2017 ARF Para Rowing Classification Workshop

From 31th August to 2nd September, 2017, the 2017 ARF Para-rowing Classification Workshop was held successfully in Pattaya, Thailand. There were 17 candidates from 5 nations participating in the Workshop.

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Lecture of the workshop

Two experienced lecturers, Ms. Shirley Stokes and Ms. Tarina van der Stockt from FISA were invited to conduct the workshop.

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Demonstration how to do the classification of the workshop

In the three day workshop, first day was lecture and demonstration of classification process; the second day was practical day for the trainees, as one medical and one technical trainee forming a pair to act as a formal diagnose to get more experiences; the third day was on-water observation, to learn about more of the observation to how assess the athletes’ condition under the real rowing situation.

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Practice of the classification

After the three-day workshop, the participants learnt a lot about the knowledge of rower classify and will bring their experiences to their own National Federations to help the development of the para-rowing. This is a seed for para-rowing growing around Asia.

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Water Observation

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Group Photo with the para-rowing athletes