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Anna Goodale Trip to NEPAL Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on river, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water. The sport can be both recreational, focusing on learning the techniques required, and competitive where overall fitness plays a large role. It is also one of the oldest Olympic sports. In the United States and Canada, high school and collegiate rowing is sometimes referred to as crew.
Anna Goodale Trip to NEPAL
After getting victory in the olympic, Anna Goodale came to Nepal accompanied by her Father, Brother and Sister. Her trip was assisted by "My Trip Adventure", a trekking agency in Nepal.
Anna expressed her excitement when she thought of travelling in Nepal. She came to pokhara and than she hiked the Royal Trekking route of the kaski district. Than she went to Bandipur and Chitwan.
When asked to show her medal, she used to ask the medal with her father and show it with great excitement. Her father with a smiling face would say that he was here to protect the gold medal that his daughter had won. Her family was so friendly and Anna herself was charming and happy.
Great in the eight
Anna Goodale makes her Olympic debut in Beijing, rowing in the eight. On the national team for three years, she has been no stranger to gold: In both 2006 and 2007, she was a member of the eight that won gold at Worlds, as well as the Head of the Charles in Boston. In 2005 and 2006, they won gold at the Henley Royal Regatta, as well.
Instant connection
Her first day on campus at Syracuse University, Goodale was approached by a member of the varsity crew team, who asked her to try rowing. Goodale, who never thought of rowing as a competitive sport, decided to give it a try. "I still remember the smell of the erg room as I sat on the floor at the first informational meeting," she said. "It wasn't long before I was sitting on an erg about to do my first 2k." Goodale enjoyed the sport right away, and rowed all four years at Syracuse, where she was a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American, a National Scholar Athlete and a Big East Academic All-Star. She graduated in 2005 with a degree in illustration.
Artistic background
Great, great, granddaughter of the renowned 1920s illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, Goodale has always enjoyed working with different artistic mediums: everything from metal-smithing and ceramics, to jewelry-making, to painting and drawing. It's no surprise that when she got to college, she realized she wanted to pursue art as a career. It was illustration she chose to study because she says "it combines hands-on creativity with the business side of art." While training for the Olympics, she is working on illustrating her first children's book, called Wren's Summer Day.
Down on the farm
Aside from her artistic lineage, Goodale attributes her sense for the aesthetic to growing up on a farm in Maine. With her younger brother, Abe, Goodale worked on the farm: "For the first years of my life I learned about raising animals, growing vegetables, tapping trees for syrup, making honey, canning food and baling hay." Until she was nine years old, she was home-schooled by her mother, who she says, "Gave us the opportunity to discover a passion for learning for ourselves."
Learning to row, sort of
An active kid, Goodale didn't participate in organized sports until she was in high school. She always enjoyed swimming, and she would ride horses and play catch with her father and brother around the farm. She remembers learning how to row dinghys at an early age. "My father likes to claim that he is the one who taught me how to row," she said. "Though rowing a dinghy is very different than rowing a racing shell."
Fan club
Goodale's family is her biggest network of support. Goodale is the oldest of four: Her brother Abe is 23, newly graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Adrianna is 10 and Jesse is nine. Additionally, 14 members of her family will head to Beijing to cheer Anna on, including three aunts and her grandmother.
New horizons
After the Olympics Goodale will fly south to Nepal with her family. Then she heads home for a friend's wedding, only to turn around for a backpacking trip through Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam with her brother. Eventually, she plans on returning to Princeton to train.
