Original page — The Meridian Daily, Saturday, 25 July 2026 · No. 14,822
The Meridian DailyThe Field
The quiet dominance of the Amsterdam eight
How a rowing crew from a small Dutch club became the story of this year's world championships.
By Sofia Bergqvist
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The Field
The quiet dominance of the Amsterdam eight
How a rowing crew from a small Dutch club became the story of this year's world championships.
By Sofia Bergqvist 6 min readPage 9
The Amsterdam eight train at an hour of the morning that has no legitimate name. Not dawn — before dawn. The coach calls it 'the useful hour', and refuses to elaborate.
"We are not the fastest crew on the water. We are the crew that is still going in the last minute."
— Bram de Vries, coxswain