Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Sculls (LW4x) – Final

In the preliminary race for lanes earlier in the week, Great Britain and Germany had recorded the fastest times. But anything can happen in the final. At the start, Germany had a bit of a lead with Great Britain right with them. Germany hold the title of reigning World Champions and they have retained Katrin Thoma in the boat. The British and Germans moved away from the rest of the field with China the best of the following bunch.

The German crew of Thoma, Reuss, Pieper and Anlauf then managed to get a bit of an edge over Great Britain, leaving China to hold off Canada for bronze. Oh wow, then the British did a big push and got ahead of Germany. Rating 34, Great Britain had the edge. Germany could not hold them in the final sprint. Gold for Great Britain and new World Champions. Germany earn silver and China scored bronze.

Results: GBR, GER, CHN, CAN, USA

B-final

The Netherlands may have gotten a good start, but by the middle of the race Canada had closed on the leading Dutch. Italy was also very much in the chase and these three boats went through the middle of the race together. Italy, at a 37 stroke rate, was keeping up with the much lower rating Dutch crew at 33. Canada was with them and in the last 250m went to 37. Italy went to 39 and the Netherlands went to 37. The Dutch had held on to the lead.

Results: NED, ITA, CAN, RUS, USA

Emily Craig, Gold, Great Britain
“We fought a ton of injury leading up to Worlds and from Henley on, we had to be really careful. Our Coach was so helpful creating this final product and what a product it has become.”

Judith Anlauf (b), Silver, Germany
“After we came out of the start we did not feel anything anymore of the wind and the waves. We only came together five weeks ago, before that we were all in singles, so this is a good result.”

Xiaohua Yan (s), Bronze, China
“We are still juniors so it was a very difficult race for us today. We don’t even have much experience racing in the national regattas so this is really new for us. In Tokyo 2020 we want to be the best!”