Word: headwind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walker was timed at 19:48.09 seconds while often rowing into a headwind on a winding upstream course of about three miles...
...didn't feel like the best row we've ever had," Yeates said. "Rowing into a headwind slows you down...
More than 3500 men and women competed in 16 events in the regatta billed as the world's biggest single day rowing event. However, records stood up because of a 15-25 mph headwind, which turned into a crosswind on some turns, on the upstream course...
...When you're racing into a headwind," Amory said, "it becomes a perseverance test, just like any other racing sport. [Northeastern] stressed the first 1000 meters of the race and probably lost because of it. They're probably just as disappointed to lose their first race of the season in bad conditions as we were last week...
...There are headwind crews and there are tailwind crews," Harvard's eight-man added, "but the good crews can win in both types of conditions...