28 APRIL 2021 | ISSUE 473 | FREE
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THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC ROWING TEAM IS COMING TO NAGAMBIE!
If you ever want to see what good sweep oar rowing looks like, do yourself a favour and take a look at the Australian Olympic Rowing Team in action when they take to the lanes of the Nagambie Lakes Regatta Course this week.
The Australian Olympic Rowing team is running a simulation of World Cup One in Nagambie.They are the best rowers in Australia and they are enroute to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Australian Olympic team FISA, usually run lead up regattas prior to the Olympics overseas. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Australian team is currently not travelling overseas and Nagambie was hand picked for the location for this major event over anywhere else in the country. This is a huge endorsement for the Nagambie Lakes Regatta course. The whole 2021 Olympic Rowing Team will be in action. All the men’s and women's events will be rowed over a 5 day period. In total 76 members of the team, including coaches and support staff will be on location competing in the World Cup One and continuing with their
rigorous training regime.
For rowers at any level fuelling their bodies correctly is as fundamental as putting the right fuel in your car. Training consists of 6 - 7 hours each day, with athletes consuming 1 ½ times to double the amount of food as compared to the average person. The Nagambie Rowing Club has been working closely with the team’s nutritionists to meet their catering requirements. The team will arrive Wednesday, they will be training on Thursday and competing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, racing under full covid 19 guidelines. With the hectic training regime required to keep rowers at their optimum fitness we
must not forget that these athletes have added an extra year to their training just for the opportunity to compete at the Olympics. Following the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic, the team have had to continue their commitment and dedication to the sport which no doubt has put their real life on hold for now. If you want to see what the best of the best look like before they head off to the Tokyo Olympics they will be on lake Nagambie from Wednesday to Sunday. Photo credit: Rowing Australia