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Someone who agrees to go backward at full speed and call it a sport.
means A person who rows a boat, especially as a skilled competitor in a racing crew.
from A straightforward compound: 'oar' (the long-handled blade for propelling a boat, from Old English 'ar', itself traced back to a very old Germanic root) plus 'man'. No trickery here — the word simply names the person who wields the oar, and has done so in English for centuries as rowing grew from basic transport into organized sport.
- direction faced
- stern, away from where they are going
- power source
- legs do most of the real work
- peak heart rate
- rivals a sprinter mid 2000m race
- team sync
- one late stroke sinks the whole boat's speed