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Paris Regatta: There are few winners in the Olympics, but there is plenty of excitement and thrills.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 4, 2024

The rowing regatta was a cornerstone at the Paris Games almost from the beginning. There were many dramatic moments, but few new breakthroughs as favourites took the majority of medals. Rowing is steeped in tradition. Only bad weather prevented it from debuting at the 1896 Games.

Olympic-Eights Gold leaves British cox jumping with joy but not in water

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Harry Brightmore, coxswain of Britain’s men's 8s team on the last day of rowing was ecstatic about the victory. However, he took care not to slip into the water before the ceremony. Brightmore, 30, led his team to victory. They dominated the race and cruised home in front of the Netherlands.

Olympics-Rowing-Florijn and Zeidler wins single sculls golds, Romania and Britain win eights

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 3, 2024

Karolien Flijn, a Dutch rower, won the final of women's single-sculls in 7:17.28. Emma Twigg from New Zealand took silver while Lithuanian Viktorija Senkute was awarded bronze. Oliver Zeidler, a German world champion and neutral athlete from Belarus, won the men's delayed race.

The first cargo to be shipped from Mexico's Altamira Liquefied natural gas facility is for domestic consumption

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

New Fortress Energy, a U.S.-based energy company, plans to ship the first LNG cargo to a Mexican port this month. The gas will be used to generate electricity. After long delays, the LNG plant located at Altamira off Mexico's Atlantic Coast…

Olympics-Sailing-Spain sail to men's skiff gold after Dutch women survive scare to triumph

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 2, 2024

Spain's Diego Botin, along with Florian Trettel won the Olympic gold medal in men's sailing skiff on Friday. The Netherlands' Odile Van Aanholt, and Annette Duetz took the overall win for the women's race despite an error made under pressure.

Olympic Rowing-New Zealand's sculls lead the rowing gold rush in Paris Games

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 1, 2024

New Zealand, Romania and Netherlands won all the gold medals as the Olympic double sculls & fours competitions attained their climax in Paris on Thursday morning, after a thrilling race at Vaires-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium. The Kiwi team of Brooke Francis…

Dutch fly in women's final pairs

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 31, 2024

The Netherlands' Ymkje Claevering and Veronique meester sped into the final of the Olympic women's pair rowing event at Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium with the best time on Wednesday, as the hot weather from Tuesday gave way to cloudy skies.

The British medal machine is put to the test by new events in France

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 26, 2024

Mark Robinson, the leader of Britain's sailing squad, said that new events will be introduced in 2024 and present a new challenge to defend their Olympic crown. The British team has won more medals than any other nation since 1900, when sailing made its debut at the Olympic Games.

British Business – July 2,

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 2, 2024

These are the most popular stories in the British business pages. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports. Revolut's profits reached record levels last year, thanks to higher interest rates.