I believe that during one of the Oxford and Cambridge boat races the race had to be abandoned briefly for bad weather but restarting was delayed finding one of the rowers, who when discovered explained that “he had spotted a chum in the crowd”. Apologies if this isn’t exactly correct.
My belief is that most forms of activity on water encourage introspection and philosophy, so this kind of behaviour is only to be expected. The 100M sprint, on the other hand, doesn’t allow time for that sort of thing.
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