In rowing, a coxless pair consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side and one on the bow side. As the name suggests, there is no cox on such a boat, and the two rowers must co-ordinate steering and the proper timing of oar strokes between themselves. Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ... OAR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: An abbreviation of the term Original Aspect Ratio. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Bow may mean: Bow (knot): A type of knot Bow (music): A device used to play string instruments Bow (ship): The foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat Bow (weapon): An archery weapon that uses elasticity to propel arrows Bow (human): Bowing is the act of lowering... In a rowing crew, the coxswain (or simply the cox) is the member who sits in the stern (except in bowloaders) facing the bow, steers the boat, and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. ...
Tomkins is one of the most recognisable faces in Australian rowing have won gold as part of the coxless four in Barcelona and Atlanta.
What followed was a classic sporting story as the new pair won their heat, their semi-final and went on to win the final downing the top Italian and French teams.
Their harmony in the coxlesspair's boat while surprising can be understood because Tomkins has always been a stroke rower and Long is a natural bow sider which are the two essential ingredients for a pairs boat.
After the foursome lost the Australian selection trials for the coxless four, he switched to the coxlesspairs, rowing with Drew Ginn, but his attempt to win a third consecutive Olympic gold at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics were scuppered by an injury to Ginn, and Tomkins finished third with substitute Matthew Long.
Returning to the coxlesspairs in 2002, Ginn and Tomkins beat the heavily favoured British crew of Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell in a world cup race before finishing fourth at the World Championships, but then won the 2003 world championships.
With Pinsent and Cracknell moving to the coxless fours, Ginn and Tomkins became the gold medal winners of the coxlesspairs at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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