‘Like a cat in a washing machine’: rescued rower feared he would die in Cyclone Alfred’s monster waves | Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Aurimas Mockus finally arrived in Australia, but not in the way he imagined it. Instead of paddling over Crusis, who had rowed in the Pacific for nearly five months as part of his solo mission from San Diego to Brisbane, he arrived at Sydney Port and lively on a 16,000-ton Australian Navy ship. Without the […]
Lithuanian rower attempting to cross Pacific activates emergency beacon off Queensland near Cyclone Alfred | Australia weather

Australia's royal naval vessels are tied up towards the coral sea after a Lithuanian man gets into trouble trying to cross the Pacific Ocean from San Diego to Brisbane. Aurimas Mockus activated the emergency beacon about 740km east of Mackay, Queensland and 90km west of the tropical Cyclone Alfred on Friday night. He was traveling […]
USA rower details disappointing Tinder experience at Olympic village: ‘Do you want babies?’

Olympians are looking to win both on and off the field in Paris. While the United States has come out on top at this year’s Olympics with 30 total medals (but only five gold), it doesn’t seem like the U.S. or other countries are experiencing the same success outside of sports. Rower Emily Deleman revealed […]
‘I just love proving people wrong’: Georgie Brayshaw, the rower who came out of a coma | Paris Olympic Games 2024

“G“Georgina? Hello? Georgina?” George Brayshaw parks his car on the side of a road somewhere in Switzerland, I think in Bern, and presses it against the back window to get better reception. “How’s Switzerland…” the phone hangs up. “…What? It’s hung up…” And then it hangs up again. “How’s Switzerland…” a truck passes by. “…it’s […]