It is exploring virtual reality to bring actual rowing venues to the rowers.
For Olympian Joan Poh, indoor rowing machines were a key part of her training, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s national rowing body is aiming to grow the country’s pool of rowers and introduce more people to the sport by holding more indoor rowing events.
These machines are opening up more possibilities for competition - without getting into the water or battling the hot weather - and for people to stay healthy, said the Singapore Rowing Association, which hopes to make the championships an annual event.“Indoor rowing is a fantastic competitive event. People come together, they can monitor their performance. It’s an all-weather sport,” said Singapore Rowing Association president Paul Supramaniam.
“We could actually have a bilateral competition, say between Singapore and Indonesia Singapore and Malaysia, where we have the machines here and the machines there - without the teams even actually having to travel. They could have a bilateral competition between themselves connected by video.”It wants to capitalise on the virtual nature of indoor rowing, and is also exploring virtual reality to bring actual rowing venues to the rowers.
For Olympian Joan Poh, the indoor rowing machines were a key part of her training, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.“To have a supportive association, the ecosystem, and all stakeholders coming on board, it's just really important for an athlete's mind, headspace and well-being. It is really going to spur us forward,” said Poh, who clinched a bronze in the women’s pair 1,000m with Joanna Chan at the 2015 SEA Games.
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