Now you are on a roll, mentioning Marius using dope in amounts for a small hospital would also be in placemarkinnb wrote:I think that the lightweight silver <medal> champion was used to highlight how good a small-ish person can actually be- if they are well trained and in good condition, rowing in proper form or semi-proper form.mdpfirrman wrote: You would think they could have found a better rower to match up against him. That guy was a Silver medalist lightweight at 150lbs or so (68kg). Not exactly apples to apples on an erg. at 68kg, that rower would probably crush him on the water. Would be a much more fair comparison doing a 500m race with a larger heavyweight rower.
Marius had a 1:18 while buddy was 1:23 or so.
Marius was in his 30's in 2010 so his time of 1:18 would be about 5th best in 2010 and about 5th so far , in 2016. This would be in the heavyweights of course
Paweł Rańda's (30's as well ) time of 1;23 would put him in 2nd position in 2010 and maybe 1st or 2nd thus far in 2016 in the lightweight.
Pawel held his own if not more.
People may have been expecting Marius to crush Pawel, in terms of time.
Pawel's time and performance highlighted the fact that a person doesn't have to be enormous in order to put in a good time. That technique and form matter and sometimes can outperform brute force.
The comp also highlighted Marius abilities. He isn't a rower. He didn't put anywhere near the time/distance on the erg as Pawel.
He did have decent form , apart from a distinct hand position . He wasn't sloppy. He didn't just use brute force. Marius certainly is something else .
- better than yesterday (1:30.7) and took 1 stroke less 30.5 versus 31.5- I'll get this when I'm "fresh"
