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| In this competition of discipline and coordination, competitors race on a stretch of water of 2,000 metres, with six seperate lanes. All boats initially race in heats, with the fastest finishers going straight through to the semi-finals or the six-boat final. However, the remaining boats have a second chance in the repechage rounds, which provide further qualifiers for the later stages - although the composition of these later stages, including the semi-finals, depends upon the number of boats in each event.Two major competitions are sweep (each rower in the boat uses one oar each), and sculls (rowers using two oars each). More |
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