Wairoa School looks at Tokyo 2020 Para-Rowing

Tokyo Para-Rowing

Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Para-Rowing

Best of luck to the para-rowers in Tokyo. Bring home the gold!!!

To learn more about para-rowing visit: <a href="https://rowingaustralia.com.au/development/para-rowing/">https://rowingaustralia.com.au/development/para-rowing/</a> <a href="https://www.paralympic.org.au/sports/para-rowing/">https://www.paralympic.org.au/sports/para-rowing/</a>

Important Terms: • Coxswain: Person who sits at the stern and is responsible for steering the boat and directing the crew. • Scull: To row with two oars, one in each hand. • Sweep: To row with one oar. • Row: Propel/move a boat with oars. • Oar: A pole with a flat blade used to row or steer a boat through water.

Debut: A person's first appearance at the Paralympics

How to row a boat: • Step in carefully • Sit down backwards • Put your oars into place • Pull oars against the force of the water to move your boat

How To Row a Boat

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Rowing was included for the first time in the Paralympic program in 2008. Commonly known as adaptive rowing, it is open to people with a physical impairment or&nbsp;vision impairment.

Para-rowing

Eight para-rowers will represent Australia on the Paralympic team.

The best rowers are the ones who have a continuous, fluid motion and little splash when their oars enter the water.

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics -  Rowing

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