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...rowers raced in the traditional dragon boats, which are very different from a normal crew shell. The 43 feet long, five feet wide structure, made of teakwood, commonly have leaking problems...
...result, the action is anaerobic, which fires the arm muscles quickly. "It's not as complicated as the normal stroke, and uses fewer muscles," said Coach Leahey, adding that it is "very hard work" The stroke rate is also faster man a regular crew shell, about 90 strokes a minute...
...beachhead in the Pacific. He was scared to death. Heavy enemy fire was killing his buddies all around him. When a shell burst near by, he felt an excruciating pain and the sensation of blood pouring down his leg. There was a call for a corpsman, and he was carried to a medical station, where doctors discovered he had indeed been hit-on his canteen. They sent him back out. More shells, more bombs...
...carried him to the medical station. The doctor took some tweezers, picked out a few fragments of metal from his face, slapped on some adhesive bandages and sent him back to fight once more. By then, almost his entire company had been wiped out. For the third time, a shell burst near him. It tore off his leg. He did not feel a thing...
...addition, the stroke rate is much faster than a regular crew shell, which averages somewhere in the 30 strokes per minute range. In Hong Kong, the crews will average 90 strokes a minute during actual racing, though the highest they've done thus far is 76 per minute...