Cal rowing to make a splash in Tokyo
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Bears have long been a part of the Olympic Games. Cal crew teams have struck gold for the United States three times at the games, more than any other university. This July, eight rowers will join the ranks of Cal Olympians when they hit the waters in Tokyo.
Five of those eight alumni hail from the women’s rowing program.
Alumnus Kara Kohler became the first U.S. rower to qualify for the Olympics in the single sculls event. Kohler punched her ticket in February after winning the event at the U.S. Olympic Rowing Trials. A 2011 All-American and Olympic bronze medalist, Kohler had no experience rowing until her college career at Cal.
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Yale student Jack Lopas will be heading to Tokyo to compete in the Olympics.
The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was unsettling for most New Zealand rowers – but proved incredibly timely for Jack Lopas. The Yale student is now poised to be part of the NZ team at Tokyo after being named recently in the elite men’s team with crewmate Chris Harris in the double sculls boat. Lopas has always had Olympic ambitions but thought the 2024 Games in Paris would be his time.
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Jack Lopas and Chris Harris train in the men s double sculls boat at Lake Karapiro ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.