Weekly Quote

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.  Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man.  And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became.  Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others.  Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.  ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Greatest Races Week 25




From 1968-1980 the German Democratic Republic had dominated the Men's coxless four, winning gold in 4 straight Olympiads for the first time in History, a feet that has yet to be repeated. From 1966-1977 East Germany won every World Championship they attended. In 1986 as Ted Swinford, Dan Lyons, John Riley and Robert Espeseth rowed onto the course at Nottingham the U.S. had not won the event in any International Championship regatta since the 1960 Olympics.

Rowing a bold middle 1000-m they would not be denied.
Posted by Scott Wisniewski at Wednesday, July 09, 2008
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