I remember on one occasion I received feedback that caused me to jump out of the boat, swim to the bank and say I would never row with that person again.

What the other boats do in their lanes is their concern.

Henan Monday pulled its rowing team out of the 11th National Games, Xinhua reported.

For instance, the Chinese have no tradition of rowing teams, but at these Games, out of nowhere, Beijing fielded a women's quadruple sculls crew that won China's first Olympic gold medal in rowing.

One reviewer of my book referred to this type of answer as "punting" - by which he inferred that it was an easy way out of theological dilemma.