before the finish line. He awoke to find himself still in the lead, and went on to win by 3.73 seconds.

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[ALLDALI]

Fast catch and smooth...the man is 3x Olympic Champion...the first time he was 18years old !

[Arttreasures]

Is nice rowing...technically and very quick into the water - the man still rows now in Moscow !

[Multika]

where is the quick hands away?...

[AxelPRC]

wow he was ahead of his time technically

[francisog]

There is no boredom when you are chasing prerfection!

[francisog]

Ivanov's hands dive at the catch - losing water.

What got Ted's interest was that Ivanov kept the scull on the same plane with minimal vertical movement.

Do half the session with square blade rowing, back of slide rowing exercises etc. in the second half you practise starting fingers and toes together and finish fingers and toes together as light as possible - and then develop as your physical abilities dictate, the inner strength developed show how Ivanov is a very spiritual being.

[trashmasters]

that looks pretty damn good

[maestroGSWJ]

Ahhh...the skill, the strength, the grace, the boredom.