Rowing? Originated at the beginning of18th century. There is a boat race on the Thames in England. In the late 1920s, it gradually became popular in Europe and spread to America, Australia and Asia. China established the Rowing Association in Shanghai on 19 13. 1900 rowing was listed as an Olympic event, and 1982 was listed as an official event of the Asian Games. Canoeing originated earlier. Canoeing was first held in England in 17 15, and was widely held in many countries in Europe and America in the 9th century. To 1936, it was listed as an official Olympic event. Canoeing was introduced to China in 1930s.
Canoeing is the general name of a sport. In fact, there is a difference between canoeing and rowing: canoeing refers to an athlete sitting on a boat and paddling alternately with paddles at both ends; Rowing refers to the athletes kneeling on one knee and paddling beside the boatman. The international canoeing competition includes three events: single, double and four-person canoeing. The kayak initials in Eskimo and the Arabic numerals of the number of people on board are used as codes, which are represented by K 1, K2 and K4 respectively. There are two kinds of rowing events in the Olympic Games: single and double. The initials of the English name "CANOES" and the Arabic numerals of the number of people on board are used as codes, which are represented by "C 1" and "C2" respectively.
It is worth mentioning that since 1982, China rowing has performed well in all previous Asian Games, winning all the gold medals except 1986 and 1 994. In other words, rowing is the best event in China Asian Games. Because races in natural waters are often affected by the weather, and even the weather between the two groups is different, there is no world record for rowing performance.