Word: headwind
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...crews on the water had to deal with choppy water and a strong headwind...
...strong cross headwind provided the Black and White with a significant home course advantage compared to Princeton’s flat, sheltered, buoyed course...
...thought it was a pretty strong race,” captain Wayne Pommen said. “[Senior] Jim Omartian steered an excellent course. There was a lot of weird wind. There was tailwind in some places, headwinds and crosswinds in some places. We did really well in the powerhouse stretch, where there was a really good tailwind—we were really flying. There was a headwind at the last turn, so we really had to fight to get to the finish line...
...When she placed fifth at the IAAF Indoor World Championships at Lisbon in March at a peak height of 1.93 meters, she placed some of the blame on her failure to adapt to an unexpected ramp that interfered with her approach. At Edmonton, the IAAF reported that a strong headwind, which picked up as the bar was raised to 1.94 meters, made the competition difficult for inexperienced jumpers...
...Unfortunately, the distances weren’t great,” Clever said. “There was a strong headwind that hurt some more than others. I definitely had a chance to place much higher...