2016 World Rowing Cup Italy - Men’s 8 Final

2016 World Rowing Cup Italy - Men’s 8 Final by TheFrugal_Trekker Facts: ♦Rowing is one of the original sports in the modern Olympic Games. ♦Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, was a rower. ♦Rowers are the third largest U.S. delegation (48 athletes) to the Olympic Games. ♦Eight-oared shells are about 60-feet long - that’s 20 yards on a football field. ♦Rowing was the first intercollegiate sport contested in the United States. The first rowing race was bet