कुनै पनि खेलाडीका लागि पदकको जति धेरै महत्व सायद अरु केही हुँदैन, स्वर्णपदक त हरेक खेलाडीको अन्तिम लक्ष्य हो । खेलाडीको मात्र होइन, राष्ट्र कै मान र गरिमा बढाउछ, पदकले, त्यसैले खेलकुदको महाकुम्भ मेलामा पदक आफ्नो खेलाडीले पदक जिते सिङ्गो राष्ट्रले खुशी मनाउछन, चाहे जतिसुकै विकसित र सम्पन्न देश किन नहोस ।
ओलम्पिक खेलको इतिहासमा नेपालले थुप्रै पटक सहभागिता जनाए पनि अहिलेसम्म कुनै पनि पदक हात पार्न सकेको छैन । कुनै पनि नेपाली खेलाडीले कास्य पदकसम्म देश भित्र्याउन सकेका छैनन् ।
तर भर्खरै चिनमा सम्पन्न भएको ओलम्पिक खेलकुद प्रतियोगिताको एउटा पदक नेपाल भित्रिएको छ, त्यो पनि कास्य र रजत होइन, स्वर्णपदक नै । नेपालमा भित्रिने स्वर्णपदक सम्भवत यो नै पहिलो हो । यस अघि ओलम्पिक खेलकुद प्रतियोगिताको कुनै पनि स्वर्णपदक नेपाल भित्रिएको रेकर्ड छैन ।
नेपाल भित्रिएको यो स्वर्णपदक नेपालीको भने होइन, बेइजिङ्ग ओलम्पिकमा प्रतिस्पर्धा गरेर स्वर्णपदक जित्न सफल अमेरिकी खेलाडी अन्ना गुडाले स्वर्णपदक सहित नेपाल आएकी छिन् । "उमन्स ८ रोविङ्ग" अर्थात आठ जना महिलाको समुहले समुन्द्रमा गर्ने डुङ्गा दौड प्रतियोगितामा अन्नाको समुहले अमेरिकाका लागि स्वर्णपदक जितेको हो ।
२ किलोमिटर लामो दुरी पार गर्न अन्नाको टोलीलाई ६ मिनेट ५ सेकेण्ड समय लागेको थियो । सो इभेन्टमा हल्याण्ड द्धितीय र रोमानिया तृतीय भएको थियो । 
ओलम्पिक समापन भए लगत्तै आफ्ना बाबु, भाई र २ बहिनी सहित नेपाल आएकी अन्नाले आफुले जितेको स्वर्ण्र्ाादक साथ मै ल्याएकी छिन् । स्वर्णपदक विजेता अन्नाको टोलीलाई नेपाल स्थित "माइ टि्रप एडभेन्चर" नामक ट्रेकिङ्ग एजेन्सीले नेपाल भ्रमण गराएको छ । सोही ट्रेकिङ्ग एजेन्सीले उनीहरुलाई नेपालको बारेमा जानकारी दिएर नेपाल भ्रमण आउने बनाइको व्यवस्थापक एकनाथ पन्तले बताए ।
आफ्नो खेल जीवनको अन्तिम लक्ष्य ओलम्पिकमा स्वर्णपदक जित्नु थियो भन्दै अन्नाले स्वर्ण जिते लगत्तै सर्बोच्च शिखर सगरमाथाको देश नेपाल भ्रमण गर्न पाउदा निकै आनन्द आएको बताइन् । अन्नाको पुरै परिवार पहिलो पटक नेपाल भ्रमण आएको हो । शान्तिका दुत गौतम बुद्धको बारेमा थाहा पाएकी अन्नाले उनको जन्म देश यस्तो सुन्दर होला भन्ने कल्पना पनि नगरेको प्रतिक्रिया दिइन ।
काठमाण्डौंबाट सिधै पोखरा आएका उनीहरु कास्की जिल्लाको पूर्वी भागमा पर्ने रोयल ट्रेकिङ्ग रुटमा एक दिनको पदयात्रा गरेर बन्दिपुर हुँदै चितवन जाने कार्यक्रम छ ।
कसैले स्वर्णपदक हेर्न खोज्यो भने अन्नाले आफ्ना बाबुसंग पदक मागेर देखाउछिन् । पेशाले पानी जहाज चलाउने अन्नाका पिताले मजाक गर्दै आफु छोरीले जित्ने पदकको सुरक्षा गर्न संगै आएको बताए ।
सानै देखि खेलमा रुची भएकी ६ फिट अग्ली अन्नाले मानिसले आफुमा के प्रतिभा छ, चिन्न सक्नु पर्ने बताइन् । लामो समय फुटबल र बास्केट बलमा बिताएकी उनले ती खेलमा उत्कृष्ठ प्रदर्शन गर्न नसकेपछि सन २००१ मा रोविङ्गमा प्रवेश गरेकी हुन ।
"विद्यालय पढ्दासम्म फुटबल र बास्केट बल खेल्थे ।" उनले भनिन्-"ती खेलमा म भन्दा पनि राम्रो खेल्ने अरु धेरै थिए, त्यसैले एक जना प्राध्यापकको सल्लाह अनुसार कलेज पढ्न थाले पछि रोविङ्ग खेल तर्फलागे र सफलता पनि पाए ।"
२ किलो मिटर लामो दुरीको रोविङ्गमा अमेरिकाले २४ वर्षपछि स्वर्ण जितेको हो । यस अघि सन १९८४ को ओलम्पिकमा स्वर्णजितेको अन्नाले बताइन । यस पटक उनीहरुलाई रोमानियाली टिमसंग निकै डर लागेको थियो । "यस अघिका तीन वटा ओलम्पिकमा स्वर्ण जितेर हृयाटि्रक गरेको रोमानियालाई हराउनु निकै चुनौति सम्झेका थियौं ।" अन्नाले भनिन-"अन्तिममा निकटम प्रतिस्पर्धा र डचसंग पो भयो
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